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The Allegheny Pilot by E.L. Babbitt, published in 1855 is a detailed navigational study of the river during the era of early rafting and lumbering containing a complete chart of the Allegheny River showing the islands and bars, and low water channel, from Warren to Pittsburgh, with directions for navigating with rafts, flat-boats, etc.
The Historic Photograph collection of the Warren Public Library portrays 19th and 20th century life along the Allegheny in Warren County, offering views of the rafts and flatboats, as well as time-related views of the communities these early raftsmen visited.
Improvement of the Allegheny River and flood control by Harold C. Putnam. is a
paper presented before the social science section of the Warren Academy of Sciences at a meeting in Warren, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1944.