The society applied to have their 500-acre (200 ha) recreation center in western Pennsylvania designated as a separate municipality in 1977.

North Beaver Township, the municipality in which the center was originally located, restricted the sale of alcohol on Sundays (blue law).

once had the distinction of being the least-populated borough in the state (but not municipality; East Fork Road District, population 14, was less populous) until a mine fire beneath Centralia made that borough unsafe to live in.

It is more of a recreation complex than a community, and has 60 rental cabins, 115 mobile home slots, and an artificial lake.

It is open to the public as a summertime resort and facility for bingo, weddings, and dances.