How many of the old timers in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio recall when many of the rural roads were covered with something called “red dog?” Pennsylvania Coal Co. A cheaper alternative was a waste product of the Pennsylvania Coal Company’s Champion No. My wife said, ‘You go down the main road here at Beallsville about 2 miles and then you turn right onto a red dog road.’ “I guess he had been writing down the directions and said, ‘What the hell is a red dog road?’ Let us know if you ever traveled a red dog road.