Making the Sale: Coffins and Coffee Tables, 1894
Advertisement from the Brownsville Clipper. Feb. 28, 1894.
This Week In History: The McClelland House Fire, 1914
This segment features a news item from Fayette County’s past. This week we examine a story from the March 23, 1914 edition of the Daily News Standard. This weekend marked one hundred years since the burning of McClelland House, a hotel that once stood on West Main Street in Uniontown. If you’re local, you may have noticed coverage…
The Way Things Were: African American Portraits
Unknown man. Credit: Uniontown Public Library. Unknown woman. Credit: Uniontown Public Library.
Book of the Month: Heroes All
This month I’ve chosen to feature Heroes All, a yearbook-style publication that contains photos and profiles of local men and women who served in World War II. While the book only encompasses North Union Township, South Union Township, and Uniontown, it’s still a valuable resource for genealogists and WWII buffs alike. The typical profile in Heroes…
The Way Things Were: Exhibit by W.J. Rainey
A three-ton piece of coal exhibited by the W.J. Rainey Co., most likely during Uniontown’s centennial celebration. Credit: Uniontown Public Library.
This Week In History: Local Brevities, 1879
This segment features a news item from Fayette County’s past. This week we examine the March 6, 1879 edition of the American Standard. One interesting feature of our early newspapers are the sections devoted to minor happenings around the county. In the American Standard these blurbs take up an entire page, but their organization — or lack thereof…
Making the Sale: Grand Opera House, 1893
Advertisement from the Evening Standard. October 17, 1893.
This Week In History: The Death of a Fayette County Soldier, 1862
This segment features a news item from Fayette County’s past. This week we examine the February 27, 1862 edition of the Genius of Liberty. On a February evening in Cumberland, MD, Captain James Morris of the 7th Virginia Regiment sat down to pen a difficult letter. “It becomes my painful duty to inform you, that your…
Stories In Stone: Newell R. Allton
My favorite part of working in the Pennsylvania Room is that each and every day, I’m surrounded by stories. They’re tucked into yearbook pages, scribbled in the margins of ancestry charts, and hidden away in old family letters. Whether I’m faced with tracing the history of a person, place, or event, I enjoy the challenge of piecing all the fragments together to form a…