Iron Built Fayette County
This article was researched and written by PA Room volunteer Paul Davis. Thanks to Paul for contributing! Fayette County has a prominent industrial history and has long been synonymous with…
The Marquis de Lafayette’s Trip to Fayette County
This article was researched and written by PA Room volunteer Paul Davis. Thanks to Paul for contributing! The Marquis de Lafayette became one of the most influential figures in the…
The “Five Horsemen” in the Maroon Tornado: Uniontown High School’s 1925 Men’s Basketball Team
This article was researched and written by PA Room volunteer Paul Davis. Thanks to Paul for contributing! Fayette County has always had a rich sports history. If one were to…
Stories in Stone: Pasquale Cimaglia
A few weeks ago we received a photograph of a World War I soldier. The donor didn’t have any details on the man, but among the spare copies of the picture, they found…
A Woman Scorned: Daily News Standard, 1906
Pennsylvania Room volunteer Paul Davis spotted this story in the Daily News Standard while seeking an obituary. Hell hath no fury, right?
“No One Hurt and Very Few Drunk”: Uniontown’s 1896 Centennial
There was some discussion last week on the Fayette County Historical Society’s excellent Facebook page about Uniontown’s centennial celebration. I knew we had relevant artifacts here in the PA Room,…
Making the Sale: Cupid’s Harness, 1889
Advertisement from the Evening Standard. May 13, 1889.
The Wreck of the Duquesne Limited
If you live in Fayette County, you likely heard about the railroad cars that derailed behind the courthouse last week. Happily, no one was injured and no hazardous materials were spilled.…
The Mining Strike of July 1933
Like many of our patrons, we received mail from some distant locales this holiday season. One package arrived from the Museum of South Texas History, whose curator sent us two…
This Week In History: Drink to Your Health
The last month of 1922 was a rough one for Fayette County’s taverns. Though the National Prohibition Act (or “Volstead law”) was put in place nearly three years earlier, local speakeasies…