History of Westmoreland County
Volume 1
The French and English Struggle for Supremacy. - Braddock’s Expedition. - Forbe’s Expedition. - George Washington. - Pontiac’s War. - Battle of Bushy Run. - Henry Bouquet
The Grant to William Penn. - Disputed Boundaries. - Mason and Dixon’s Line. Indian Purchases. - Military Permits. - Titles, etc
Formation of County. - First Courts. - Elections
Selection of a County Seat. - Old Hannastown. - Erection of a Jail. - Sentences of the Court. - Slavery
The Boundary between Virginia and Pennsylvania. - Dunmore’s War
The Indians of Early Westmoreland
Early Indian Troubles. - Places of Refuge. - Forts. - Stockades. - Block-houses. - Cabins. - Indian Stories
Scotch. - Irish. - Germans
The Beginning of the Revolution. - Early Movements towards Freedom. - Westmoreland Patriots’ Resolutions. - The Rattlesnake Flag
Westmoreland in the Revolution
The Closing Years of the Revolution. - Indians. - Hard Times. - Lochry’s and Crawford’s Ill-fated Expeditions
The Hannastown War. - Burning of the County Seat. - Destruction of Miller’s Blockhouse
The Removal of the County Seat to Greensburg
The Whisky Insurrection
Old Customs. - Crops. - Industries. - Clothes. - Wild Animals, etc
Indian Trails Across Westmoreland. - Braddock’s Road. - Forbe’s Road. - State Road. - Felgar Road. - Post Road. - The Main Turnpike from Pittsburgh to the East
The Westmoreland Soldiers in the War of 1812
Taverns. - Turnpikes. - Wagons. - Stage Coaches
Canals
Mexican War
Railroads
Church History
Bench and Bar
History of the Medical Profession
Westmoreland Press
Common Schools
The Civil War
The Court Houses. - County Home
Agriculture
Iron
Coal
The Coke Industry
Manufacturing Industries
The Spanish-American War
County Officers
Greensburg
Hempfield Township. - Jeanette, "the Glass City". - Mt. Pleasant Township
North Huntingdon Township. - Irwin Borough
Rostraver Township. - North Belle Vernon. - Monessen. - Fairfield Township. - Bolivar Township
Donegal Township. - Derry Township. - Livermore Borough. - Franklin Township. - Murryville. - Washington Township
Unity Township. - Latrobe Borough. - New Alexandria
Salem Township. - New Salem. - South Huntingdon Township. - West Newton - East Huntingdon Township. - Scottdale
Allegheny Township. - Vandergrift. - Vandergrift Heights. - Ligonier Township. - Ligonier Borough
Sewickley Township. - Suterville. - Loyalhanna Township. - Burrell Township. - Parnassus. - New Kensington. - Cook Township. - Bell Township. - Penn Township. - Manor. - Penn Borough. - St. Clair Township. - New Florence
Miscellaneous. - New Court House. - The Evans Execution. - The Year of the Frost. - Visit of Lafayette
CHAPTER XLVI
Special Biographies. - Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair. - William Findley. - Alexander Johnston. - William F. Johnston. - Joseph Markle. - William Larimer, Jr. - Gen. James Keenan. - John W. Geary. - Richard C. Drum. - John Covode. - Dr. Alexander M. Milligan
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