History of Westmoreland County
Volume 1

CHAPTER I

The French and English Struggle for Supremacy. - Braddock’s Expedition. - Forbe’s Expedition. - George Washington. - Pontiac’s War. - Battle of Bushy Run. - Henry Bouquet

CHAPTER II

The Grant to William Penn. - Disputed Boundaries. - Mason and Dixon’s Line. Indian Purchases. - Military Permits. - Titles, etc

CHAPTER III

Formation of County. - First Courts. - Elections

CHAPTER IV

Selection of a County Seat. - Old Hannastown. - Erection of a Jail. - Sentences of the Court. - Slavery

CHAPTER V

The Boundary between Virginia and Pennsylvania. - Dunmore’s War

CHAPTER VI

The Indians of Early Westmoreland

CHAPTER VII

Early Indian Troubles. - Places of Refuge. - Forts. - Stockades. - Block-houses. - Cabins. - Indian Stories

CHAPTER VIII

Scotch. - Irish. - Germans

CHAPTER IX

The Beginning of the Revolution. - Early Movements towards Freedom. - Westmoreland Patriots’ Resolutions. - The Rattlesnake Flag

CHAPTER X

Westmoreland in the Revolution

CHAPTER XI

The Closing Years of the Revolution. - Indians. - Hard Times. - Lochry’s and Crawford’s Ill-fated Expeditions

CHAPTER XII

The Hannastown War. - Burning of the County Seat. - Destruction of Miller’s Blockhouse

CHAPTER XIII

The Removal of the County Seat to Greensburg

CHAPTER XIV

The Whisky Insurrection

CHAPTER XV

Old Customs. - Crops. - Industries. - Clothes. - Wild Animals, etc

CHAPTER XVI

Indian Trails Across Westmoreland. - Braddock’s Road. - Forbe’s Road. - State Road. - Felgar Road. - Post Road. - The Main Turnpike from Pittsburgh to the East

CHAPTER XVII

The Westmoreland Soldiers in the War of 1812

CHAPTER XVIII

Taverns. - Turnpikes. - Wagons. - Stage Coaches

CHAPTER XIX

Canals

CHAPTER XX

Mexican War

CHAPTER XXI

Railroads

CHAPTER XXII

Church History

CHAPTER XXIII

Bench and Bar

CHAPTER XXIV

History of the Medical Profession

CHAPTER XXV

Westmoreland Press

CHAPTER XXVI

Common Schools

CHAPTER XXVII

The Civil War

CHAPTER XXVIII

The Court Houses. - County Home

CHAPTER XXIX

Agriculture

CHAPTER XXX

Iron

CHAPTER XXXI

Coal

CHAPTER XXXII

The Coke Industry

CHAPTER XXXIII

Manufacturing Industries

CHAPTER XXXIV

The Spanish-American War

CHAPTER XXXV

County Officers

CHAPTER XXXVI

Greensburg

CHAPTER XXXVII

Hempfield Township. - Jeanette, "the Glass City". - Mt. Pleasant Township

CHAPTER XXXVIII

North Huntingdon Township. - Irwin Borough

CHAPTER XXXIX

Rostraver Township. - North Belle Vernon. - Monessen. - Fairfield Township. - Bolivar Township

CHAPTER XL

Donegal Township. - Derry Township. - Livermore Borough. - Franklin Township. - Murryville. - Washington Township

CHAPTER XLI

Unity Township. - Latrobe Borough. - New Alexandria

CHAPTER XLII

Salem Township. - New Salem. - South Huntingdon Township. - West Newton - East Huntingdon Township. - Scottdale

CHAPTER XLIII

Allegheny Township. - Vandergrift. - Vandergrift Heights. - Ligonier Township. - Ligonier Borough

CHAPTER XLIV

Sewickley Township. - Suterville. - Loyalhanna Township. - Burrell Township. - Parnassus. - New Kensington. - Cook Township. - Bell Township. - Penn Township. - Manor. - Penn Borough. - St. Clair Township. - New Florence

CHAPTER XLV

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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