No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum
Address: 9 Dock St., Lansford, Pa.
Phone: 570-645-7074
Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday
Of Note: Visitors ...
As the sun rose on Monday, Jan. 1, 1900, Americans awoke to a new decade — the first in what would be called an “American Century.”
Things were changing. George M. Cohan...
Barney Dreyfuss wasn’t jealous. He may have been envious.
The Pittsburgh Pirates owner had seen Philadelphia open Shibe Park as the new home of the Athletics in 1909. Bas...
George Westinghouse was a natural inventor and tinkerer whose work literally helped illuminate the world at the end of the 19th century.
From his youth working for his fa...
It was raining when James McCurdy arrived in the future Summit Township in 1796.
The 19-year-old and his companion, Thomas Smith, were planning to settle in Mercer County...
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites.
The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
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Long before the sleek ribbon of Interstate highways crisscrossed the United States, a bold idea sparked the imagination of a nation. That idea was the Lincoln Highway — A...
