The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Kiskiminetis Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Its early history is detailed in Robert Walter Smith's 1883 History of Armstrong County.
Coal mines were once located in the township, including a mine operated by the Leechburg Mining Co. which ceased operations at some time prior to 1977.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Kiskiminetas is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kiskiminetas has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Drake Log Cabin in Apollo, 4.5 miles away.
Kiskiminetas and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Drake Log Cabin’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kiskiminetas?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kiskiminetas’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.