The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On July 28, 1769, Richard and Thomas Penn obtained the land where the community of Laurel Mountain would ultimately be located. Purchased from members of the Iroquois Confederacy as part of a larger acquisition encompassing a major portion of what is, today, southwestern Pennsylvania, the price was ten thousand dollars.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laurel Mountain’s history is told.
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Laurel Mountain, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Laurel Mountain is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Laurel Mountain has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Compass Inn in Ligonier, 0.7 miles away.
Laurel Mountain and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.