A history of Uniontown,
since 1878
Postcards, papers and photographs of Uniontown from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Uniontown was first settled in 1867 by Thomas Freeborn Montgomery, who had travelled west in order to escape the violence of the American Civil War in 1863. Montgomery filed for a homestead claim in 1874, and obtained a post office for Uniontown in 1878. Agreement could not be reached on a town name until the following year, when Joseph Cataldo, a Jesuit priest and missionary, suggested the name "Uniontown" after the similarly-named creek and flat nearby. Montgomery had a difficult personality, which led to numerous conflicts with Uniontown businessmen. As a result, several of these businesses relocated three miles north to the neighboring rival town of Colton. Despite this, Montgomery remained active in the real estate industry in Uniontown until his passing in 1883, which was allegedly the result of a dispute that turned deadly on December 8 of that year. Uniontown was incorporated in…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Uniontown’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSouvenir postcard of the dedicati…, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Uniontown
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Uniontown, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Uniontown
1 place in Uniontown is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Souvenir postcard of the dedication of the St. Boniface's church in Uniontown, Washington, 1905 - DPLA - 2a100b7911b48e… (1905) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.