Stories

Cutting across the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, the Historic National Road Corridor is the site of arguably the most important revolutionary events in U.S. history.

  • How to Preserve “Stuff” with Melinda Myer

    Melinda Meyer, Public Historian, teaches you how to properly store and preserve your organization’s materials so that these important records and artifacts are safeguarded for the future. Why spend time and money to preserve tangible materials? While many organizations are digitizing their files, protecting physical items is just as important. Scanning and photographing items allows…

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  • The Greatest Baseball Town in America: Donora, PA!?

    The Greatest Baseball Town in America: Donora, PA!? Everybody is from somewhere. And when someone accomplishes something impressive, that place rightfully likes to celebrate. Well, the town of Donora in Washington County has A LOT to celebrate, especially in the world of Major League Baseball. Most small towns dream of producing one big sports star, but Donora produced three,…

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  • Curiosity Is Enough

    by Sarah Collier, Executive Director, National Road Heritage Corridor When I was a junior in high school, I dropped out of AP U.S. History. This is still a surprising sentence for me to write. I was a good student, a member of the National Honor Society, and student council president. Humanities were supposed to be…

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  • How to Become a Historic Consulting Party with PennDOT by Keith Heinrich

    Learn what it means and how your organization can be a consulting party for PennDOT projects that include historic resources, such as buildings, bridges, and archaeological sites.  What are Section 106 and Consulting Parties? Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires projects using federal funds or needing federal permits to review…

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  • Subterranean Crimes: The 1920 Vesta Mine Robbery

    The 1920 Vesta Mine Robbery In the early hours of July 13, 1920, the mining town of Richeyville, Washington County became the scene of a daring underground heist. Inside the Vesta Mine, three masked men waited in the dark for their moment. When the paymaster and foreman arrived to deliver wages to the miners, the…

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