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2 unusual facts about Westmoreland County


William Axton Stokes

His stirring speech, at the Union Convention of Westmoreland County, PA in 1861, was delivered in support of the united American Republic and in favor of the war to crush rebellion.

William Larimer, Jr.

Larimer was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and made his first fortune in the railroad industry in Pittsburgh.


Charles A. Pascal, Jr.

In 2006, Pascal was the attorney in a case which received statewide attention (Kuznik v. Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania) in which he represented several citizens and State Senator Jim Ferlo challenging the purchase of electronic voting machines by counties without voter referendum as was required by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Compass Inn

Compass Inn is a historic inn and tavern located in Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Polymath Park

The site, near the village of Acme in Westmoreland County, is surrounded by private forest in the Allegheny Mountains and features three architectural landmarks: Frank Lloyd Wright's (1867–1959) Donald C. Duncan House and two others by Peter Berndtson (1909–1972), who was one of the original Wright apprentices.


see also

Archibald Lochry

In 1781, Lochry as the County Lieutenant for Westmoreland County and Colonel Daniel Brodhead, who commanded the Colonial forces at Fort Pitt were unable to agree upon a strategy for meeting Indian attacks upon colonial settlements on the frontiers of Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Cokeville

Cokeville, Pennsylvania, a community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

G107

WGSM (aka G107), a Classic Hits radio station serving the Westmoreland County area

HAHS

Hempfield Area High School, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States

Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Located in west-central Westmoreland County, it completely surrounds the city of Greensburg.

Montross

Montross, Virginia, town in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States

New Kensington, Pennsylvania

Like much of Westmoreland County and surrounding areas, the region was a hunting ground for Native Americans of the Six Nations