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Christmas Festivals marking a 4th year
    I have some faith. Even in humanity. Maybe only that some of you have enjoyed the Questions and the Answers to the History Contest of the last few posts. Hope and faith can hold much more than...
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Excursion To Bedford
  I am excited to be back with you for another post. I hope you all had a very special holiday and New Year!     A Quick Word   There hasn't been a fresh post for a few weeks and I realize this...
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Presidential Inauguration
 Welcome!   We have arrived at the eve of a special watershed milestone in our fascinating history. The new President-elect's inauguration with Mike Pence, the vice president-elect. On January 20,...
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Excursion To Bedford Part Two
    Now after checking Founders Crossing, and rather wisely avoiding Gardner's Candies, somehow skipping the Bedford County Visitors Bureau - we headed to the big flea market, Hoe-E-Geez on Bedford...
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Fort of Necessity
  Right at the start, I want to get it in that I am in the process of celebrating... WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY! God bless him.  Now, I hope you are at least aware of the holiday for what still matters to...
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Milestone: 100,000 Hits!
                                          I am uploading a quick, brief post for early to mid-March for reaching the milestone of 100,000 page views. Alright! Don't feel cheated in any way. Although...
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Fort of Necessity: Histbuffer's Photo Blog
   In what will be termed Part One, the background history of the Fort Necessity National Battlefield site was covered. This included information in creating the reconstructed fort and correlating a...
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Sewage work affecting northeastern Fayette County
 A Layman's Report     A Little History  It might be hard to judge how Westmoreland County residents would feel about a Fayette County company handling their sewage and water from the confines of...
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Excursion To Bedford Part 3: Return Thriough Somerset
    In Part Two the items purchased at the Fort Bedford Museum and Hoke-E-Geez were shown. Here in Part 3, I will offer a brief synopsis of the trip home to Fayette County via Somerset County. Maybe...
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Jeff Hann Interview
    Below, my friend, Jeff Hann, responds enthusiastically to a series of 10 questions posed by me.   In case anyone does not recall or hasn't read the older posts, back in late 2014, Jeff Hann...
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Regional Historians of the Nineteenth Century
    It is good to be 'back' with another post for Fayette/Westmoreland Forgotten History.   As an introduction, I will begin by briefly advising you not to pass this post by on any account. In truth,...
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Gallavanting In Greensburg
  Welcome back to F/WFH for another installment. In the post below we will be concerning ourselves with the basic structure of the history of Greensburg, located in Westmoreland County in the Laurel...
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Pennsville and Moyer
 Welcome back, folks.   The basic purpose of this article is to take a step back and cover, once again, a region of smaller, simpler places. These are to be found under the heading of Hamlets. While...
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Book of Mormon: feasible origins in southwestern Pa
  Since the last posting concerned a return to relative simplicity in a hamlets and villages motif, I decided to focus in the opposite direction examining a somewhat controversial topic with...
View ArticleObservations on Feedback and Support
  First off, I want to make a quick statement: don't let the apparent critical side of this post cause anyone undue worry or sadness, OK? I don't mean to put too negative a connotation on the matter...
View ArticleOne or Two Issues
 Good to be back for a quick posting, folks! As quite a few of the blog watchers of Fayette/Westmoreland Forgotten History tend to live in the northeastern portion of the United States (nothing...
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South Connellsville in Fayette County, PA
                                                           White Rock  We begin by briefly referring to a hoary tradition. The old story has it that a German trapper had built his solitary cabin at...
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Inflation Alert: Huge Price Changes
This ad from Chinn's gives a fair idea of prices in the olden time.  Folks, we all know plenty about the rising prices which has been going on for a long, long time. Whether it's gasoline or other...
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A Presiding Commander of Ellsworth Post
  I hope all you 'guys' are doing fine. I haven't so much been taking any kind of a 'sabbatical' from the blog. Simply, my efforts and services are often required elsewhere. I'm getting along alright,...
View ArticleBraddock's Battlefield History Center
  Well, is this a surprise to anybody?   The fact is, this particular spring is a good time to be back from the semi-sabbatical I chose to take, though it wasn't neatly planned out. In spite of...
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Old Cabin in the Woods
 Introduction Hello fellow history buffs. I know, this is only the 2nd article for 2019. Please continue to stop by, you never know when I will get to a few other long planned on posts. Whether you are...
View ArticleContinuity
   Nice to be back, folks! Hope you are all doing fine. Please continue to contact me with your interests and ideas, they are still very necessary and I do enjoy hearing your opinions. If you approve...
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Washington Miniseries: A Partial Review
                                               As many of you know by now, this week, beginning last Sunday, Presidents Day Eve, no less, Feb. 16, 17, and 18th, at 8 p. m. ran a three part miniseries...
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Bobby Vinton and Perry Como
 It's so nice to be back with you once again with another regional history post.  On a more personal note, I hope you are all coping as best you can with the 'plandemic' in recent months and may not...
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Relatives and Ancestors: Ore Mine School
  How are you all doing, guys? Gals too?! I've been busy working overtime and dealing with the holidays but I really had a desire to pass something meaningful over to you other history buffs; I...
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