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lish^d 100 years ago on AJgust ^2.'R. J. McCee was the person I to receive a special delivery Ictlcr 'In Octofcer I85d.Itallroails The Baltimore and Ohio railroad was In the early 1870’ while the fPennsylvania Railroad compleled in 1876.The early bank was bcpun in IRBO by Rinh and Polcy in the Cray building hack of the U. andj 0. station. After exchanging,, hands .‘fveral limes il was moved lo the new brick addition with (he name being changed to the .N'atiotial Bank. The Centra) Bank was hullt by C. 6 Nfmnn '.-ind opened in llifil Today rhe Second Vational bank rooms are. being used by a physician while ^ the Ceniral bank is vtnnccopied.Koielsla spcakinp jihoiit the early hotels hrrc everyone down to thej presrni generation fpmrmhrrs nr* has been lold ahcul the lJunhar House, of which iheie were two The first one was hiiill on Wood*, vfllc street and was bun.ed down In 1803. The new Dunbar Uonscj was opened by .lolm J. McFar-i land, the huildinc Uclonslng to^ James I. Feather The huildinii;burned down in Jamiary, 1^18.'along with the residence of! Charles Marietta. The Seaniari'sj hou.«e was hadly datnased, iIn cning over the history ofl Dunbar, find that it has had its sharp of bad lurk with the terrihle amount of fires that are too numerous to mention. Al?n we. Iifld the Hood of 1912, that de | St t oyed many hnines and parts of the town. A cail from the ithiC' sttme quavry proh.ihly saved many people from being drmvncd. The;lo*.s was eflunatod at $700,0011 iToday's accounting of the town shews a fire dcparlmcnl thai is; well-cnuipped with litnh appa-ntus and vpluMrcr fitrmeiv The active Lien's club is respensibie for the building of the community playgroiird. iGrallUidc is expressed hcr^ lo Charles lloir, Mrs. Vjola Scottand Miss Birdie Kelly for their splendid cooperAtion in preparing this article.
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Uniontown Evening Standard
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 08, 1950
Page 15
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