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War on the Pennsylvania Frontier: Part 4 of 5: Hanna’s Town

On By Bert DunkerlyIn Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Native American, Uncategorized1 Comment

Just north of Greensburg, PA, about twenty five miles from Pittsburgh, is the site of the Westmoreland County Courthouse at Hanna’s Town. The settlement included a few log buildings and was a gathering point for militia throughout the Revolution.

Robert Hanna settled here in 1773 and the first county court for Westmoreland County met here that April. It is thought to be the first courthouse west of the Allegheny Mountains. The village that sprung up straddled the 1758 Forbes Road, built by British troops during the French and Indian War and now a major route for settlers to the region.

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