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Arcadia
Theater, located in the heart of the Windber Historic
District, is a beautifully restored reminder of Windber's
days as a regional coal-mining center. Today the theater
maintains an active playbill, showcasing outstanding local
and nationally touring performers.
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The Conemaugh
Township Area Historical Society,
located in Davidsville, is a repository for much of The
Stonycreek's history, including many images and documents
pertaining to the Quemahoning Dam and reservoir; family
genealogies; obituaries; and a collection of
limited-publication books on local history.
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Greenhouse
Park near Tire Hill has become one of the most-popular event venues in the region. Annually the Stonycreek Rendezvous, Thunder in the Valley, Wing Blasts and a variety of community events take place here.
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Holsopple
Historical Building is located in the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train station and has become a community center in this Stonycreek River town. Now the building is open during special events.
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The Lincoln
Highway Heritage Corridor traces the colorful history of a transportation corridor that started as a Delaware Indian path, then evolved into Forbes Road, the Lincoln Highway (the nation's first transcontinental highway) and, finally, U.S. Route 30.
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Mine 40
Overlook provides a look back at one of
Berwind-White's most-productive mining operations and the
coal patch that grew around it - now the Berwind-White Mine
40 Historic District. This is also one of the stops on The
Stonycreek Driving Tour.
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Scalp Level artists created beautiful plein aire works of landscape art that captured the natural beauty of the Stonycreek valley during the late-19th and early-20th centuries -- before timbering and coal-mining altered the corridor. You can explore Scalp Level art and its creators here!
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(left) George Hetzel (1826-1899). Country Road, 1878. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36. Collection of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA. Gift in memory of John H. Coulter by his friends and family, 1994.36
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Windber Area
Museum captures the coal-mining heritage of this
once-regional headquarters of a major independent coal
company. The museum is open on weekends during the summer
and by appointment.
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Windber
Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, beautifully captures the ambiance of a community that once had been the regional headquarters of a major coal company. Here you will see the Arcadia Theater and a number of original Berwind-White buildings.
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