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In 1899, the Jamison Coal & Coke Company opened a shaft-entry coal mine at Hannastown. The site (known as No. 2) also had a coke works and nearly 80 company-built houses for employees. The Alexandria branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad served it. Production at the mine peaked in the 1910s when
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site includes the reconstructed Hanna Tavern/Courthouse, three vintage late 18th-century log houses, a reconstruction of the Revolutionary-era fort and blockhouse, a blacksmith shop, and a wagon shed housing an authentic late 18th century
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from eastern Pennsylvania, and named for Robert Hanna, an early settler whose tavern also served as Westmoreland County's first courthouse. Hannastown was settled primarily by
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The village was founded in 1773 as the seat of the newly created Westmoreland County and was known as "Hanna's Town". It was located along
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In recent decades, what was Hanna's Town in the 1700s has been excavated, extensively restored, and rebuilt. Currently, the
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Reconstructed cabins as they appeared when the town was destroyed in 1782.
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the site employed as many as 635 people. It ceased operations in 1949.
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Unincorporated communities in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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and important historical and archaeological site located in
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On July 13, 1782, in one of the final actions of the
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Unincorporated community
Hannastown is located in Pennsylvania
Hannastown is located in the United States
40°21′19″N 79°30′0″W / 40.35528°N 79.50000°W / 40.35528; -79.50000
Country
State
Pennsylvania
County
Westmoreland
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
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UTC-4
unincorporated community
Hempfield Township
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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Forbes Road
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Pennsylvania Dutch
American Revolution
American Indians
Guyasuta
Greensburg

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