Six-Shooters in Somerset: The Curious Tale of a Northeastern Western
Posted by Ryan Sopich on Dec 1, 2023 in | Comments Off on Six-Shooters in Somerset: The Curious Tale of a Northeastern Western Nestled among the hills of Somerset County, the one-street village of Baker-Whiteley epitomizes the many small-scale coal company towns that proliferated throughout southwestern Pennsylvania at the turn of the 20th century. Eclipsed by the grandeur of the region’s more imposing operations, these humble communities toiled in anonymity to unearth the fuel essential to the nation’s growing...read more