Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Ligonier Echo
Wednesday, May 30, 1906
Railroad Incorporated
Articles of incorporation of the Youghiogheny & Ligonier Valley Railroad Company, which has had surveyors running a line from the mouth of Indian creek in Fayette county to Mechanicsburg in Westmoreland county, have been filed in Fayette county. The company is capitalized at $150,000. The incorporators are Walter Seymore, of Connellsville, who is to be President; August Stickel, Sr., Fred W. Stickel and Milton Stickel, of Mill Run, Charles Haven, of Confluence, W. J. McFarland and Attorney S. R. Goldsmith, of Connellsville. The road is to be 25 miles in length and is to connect with the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio at the mouth of Indian creek and with the Pittsburg, Westmoreland & Somerset at Mechanicsburg.