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!
Latrobe Bulletin
Wednesday, September 24, 1913
Oak Grove, in the Valley, Is Soon to Be a Hive of Industry
Eight cars, loaded with a part of the Ligonier Lumber Company's plant, have arrived at Oak Grove from West Virginia, and more are soon to follow.
Meantime, the work of building the company's railroad from the lumber mill site at Oak Grove past Kissell's Spring hotel and into the mountain there to tap the large timber tract, is being hustled under the management of the contractors, Carson & Joyce, of DuBois, Pa. The road has already been graded up as far as opposite the village of Waterford and ties and rails will soon be in place.
Arrangements have been made for starting a boarding house at Oak Grove for the accommodation of the men employed on the work of putting up the lumber mill and building the railroad. Messrs. Carson & Joyce have about 50 men employed on their part of the work and are making things hum. An addition has been built to the McKelvey house, about 18x40 feet, and other arrangements to give the men comfortable quarters and plenty to eat.
Oak Grove is getting awake after years of quietness and will soon be a hustling business center of industry.