Harlansburg, Pennsylvania
| Harlansburg | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 41°01′27″N 80°11′19″W / 41.02417°N 80.18861°WCoordinates: 41°01′27″N 80°11′19″W / 41.02417°N 80.18861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lawrence |
| Township | Scott |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Harlansburg is a community eight miles east of the city of New Castle in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
The community is the home of the Harlansburg Station Transportation Museum and the Harlansburg cave, reputedly the longest cave in Pennsylvania.
The following historical text is taken from History of Lawrence County Pennsylvania, 1887, which is now in the public domain.
Is located on the old Pittsburgh and Erie stage road, which was one of the first roads laid out in the county. The road was the main stage route, and travel over it, after the country had become partially settled, was very heavy. The first settler at the place was Jonathan Harlan, who left Chester County in 1792, and came to Allegheny county, locating in the beautiful Chartiers valley. He was in that county during the excitement caused by the "whisky insurrection" of 1794, and was in the neighborhood when Gen. John Neville's house was burnt by the insurrectionists He came to what is now called Scott Township, about 1797-8, and settled 400 acres (1.6 km2) under Dr. Peter Mowry, of Pittsburgh, including the site of the village. He afterwards removed to the farm now owned by the heirs of George McCracken. While living on his first tract he laid out the town of Harlansburg in 1800, built the first house in the place, and put up a gristmill just east of the village, on the small run which empties into Slippery Rock Creek, some distance below, the mill being built probably previous to the laying out of the town. The house he built was constructed of round logs, and stood on the hill just above where the "Benard House" now stands. The house was standing until about 1840.
When Mr. Harlan came to the place he brought with him his wife and three children, and seven children were afterwards added to the number, the first born after their settlement being a daughter, Sarah. After Mr. Harlan removed to the farm, below town, he built a second grist-mill, already mentioned.
About the same time Harlan came Abraham and Levi Hunt made a settlement on a farm adjoining him, and Abraham Hunt, in 1802, built the first tavern in the village, the building still standing, and known as the "Benard House." It was the first frame building for many miles around, and has been used as a tavern ever since it was erected. The HUNTs afterward removed to a farm in the neighborhood or where the Deans now live, a couple of miles west of the village.
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