1936 Map of Connellsville

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The Youghiogheny River winds through the southwestern Pennsylvania coal and coke region, serving as the industrial backbone for a landscape defined by its rail networks and small mining settlements. Revised in the early 1930s, this survey documents the dense corridor between Southwest and Connellsville, where the Baltimore and Ohio R R and the Pennsylvania R R converge. The prevalence of local institutions, from Mt Olive Ch to numerous country schoolhouses like Cunningham Sch and Gilmore Sch, reveals a settled agrarian society operating alongside heavy industry.