1964 Map of Mount Pleasant

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Industrial and coal-patch history defines this Westmoreland County landscape, where the Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad once serviced numerous mining operations and manufacturing hubs. The urban center of Mount Pleasant is depicted in detail, featuring landmarks like Ramsay High School and the local Hospital. Radiating outward from the borough are the distinctive residential and industrial patterns of settlements like Hecla, Carpentertown, and Morewood. Evidence of the region’s carbon-based economy is visible in the Coke Ovens near Alverton and the Standard Shaft north of the borough. Small rural communities such as Rufis Dale, Rocktown, and Tarrs are connected by a network of local roads that weave between deep hollows like Simpson Hollow and Leighty Hollow. These features, along with numerous local cemeteries including the Polish Cemetery and Sewickley Cemetery, provide a detailed record of mid-century life in the coal fields.