Ghost Town Trail
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The Ghost Town Trail is a rail trail in Western Pennsylvania that runs 36 miles between Black Lick, Indiana County, and Ebensburg, Cambria County. Established in 1991 on the right-of-way of the former
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Buena Vista Furnace, 2007
Abandoned coal cars along the trail
Wehrum, Pennsylvania
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Wehrum is an abandoned coal mining company town in Buffington Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, that thrived for a time during the early 20th century. The mine upon which it was e
Ghost Town Trail
…historical sites, particularly sites of abandoned coal mines and their company towns. The ghost towns include Bracken, Armerford, Lackawanna No. 3, Wehrum, Scott Glenn, Webster, Beulah (or Beula), and Claghorn. Wehrum, the largest of the former towns, once contained 230 houses, a hotel, company store…
Little girl in yard of house on Broadway in Wehrum, c. 1924
View of Wehrum c. 1923. The perspective is to the north. Portions of First, Second, Third and Fourth Streets are shown.
Wehrum Cemetery, now hidden in the forest.