Category: Area Memories

Rails Across the Breakneck.Where was this old landmark? This landmark was one of the first of its kind in the United States. The big hill in the background looks over […]

Rails Across the Breakneck-AnswerWhere was this old landmark? Luntz Bridge in Harmony Junction on the Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Trolley Line. Luntz Bridge was located just off Textor […]

Where was this old landmark? Can you guess where this local landmark stood and what it was used for? It was located on, what was then, a main road north. […]

Answer Where was this old landmark? This is a toll gate on what was then the Pittsburgh-Mercer Road but is now Perry Way at the border of Jackson Township and […]

Where was this old landmark? This local place was once very different from what you see today. Do you know where in our area this photo was taken? At the […]

Answer Where was this old landmark? This photo was taken from what is now Route 528 at the edge of Evans City Borough. Although there are no oil derricks there […]

Where was this old landmark? This local place was once very different from what you see today. Do you know where in our area this photo was taken? At the […]

AnswerWhere was this old landmark? Baldingers Store Baldingers was first built in 1933 as a fruit stand/farm market by Allen and Dorothy Dietz Baldinger. The paved area in the front […]

Harmony Bridge This span enabled travel and trade between Pittsburgh and points north for many years. It had a sturdy foundation made from very large cut stones and was constructed […]