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The sunlit timber passage of Banks Covered Bridge, seen head-on from the tree-lined approach.Bridges & railways

Banks Covered Bridge

Banks Covered Bridge spans Neshannock Creek between Volant and New Wilmington in Lawrence County. Built in 1889, the wooden bridge remains a familiar…

Looking south over the plank deck through the steelwork of the original Covert’s Crossing Bridge.Bridges & railways

Covert Road over the Mahoning River

The old Covert’s Crossing Bridge carried Covert Road across the Mahoning River in Lawrence County. Its narrow steel frame and wooden deck became the…

An engraving shows the Stritmater Brothers storefront and the date 1881 above the windows, with horse-drawn vehicles in the street.Outdoors · Historical image

Former Stritmater Brothers store / Lanigan’s Irish Pub

The former Stritmater Brothers department store on East Washington Street in New Castle later housed Lanigan's Irish Pub. Stories of running…

Aerial photograph of Hill View Manor’s connected wings, green lawn and circular drive in Shenango Township.Outdoors · Aerial view

Hill View Manor

Hill View Manor near New Castle opened in 1926 as the Lawrence County Home for the Aged and closed in 2004. Its third floor once housed residents who…

Historic black-and-white view of Hilltown station beside the one-lane steel road bridge at Hillsville.Bridges & railways

Hilltown Bridge

The Mahoning River crossing at Hilltown Bridge, near Hillsville in Lawrence County, has long attracted reports of unexplained lights beneath the…

Aerial view of Madonna Cemetery showing rows of graves and the circular junction in the central lane.Cemeteries · Aerial view

Madonna of Czestochowa Cemetery

Madonna of Czestochowa Cemetery on South Scotland Lane serves the Polish parish community of New Castle. Established in 1922, it also became the…

AI-generated illustration of an old dark marble marker under the water of a wooded swamp.Cemeteries · AI illustration

Mary Black’s headstone

Mary Johnson Black came from Ireland and settled in western Pennsylvania with her husband, Andrew. She died in 1888 and was buried in the Tindall…

Western entrance to the red covered bridge beside McConnells Mill on Slippery Rock Creek.Bridges & railways

McConnells Mill

Moses Wharton was the longtime caretaker associated with McConnells Mill beside Slippery Rock Creek in Lawrence County. He began looking after the…

The Beaver River at left, wooded low ground and ponds in the middle, and New Castle’s rail corridor at right.Outdoors

Murder Swamp

Murder Swamp was the name newspapers gave the marshy land between New Castle Junction and West Pittsburg after a series of discoveries beginning in…

Period postcard showing the original Savannah Methodist Episcopal Church beside rows of headstones and a tall monument.Cemeteries · Historical image

Savannah Cemetery

In November 1869, a white apparition near Savannah Methodist Church in Shenango Township became a local sensation. David Barge returned from the…

Overhead view of Skyhill Road crossing Coffee Run between leafless trees in Mahoning Township.Bridges & railways · Aerial view

Skyhill Road over Coffee Run

Skyhill Road’s crossing over Coffee Run is one of the places around Hillsville known collectively as Zombie Land. Young people called it Frankenstein…

The brick science hall and its dormer windows in a photograph printed in Westminster’s 1906 yearbook.Schools

Thompson-Clark Hall

Thompson-Clark Hall at Westminster College in New Wilmington carries a memorial to Mary Thompson in its history. Her father, science professor S. R.…