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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania · Outdoors

Campbell’s Run Road

The Three Miners on Campbell’s Run Road

Woods along the Campbell’s Run Road corridor in Harmar Township.

History & local legend

A trail off Campbell's Run Road in the Harmarville area has a story about three miners. In daylight, walkers supposedly meet three ordinary-looking men who acknowledge them as they pass. When the walkers turn back, all three have disappeared. Local tellers identify them as miners who died there.

After dark, another account describes small white lights blinking several times, pausing and beginning again. In a March 2021 recollection, a former visitor using the name Dano remembered trips to Harmarville in the early 1970s and the sound of screams and moans.

Sources

  1. The Shadowlands, Harmarville entries for Campbell’s Run Road, miners and lights
  2. Pittsburgh Heritage & History, distinct Harmarville route and Dano’s March 10, 2021 recollection
  3. U.S. Census Bureau, named road geometry
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Visiting

Road corridor near wooded land.

Image credit

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and NV5 Geospatial, Cycle 2 orthophotography, via Penn State PASDA · License