George Washington wrote a number of letters on Sept, 16, 1787.At least two of those letters dealt with properties he owned in Fayette County.鈥淔or the Land in Fayette County, I have been offered the price I had fixed on it, viz Forty Shillings pr. (per) Acre,鈥� he wrote in one letter.He was, ...
This being the 247th Did You Know column I鈥檝e written, I think I have a much better understanding about the people who鈥檝e inhabited Fayette County over the years.But there is one area about which I鈥檓 a little flummoxed. What on earth did those people eat?It鈥檚 probably true that if ...
聽When I finish writing this, I鈥檓 heading to Washington, D.C.I鈥檓 going to be among the first in line to greet the 鈥淣ext Generation of Conservatives鈥� who鈥檒l be arriving at this year鈥檚 CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) gum-beating convention. On second thought, I think ...
Did you know that there are 36 bridges that cross the Monongahela River?There are only five other rivers in the entire United States that have more bridges over them than the Monongahela.The Mississippi River has the most (133) rivers; the Allegheny River, by the way, has 44 bridges.I wonder, ...
Until last Tuesday,Florida Sen. Marco Antonio Rubio had been an up-and-coming, tailor-made, Republican 鈥渟avior. "He鈥檚 no longer up-and-coming. He鈥檚 just another in a series of ex-future Republican presidential candidates.On Tuesday afternoon, Rubio joined 21 of his fellow Republican ...
When I was in ninth grade, back in 1963, I witnessed a bit of local history, and it wasn鈥檛 until recently that I discovered just how 鈥渉istoric鈥� it was.I was there 50 years ago today, when a group of Pittsburgh Steelers played a group of local athletes known as the 鈥淔ayette County ...