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Membership – Individual
This membership level includes Free subscription to Westmoreland History magazine Quarterly newsletter Free admission to Historic Hanna's Town Free use of the research library and discount on photocopies 10% discount on purchases in WCHS office and Hanna's Town Museum Shop Discounts on program fees Invitations to Historical Society events
$40.00
Membership – Family
All members receive Free subscription to Westmoreland History magazine Quarterly newsletter For all living in the household Free admission to Historic Hanna's Town Free use of the research library and discount on photocopies 10% discount on purchases in WCHS office and Hanna's Town Museum Shop Discounts on program fees Invitations...
$70.00
Rattlesnake Flag
This durable, nylon 3 x 5 foot flag is perfect for indoor or outdoor use and is the official flag of Westmoreland County, so designated during the county's bicentennial year in 1973. The original rattlesnake flag was made for Proctor's Militia, formed at Hanna's Town in 1775. The snake in...
$75.00
A CAPTIVES TALE: Story of Elizabeth Brownlee Guthrie
This 15-page report of Anna L. Warren and The Westmoreland County Historical Society Research Committee was written in 1977 and reprinted in 2002. It recounts the true story of a young frontier wife and mother who, after witnessing the killing of her husband and young son in July of 1782 by...
$5.00
Gone But Not Forgotten – Virtual Historic House Tour
This is a ticket to our virtual Historic House Tour on September 18, 2021. The program is $25 and benefits the Westmoreland Historical Society. A Zoom link to the program will be provided as the program date approaches.
$15.00
Westmoreland in the Revolution
This 58-page set contains all 3 volumes of a research project of the Westmoreland County Historical Society completed in 1985. It contains eyewitness accounts by those who served. Much of the information is derived from applications filed with the Bureau of Pension in the years that followed the American Revolution....
$9.95
Reproduction 18th century pewter buttons
The 1/2-inch buttons are shown on a photo of the soapstone button mold fragment that was excavated at Hanna's Town. A reproduction mold was created, using the original dimensions and extrapolating the concentric lines to recreate the buttons. Lead-free pewter was used in the re-creation. Ensign Tom Klingensmith of the...
$10.00
Membership – Student
Students currently enrolled in K-12, college, or graduate school are entitled to a student membership. Benefits include ... Free subscription to Westmoreland History magazine Quarterly newsletter Free admission to Historic Hanna's Town Free use of the research library and discount on photocopies 10% discount on purchases in WCHS office and Hanna's Town Museum...
$18.00
Hannastown
A 14 page bound paper written by Ed Hahn was a project of the Westmoreland County Historical Society. This is a study of the founding of Hanna's Town, the first county seat of Westmoreland County and the first one organized west of the Alleghenies. The community lasted some fourteen years...
$5.00
Reproduction 18th century pewter buttons
The one-inch buttons are shown on a photo of the soapstone button mold fragment that was excavated at Hanna's Town. A reproduction mold was created, using the original dimensions and extrapolating the concentric lines to recreate the buttons. Lead-free pewter was used in the re-creation. Ensign Tom Klingensmith of the...
$15.00
Membership – Contributor
This membership level includes... Free subscription to Westmoreland History magazine Quarterly newsletter All living in household receive: Free admission to Historic Hanna's Town Free use of the research library and discount on photocopies 10% discount on purchases in WCHS office and Hanna's Town Museum Shop Discounts on program fees Invitations...
$125.00
Westmoreland History Magazine – Spring 2021
The current issue features the following articles: The 1965 PGA Championship at Laurel Valley Golf Club The Pennsylvania Canal Westmoreland’s Forgotten Waterway Mutt Wuslich and the Legacy of Export’s Photographers Departments: First Person: Walter F. Haile, Sr. describes Working in the Coal Mines of Westmoreland County in the 1930s and...
$5.00
Westmoreland History Magazine – Spring 2022
Spring 2022 issue of our popular Westmoreland History magazine. Westmoreland History is a popularly styled magazine of Westmoreland County's history, published three times a year by the Westmoreland Historical Society. Articles feature all aspects of Westmoreland County history, from pre-European settlement through the 20th century. Articles are well researched, but...
$5.00
Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Coal Region
The story of the southwestern Pennsylvania coal region is told in this 16 chapter book that features 163 paired photos showing a coal-related site in the past and in the present. The author Marion M. Piccolomini was born and raised in southwestern Pennsylvania and designed this book around past and...
$23.99
Woman on Fire
A new book based on the life of Elizabeth Guthrie Brownlee Guthrie. Elizabeth Guthrie comes to America from Ireland in 1771 with her parents, an older brother, and younger siblings. Through the Seneca Indians' and British Loyalists' raid and burning of Hanna's Town in 1782, the capture of Elizabeth, her...
$12.99
Membership – Sustaining
This membership level includes... Free subscription to Westmoreland History magazine Quarterly newsletter For all living in Household: Free admission to Historic Hanna's Town Free use of the research library and discount on photocopies 10% discount on purchases in WCHS office and Hanna's Town Museum Shop Discounts on program fees Invitations...
$100.00