Harlansburg

History

Harlansburg is located on the old Pittsburgh and Erie stage road, which was one of the first roads laid out in the county. The road was the main stage route, and travel over it, after the country had become partially settled, was very heavy. The first settler at the place was Jonathan Harlan, who left Chester County in 1792, and came to Allegheny County, locating in the beautiful Chartiers Valley. He was in that county during the excitement caused by the "whisky insurrection" of 1794, and was in the neighborhood when Gen. John Neville's house was burnt by the insurrectionists. He came to what is now called Scott Township, about 1797 or 1798, and settled under Dr. Peter Mowry, of Pittsburgh, including the site of the village. He afterwards removed to the farm now owned by the heirs of George McCracken. While living on his first tract, he laid out the town of Harlansburg in 1800. He built the first house in the place, and put up a gristmill just east of the village, on the small run which empties into Slippery Rock Creek, some distance below, the mill being built probably previous to the laying out of the town. The house he built was constructed of round logs, and stood on the hill just above where the Benard House now stands. The house was standing until about 1840. The mill eventually was eventually joined by a second one below town. Another early settler was the Hunt family. Abraham and Levi Hunt founded a settlement on a farm adjoining the Harlan family, and Abraham, in 1802, built the first tavern in the village, the building still standing to this day, known as the "Benard House." It was the first frame building for many miles around, and has been used as a tavern ever since it was erected. After the Hunts moved a few miles west of the village, William Elder came…

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• Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center
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