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Jerome was turned into an occupied camp by a strike that lasted sixteen months. [55] By mid-May 1922, for instance, 29 Somerset County sheriff's deputies patrolled Jerome, alongside a much larger contingent of company police and a unit of the Pennsylvania State police. The State Militia arrived a few months later. [56]
Conemaugh Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,760 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Conemaugh Township includes the towns of Jerome, Davidsville, Tire Hill, Thomas Mills, part of Holsopple, and surrounding countryside.
An 1836 map of Pennsylvania's counties. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the U.S. government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Pennsylvania the codes start with 42 and are completed with the three-digit county code.
The Main Line of Public Works was a package of legislation passed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1826 [a] to establish a means of transporting freight [b] between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It funded the construction of various long-proposed canal and road projects, mostly in southern Pennsylvania, that became a canal system and later ...
A prolonged struggle for unionization, which began at Jerome and Windber in northern Somerset County in early April, 1922, extended to Boswell on April 17. [11] By April 24, 1922, miners at Acosta, Gray, Ralphton, Randolph and Jenners also joined the strike, [ 12 ] which was to last sixteen months.
[2] [a] A Great Depression-era public works bond was provided to fund the creation of a new auto-centric four-lane highway bridge. The bridge was dedicated on May 3, 1938 and opened to traffic on May 4. Thousands of people attended the ceremony and parade to celebrate the new bridge. The total cost of the new bridge was $667,000. [6] [7]
Hiyasota is an unincorporated community and coal town near Jerome [2] in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn Smokeless Coal Company operated two mines in Hiyasota in 1918. Penn Smokeless Coal Company operated two mines in Hiyasota in 1918.
Jennerstown is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 679 at the 2020 census. [3] The borough is the home of Jennerstown Speedway. The town was named for Edward Jenner. Jennerstown is located north of Somerset and south of Johnstown.