The Hidden St. Marks Cemetery and Harwick Miners Memorial in Cheswick pa. which sits behind a Power Plant

Yes In all the years of traveling thru Cheswick and Springdale and passing the two enormous Power Plants  in the towns I never realized there was a small hidden cemetery , which is also the site of a memorial to the Harwick Coal Mine Disaster




 which prompted
  Andrew Carnegie to start his Heroes Commission  Award  and with in the cemetery  lay some of the Miners Killed that awful day.









You drive in what looks like the entrance to the plant and go all the way back to the cemetery which is boarded  on two sides by the plant a small creek and the river.
 




You would never suspect it even sits all the way back there
The property also included at one time the Old St Marks Lutheran Church  which is long gone.




As you first approach the cemetery you will notice a plot with a pipe around it this is where the miners who perished in the Harwick disaster are buried. 



The area is heavily security and police  patrolled due to the power plant being all around the cemetery so if you visit be mindful you could be stopped and asked what you are doing back the road.





The Hidden Washboard Falls deep in a ravine in Sharpsburg Pa where you can feel the spirit of Chief Guyasuta

located deep in a 175 acre Ravine in Sharpsburg Pa is  Boy Scout Camp Guyasuta 
it was donated in 1918 to the Boy scouts by one of the Descendants  of James Ohara  for which the town of Ohara gets its name  and the falls them selves have little changed from when the great chief guyasuta and his fellow Native Americans first traveled its path.





 The camp is open daily to the public and you are welcome to make the aprox. 1 mile hike all the way back to the falls  after checking in with the  Camp Ranger and letting him know you would like to hike up to them. 

But when you do hike up to the very remote area be ready to experience nature like you have never seen it before and experience what it was like when native Americans and chief guyasuta traveled these falls. 
Which obviously got there name wash Board from natural shelf formations











 

The Ghost Line a Haunted Trolley Line which ran from the Glenwood Bridge to Rankin Boro

All the years I rode trolleys and buses around Pittsburgh and in talking with the operators on late nite trips back from working as a guard while going to trade school I never heard about this strange tale of a Trolley line called the Ghost Line .

It was a single line track which paralleled the CSX /

B&O Railroad Tracks and  ran between the Trolley Barn in Rankin along the Monongahela River to the Glenwood Bridge in Hazelwood Section of Pittsburgh. about 5 miles  and was used once in morning and once at night mainly to shuttle cars and keep the line active and not have to abandon it. It served one little town called Ducks Hollow and
It was said to be haunted particularity at night. There is no road along it so it never saw regular  motor vehicle usage

Weird story's of headless bodies being seen and terrifying passenger and  Motorman  so worried theywhere said to carry fire arms or would refuse to make the run at night as testified to by newspaper accounts at the time.

Now whats strange is I can find very little if any reason why this particular track line would be haunted and by whom .
It did pass the Famous Carrie Furnaces of USS  but never heard reports of headless body's or decapitations happening at furnaces thou many men where killed there over the years.  Never read or heard of a Indian massacre occurring or serial killer along this stretch so rather interesting it would be haunted.

Definitely going to have to dig into this deeper to see what would result in the haunting s


Is there a Mountain Lion Roaming around Westmoreland County ?

The Mountain Lion has been extinct in Pa. for many decades yet people claim they see and hear them to this day in the mountains of  Western Pa.
The following is a post from Face Book group Across Westmoreland .






Does anyone have any info on who to contact about a mountain lion in the area? I have tried contacting the game commission several times with no response... Most likely because the Eastern mountain lion is supposedly extinct. I live in a wooded area of South Greensburg. Myself and my neighbors have seen the mountain lion multiple times, and we hear it calling every night. It leaves deer carcasses in the field across from my home. I fear for the safety of small children and pets in the area. TIA.
EDIT: Well, this got out of hand. Definitely wasn't asking for opinions on whether people believe there are mountain lions in the area or not. Just asked for a number to call. It doesn't really matter if you don't believe me, as my neighbors and I, the people who have actually SEEN it and have to deal with it, are 100% certain it is a mountain lion. Come on over and see for yourself if you're that serious about the topic.

Is it possible a Mountain  Lion is roaming around ? Absolutely because there are a several scenarios
involved here.

Scenario 1#
A mountain Lion owned illegally by a Drug Dealer  or other person of criminal nature  had one as a pet and has released it or it got loose.

Scenario 2#
 A Mountain Lion or similar big cat brought into one of the trophy hunt compounds  and game Reserves which exist around Western Pa. where hunters pay to hunt Elk,Wild Boar, Lions you name it  got loose from the compound and is roaming.

Thats how Nemacolin Woodlands originally started. as a private game reserve for the Rockwells and there is a big reserve next to BSA Camp Twin Echos in Westmoreland County.  

Scenario 3#'
Heard a story from a mountain person where the Pa. Game Commission quietly let a couple mountain lion loose in deep woods to hep control deer population.
He lived in Fayette county and when he had problems with one he called game commission who insists they do not exist  . He said OK then I will shoot it and call TV news and show it to them.
Seems the Mountain Lion disappeared as fast as he made the phone call.

So whats going on?

Is there an actual mountain lion roaming or is it a misidentified animal.

Stan Gordon the famous Pa. UFO researcher has been getting many calls about mountain Lions in the area as well.

So whats the truth?