Irwin is near Greensburg, about a 45 minute drive from downtown Pittsburgh (today). It's just off the Pennsylvania turnpike. (Rolling Rock beer is made in Latrobe, near there!) My parents' friends lived in Irwin and I visited there a lot when I was younger (in the 60's and 70's). There was a lot of farmland, but no rivers that would have caused any trouble like the Johnstown floods. There are also no ports near there, unless one counts Pittsburgh as a port.... - Jeff R ---------- > From: Dgin4Roots@aol.com > To: PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Town of Irwin (aka Irwin Station), Westmoreland County, PA > Date: Tuesday, November 11, 1997 12:05AM > > Can anyone tell me if there are any records of train passengers going into or > out of Irwin, PA for the years 1887 through 1889? > > Also, I believe this railroad goes to Pittsburgh, it that correct? Would > this city have been affected by the 1889 Johnstown Flood? (I don't have a > map). Is there any kind of a port nearby this city that perhaps someone > leaving Irwin would need to take the train to the port to catch a ship > somewhere? Any info at all would be much appreciated. Thanks! > > Lori Ray > > Surnames: BERRY - CLAUS - COOK - DAVIDSON - EMIGH - FABER - FURST - > HENDERSON - HYND - KURTZ - MCLEAN / MACLEAN - SCHULTZ - SENIOR - THOMSON - > TIMOTHY - WILLIAMS > > Places: USA Counties/States: CLEARFIELD, PA; CUYAHOGA, OH; SUMMIT, OH > UK Counties/Countries: FIFE, SCOTLAND; ? SOUTH WALES > Other: GERMANY > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > Haven't found a post of interest? Why not generate one of your own? > > > > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Haven't found a post of interest? Why not generate one of your own?