The Early History of Heilwood

A Western Pennsylvania Coal Mining Town

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The last known photo of the Heilwood Company Store, taken in winter 1963.

The last known photo of the Heilwood Company Store, taken in winter 1963.

Historical marker conveying some inaccurate information.

Historical marker conveying some inaccurate information.

Cambria & Indiana Railroad History

The Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad

Coal Dust: The Early Mining Industry of Indiana County
(Special Collections & Archives at Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Colver Home Page

The Diary of S.H. Jencks
(Cambria & Indiana Railroad)

The Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Indiana County Coal Mine Index
(Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania)

McIntyre, Pennsylvania, The Everyday Life of a Coal Mining Company Town: 1910-194

Old Forge Coal Mines

The T. R. Johns Collection: Beneath the Surface: Life, Work and Social Structure in the Mining Community of Heilwood, Pennsylvania
(The Pennsylvania State University Libraries)

Western Pennsylvania Coalfields

Windber Coal Heritage Center

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