Hidden History of the Laurel Highlands

Historylies almost forgotten among the low mountains and quaint towns ofPennsylvania's Laurel Highlands.

Tales of Titanic survivors, brilliantinventors and forgotten heroes are all a part of the region's dim past.

Sincethe 1790s, the highlands have been home to a booming glass industry that spunout early windows and flasks and, later, beautifully cut pieces of art.

Thewonder of the World's Fair of 1893 was none other than Westmoreland's H.C.

Frick Coke Co.'s replica of a modern mine. In the eighteenth and nineteenthcenturies, lush fields and meadows produced the country's finest whiskey,Monongahela Rye.

Author Cassandra Vivian travels off the beaten path to explorethe hidden history of the Laurel Highlands.