Westmoreland 250: 10 unique things in Murrysville

An illustration from an April 1886 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper shows workers rushing to battle the gas well fire noted in the historic marker along Route 22. The illustration hangs in the Murrysville Municipal Building on Sardis Road.

Bird watchers Court Harding, of Indiana, left, and Alex Busato, of Scottdale, pose on the Westmoreland Heritage Trail while participating in the 2022 Christmas bird count.

Several sections of the back porch on the Staymates cabin in Murrysville have been replaced in this photo from 2017.

The Murrysville Historical Preservation Society’s Eighth Annual Historical Festival is Sept. 15 at the Sampson/Clark Log Toll House.

Zach Posner, 15, of Penn Township poses for a photo in 2022 with his Eagle Scout project, a wildlife observation platform at the Morosini Reserve in Murrysville.

J.T. Esposito of Murrysville prepares to swing at pitches from Sam’s Club volunteers at the Miracle Field this year.

Shoppers enter the Gifted Hands shop in the Blue Spruce Plaza along Route 22 in Murrysville.

This 2013 photo is of the Murrysville tree sign, which was planted in the early 1930s by Boy Scouts. The trees have grown to more than 150 feet tall and has has been featured in the “Guinness Book of World Records” and on “Ripley’s Believe it or Not.”

Fifteen minutes after opening, 380 Discount Warehouse has a full parking lot and hundreds of customers.

A plaque affixed to a boulder marks the area where the first natural gas well was drilled, just off the Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville.

A well replica created by a local Boy Scout troop marks the area where the first natural gas well was drilled, just off the Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville.