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Transcontinental and Western Airways Flight 1 (TWA 1), a Douglas DC-2, crashed into Cheat Mountain, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, approximately 10:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 7, 1936, killing 12 of the 14 passengers and crew aboard. Flight 1 was a regularly scheduled TWA Sun Racer flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles, with almost a dozen intermediate stops between. Approaching the flight's second stop, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Allegheny County Airport, pilot Otto Ferguson lost contact with the airport's radio navigation signal, and tracked several miles in a southwestern line off course. Fearing icing conditions, he descended in an attempt to find visual landmarks for navigation. Thick fog hindered him, and his descent continued until Flight 1 hit ice-covered trees atop Cheat Mountain, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Pittsburgh on the West Virginia line and near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. When the plane crashed it was aiming in a northern flight direction indicating that the pilot finally realized he had tracked south of his flightplan and may have been trying to correct it. (The flight should have been aimed due west not north or hours prior south-southwest.) The plane's two pilots were killed instantly, as were several passengers. Flight attendant Nellie Granger, though injured in the crash, got help for the surviving passengers by following nearby telephone wires to a home, where she called for help. Though one of the survivors later died of his injuries, Granger was hailed as a hero for her efforts to help them despite her own injuries.

Georges Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,346 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 6,612 tabulated in 2010. It is served by the Albert Gallatin Area School District. Collier, Newcomer, Oliphant Furnace, Haydentown, Ruble Mill, York Run, Shoaf, Amend, and Highhouse are villages within the township.

Oliphant Furnace is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The town began as a mining community which grew up around the cokeworks, which bore the name "Oliphant Furnace" in the 1870s. Other towns with "Furnace" in the name can be found in the region. Several original saltbox houses which were built by the mining companies can still be found in town, as well as the ruins of the cokeworks just outside town.

Fairchance is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,889 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 1,975 tabulated in 2010. It is served by the Albert Gallatin Area School District.

Muddy Run is a 4.46 mi (7.18 km) long 2nd order tributary to Georges Creek in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Brownfield is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Uniontown. Brownfield has a post office, with ZIP code 15416.

Technician 5th Grade Alfred Leonard Wilson (September 18, 1919 – November 8, 1944) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during World War II.

The Albert Gallatin Area School District is a large, rural, public school district located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It is named after Albert Gallatin former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, planner of the Lewis and Clark expedition, engineer of the financial details of the Louisiana Purchase, and founder of New York University. It serves the Boroughs of Masontown, Fairchance, Point Marion, and Smithfield. It also serves German, Springhill, Georges, and Nicholson Townships. It encompasses approximately 142 square miles (370 km2). According to 2000 US federal census data, Albert Gallatin Area School District serves a resident population of 25,282. By 2010, the District's population declined to 23,852 people. The educational attainment levels for the Albert Gallatin Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 82.4% high school graduates and 11.9% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 61.4% of Albert Gallatin Area School District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 24 students in the Albert Gallatin Area School District were homeless.In 2009, Albert Gallatin Area School District residents’ per capita income was $14,454, while the median family income was $31,607. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Fayette County, the median household income was $39,115. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.Albert Gallatin Area High School is part of the Albert Gallatin Area School District is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Uniontown in York Run. The southern end of the Albert Gallatin School District borders West Virginia and Pittsburgh is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the high school. Morgantown, West Virginia is 20 miles (32 km) to the south. Recent building improvements include a state-of-the-art stadium grass playing fieldThe school mascot is the Colonial. The school is locally known by its initials, AG.

South Union Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,897 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 10,681 tabulated in 2010.Communities within the township include Hopwood, Hatfield, Hutchinson, Chadville, South Uniontown, Leith, and Revere. South Union Township contains the larger two of the three Uniontown area shopping districts. The largest, centered on the Uniontown Mall, is located just outside the Uniontown city limits. Another important shopping area is called Walnut Hill and is located in Hatfield. The Laurel Highlands School District serves this township.

The Fayette County Career and Technical Institute, located near Uniontown, Pennsylvania is a local vocational technical school for students enrolled in one of four school districts in the county.

The Historic Summit Inn Resort, also known as the Summit Hotel, is an historic hotel complex and national historic district which is located atop the Summit Mountain of Chestnut Ridge by North Union Township and South Union Township in Farmington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Morris-Hair Tavern, also known as Heinbaugh's Hand-Picked Produce & Special Gifts, is a historic home that also served as an inn and tavern located at South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1818, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, 5-bay, sandstone building with a center hall floor plan in an Early Republic style. It has a 2+1⁄2-story, kitchen ell. It served as a stop for 19th-century travelers on the National Road.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.