Blairsville Historical Society of Indiana County PA

There was a post that I did on Blairsville County Covered Bridge, I retyped some information from the Mapbox and posted it. I didn't think anything else about it, just figured it was old information that people would read and forget about. In fact, most of the papers in the box are so old, that scanning them and having them presentable wasn't even an option for me. Even the picture of the bridge itself wasn't the best quailty, but then again the bridge collapsed in 1874.

The Blairsville Historical Society of Indiana County PA has used the information and made a great presentation of the Blairsville Covered Bridge.

You can find that here. (or click on the photo).

They have made an impressive paper on the bridge, even using a photo from the Fred Yenerall Collection, and it's excellent. I was so impressed with the way the presented all this information.


I think it is absolutely wonderful that they have used the information to allow people to learn about the history of the bridge and the community.



All the Covered Bridges in Indiana County are shown on their website with descriptions about the bridges. I have used their site to research some of the bridges when I was doing the photos. They even have a link to driving to each and every bridge that is still standing in the county.


The information on many of these places weren't easily available when Fred was alive, they did everything with snailmail, and word of mouth. Imagine how much information I would have if the Internet was available back in the 70's.