Day OneArrive for a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s world-famous Fallingwater enveloped in the colorful autumn foliage of hardwood trees. Depart and check in to Seven Springs Resort where each room has a private balcony open to the scenic backdrop of rolling hills adorned in fall colors. Dinner is included in the resort’s beautiful restaurant with sweeping panoramic views.

Source: Fall in the Laurel Highlands

The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Cambria County, Fayette County, Somerset County and Westmoreland County.[1] It has a population of about 600,000 people. The actual geographic feature is approximately fifty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh, the Laurel Highlands center on Laurel Hill and Chestnut Ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The mountains making up the Laurel Highlands are the highest in Pennsylvania, with Mount Davis in Somerset County the highest point in the

Source: Laurel Highlands – Wikipedia

The Johnstown flood of 1977; also known as the Second great flood of Johnstown, and the Johnstown disaster, began on the night of 20 July 1977 when flash floods hit the area of Cambria County, around Johnstown, Pennsylvania and the Conemaugh Valley. Nearly twelve inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, when a thunder storm stalled over the area. With the failing of six area dams nature was able to do what area residents had been convinced could not happen again.

Ron Shawley, executive director of Laurel Highland’s Historical Village, returned to Johnstown on the 20th and stated “It was like somebody dropped an atomic bomb on Johnstown”, “I questioned what kind of force it would take to do that.”.

Source: Johnstown flood of 1977 – Wikipedia

Hills, Heart & Heritage

Which way? In the Laurel Highlands and Southern Alleghenies Region, any direction you take is the scenic route. Even the swiftest highways in the region are decked with blooming foliage, stoic mountain ranges and dutiful farmhouses that stand a quiet guard over the countryside. You can’t help but enjoy the scenery as it rolls by and appreciate its all-natural beauty.

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