Prior to the Great Depression, coal mines and coke ovens made Scottdale the wealthiest community in Westmoreland County.
Immigrants from Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean join.
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Once part of a region that was known as the world\'s largest producer of metallurgical coke, the area\'s prosperity created a thriving business district on the road to Pittsburgh, lined Chestnut Street with elegant Victorian mansions, and provided a home for a baseball farm team affiliated with the St.
Prior to the Great Depression, coal mines and coke ovens made Scottdale the wealthiest community in Westmoreland County