HARDING & PERSHING COMPLETE 2ND LEG OF AUTO TRIP FROM WASHINGTON TO MARION
Uniontown, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On July 3, 1922, the New York Tribune reports President Warren G. Harding arrived last evening here in Uniontown* "completing the second leg of his journey by automobile from Washington to Marion..."
The President and his party, which includes General John J. Pershing, will lodge at Summit House**, a "top" resort hotel in the Allegheny Mountains.
Before arriving at the hotel, the President and General called on the "desperately" ill Senator William E. Crow*** at his summer home, Chalk Hill.
The President and his guests plan to arrive in Marion on the Fourth.
*Uniontown is located in Fayette County, PA, 46 miles SE of Pittsburgh. Ft. Necessity, the opening battle of the French & Indian War, is 11 miles SE of Uniontown. It is the birthplace of General George C. Marshall.
**Summit House, located on Chestnut Hill, opened in 1907. SH is one of the last remaining grand porch hotels in America. The original hotel register dates back to 1917.
***William Evans Crow (1870-1922) was born in German Township, PA & graduated from Waynesboro College. WEC was a newspaper report & editor before serving in the Pennsylvania State Senate 1907-1921. He was appointed U.S. Senator in 1921 & served until his death.
SOURCES
"History of the Summit Inn," www.summitinnresort.com/
"Joyous Crowds Hail Harding Auto Caravan," by Boyden Sparkes, The New York Tribune, July 3, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"William Evans Crow," Pennsylvania State Senate, www.legis.state.pa.us/
