(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December. If you have a
As a young boy, Keith Takacs knew he wanted a Gatling gun. The rapid-fire weapon, a precursor to modern machine guns, patented in 1862 looked cool in old cowboy movies. Fast forward a few decades, and Takacs dropped about $12,000 on one in 2019. “Saw it, wanted it, made it