. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. UNT UNION Mount Union was incorporated asa Borough in 1867. She is not anold town by any means. In fact, whenShirleysburg was a good sized villageand when Huntingdon was a thriftytown. Mount Union was not. Thenucleus of the town was two or threeliouses situated along the old canalat which point the boats would stopto load and unload their freight. Thisterritory here, where Mount Union isnow situated, Avas formerly along the?old highway connecting the region ofthe Aughwick with that of StandingStone, now Huntingdon, and such evi-dentl
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. UNT UNION Mount Union was incorporated asa Borough in 1867. She is not anold town by any means. In fact, whenShirleysburg was a good sized villageand when Huntingdon was a thriftytown. Mount Union was not. Thenucleus of the town was two or threeliouses situated along the old canalat which point the boats would stopto load and unload their freight. Thisterritory here, where Mount Union isnow situated, Avas formerly along the?old highway connecting the region ofthe Aughwick with that of StandingStone, now Huntingdon, and such evi-dently had some influence upon ourdevelopment into a village and laterinto a town. The towns growth hasnot been rapid like many others inthe country, where because of someindustrial interferences or some natur-al enterprise, people have come,build-ings have been erected, streets laid outand a town started in a few the other hand, Mount Union hasnot been slow. In 10 years time ourpopulation has been tripled. We havetaken on new life. Men of ? genius. Edward M. Beers, the pres^nt Mayor of Mount Union 99and enterprise have given their livesin our interest, and some of themhave passed away without the reali-zation of successful effort. There areothers today, active citizens of ourcity, who are interested in its wel-fare and who are soaring to the frontwith new ideals and motives—menwho believe in booming your hometown first of all and in lending ahand toward making it one of thebest in the State. New industrieshave come here, which today rankamong the best of their kind in thecountry. New people have settledwithin our bounds and have mean-while given individual impetus to ourprogress. Our development has notbeen ephemeral, but we believe thatit is permanent. Our natural re-sources are now being utilized. Up-on cur mountains are rock which isbeing ground and made into brick:stone also, that may be put intobuildings. Upon our ridges are sandand limestone; Within the past de-cad
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