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VICTORY, PA (AKA MUSTARD, PA AKA DOUGLAS HOLLOW)


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Victory, PA, an obscure and mysterious patch town (aka company town) in Elizabeth Township, was home to the Warden Mine. Here is the mostly covered mine entry.


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The tipple is gone, and only these structures remain from the Warden mine complex.


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Some of the company built houses in Victory. There is another style of company housing a little up the creek. This is obviously a 1920s-era patch with "model" patch housing, contrasting with the duplex patch housing built in Western PA between 1880-1910.


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The back of the patch houses.


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Most of the Western Pennsylvania patches have an "Honor Roll" for their war heros, and Victory is no different.


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