WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania — On South Main Street stands the house where attorney David Bradford, a leader of the Whiskey Rebellion, lived from 1788 to 1794. In July 1794, some 400 armed men, most from Washington County, laid waste to a tax inspector’s house outside Pittsburgh.
People here have distrusted distant power ever since. They have also learned to read the ground. A well pad at the edge of a hayfield means an impact-fee check. A longwall mine beneath a pasture means steady paychecks.
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