Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Blessed with wild strawberries,
the early settlers called the area Strawberry Valley.
With the proposed arrival of the railroad in
the early 1850s, prosperity came to Ligonier in the
form of Solomon Mier and Frederick W. Strauss. Many
other Jewish families followed and Ligonier became
known as “Little Jerusalem.” Businesses thrived and
at one time, 1/3 of all real estate transactions made
east of the Mississippi were handled by firms in
Ligonier, Indiana. Ligonier is blessed with splendid
architecture, from the 1899 Colonial Revival home
Jacob Straus built, to the 1901 Queen Anne built by
Solomon Mier. Why not take the time for a walking
tour of the most beautiful Main Street in the U.S.?
In 1952, a progressive industrial
development board was established to bring industry
to Ligonier. Currently Ligonier has over 3500
manufacturing jobs; in fact, we have a job for every
man, woman, and child who lives in the city. Ligonier
industries produce plastic bottles, auto mufflers, auto
glass, wheat flour, sample books, and much, much
more.
The city has maintained a fine balance
between industrial and environmental concerns with
58 acres of public lands contained in six city parks.
