Editing Hyndman, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The first known settler in the area was Samuel Waters, who lived near [[Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River)|Wills Creek]] and built a bridge across it before 1800. Around 1800, Jacob Burkett and Amos Raley started a boatbuilding business at the settlement called Bridgeport. Boats were needed to float grain down to [[Cumberland, Maryland]]. In 1850, Enoch Cade opened a store, and in 1865 a one-room school was opened. Samuel Miller began laying out a town on his land north of the creek.

In 1871, the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] first came through the town, going from Cumberland to [[Pittsburgh]], and the Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad was built from [[Mount Dallas, Pennsylvania|Mt. Dallas]] (near [[Everett, Pennsylvania|Everett]]) to Cumberland. In September 1877, the town was incorporated, and in December of that year the town was renamed Hyndman in honor of the B&O's Connellsville Division Railroad Superintendent E. K. Hyndman. The first elected officials were Chief Burgess S. M. Wilhelm and Council members J. W. Madore, W. S. Mullin, Samuel Miller, and Henry Miller. Early industries included the manufacturing of bricks and limestone.<ref>"The Kernel of Greatness: An Informal Bicentennial History of Bedford County (Pennsylvania)", by Bedford County Heritage Commission (Author), B/W Illus (Illustrator), 1971, ASIN B000KYDYOE, pp.136–7</ref>

In 1889, the National Bank of South Pennsylvania was opened in Hyndman, but failed in 1905. It was purchased by J. J. Hoblitzell, giving it the name it has today&nbsp;– Hoblitzell National Bank. In 1892 the Hyndman Water Company was completed, in 1893 the electric plant opened, the telephone exchange was begun in 1906, and in 1927 a fire company was organized.

A major fire in late December 1949 burned out Hyndman's [[central business district|business center]]&nbsp;– mostly of [[framing (construction)|frame building construction]]&nbsp;– before it was brought under control.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/10799/hyndman-pa-town-fire-dec-1949 |title=Fire Destroy's Major Section of Small Town |date=December 25, 1949 |via=GenDisasters |newspaper=Billings Gazette |access-date=August 19, 2018 |agency=United Press |archive-date=August 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819082942/http://www.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/10799/hyndman-pa-town-fire-dec-1949 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2017, a 33-car train derailment sparked fires that resulted in evacuation of most of the town's residents for several days.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/4/year-after-derailment-hyndman-remains-on-edge/ |title=Year after derailment, Hyndman remains on edge |date=August 4, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2018 |first=Jeffrey |last=Alderton |newspaper=Cumberland Times-News |agency=Associated Press }}</ref>