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==History== In 1769, John Peter Miller was granted provisional ownership of land within the current-day boundaries of Southwest Greensburg, and he received full ownership rights in 1789.<ref name='Centennial'>{{cite book | last = (No author shown) | title = Southwest Greensburg Centennial 1890-1990 | publisher = Southwest Greensburg Centennial Committee, printed by South Greensburg Printing Company, Inc. | year = 1990 | page = 26 }}</ref> Miller was told that the first settler traditionally has the right to name a community, and when Miller was asked what name he preferred for the area, he responded with "What you please?" <ref name='Centennial'/> As a result, the community - at that point a mere collection of farms - bore the unusual name "What You Please?" for many decades, in what was undoubtedly an expression of settlers' sense of humor. In 1887, [[Richard Coulter (general)|Richard Coulter]] and [[George Franklin Huff]], both of whom had attained wealth in the local coal industry, saw the possibilities of developing the area as a residential community. Coulter and Huff purchased land from a farmer, John Mace, in 1887, and a community consisting of 413 lots was laid out.<ref name='Centennial'/> The first recorded use of the name "Southwest Greensburg" occurred in 1888, when Coulter and Huff's plan was submitted to the county courthouse.<ref name='Centennial'/> Southwest Greensburg was incorporated as a borough on November 15, 1890. The first borough election was held on February 17, 1891, in which John Putnam was elected as the borough's first [[burgess (title)|burgess]] (mayor), together with other borough officials.<ref name='Centennial'/> A key element of the community's development was the Greensburg & Hempfield Street Railway, which built a trolley line on Greene Street in 1890. Shortly afterward, the company built an amusement park called "Electric Park" to increase trolley traffic. The boundaries of "Electric Park" were (approximately) Greene Street, Main Street, Welty Street, and Weaver Street.<ref>{{cite book | last = Miller | first = Jim | title = Greensburg PA: The Other Side of the Tracks: Industrial History/Archaeology of the Greensburg Area: An Interpretation of Greensburg's Industrial Past by Jim Miller | publisher = Privately published by author | year = 2003 | location = Greensburg, Pennsylvania | page = 50 }}</ref> Nothing of "Electric Park" remains, which was eventually redeveloped as residential lots. The trolley line was later acquired by [[West Penn Railways]] and operated until January 3, 1937.<ref>{{cite book | last = (No author shown) | title = West Penn Railways | publisher = Pennsylvania Railway Museum Association, Inc. | year = 1973 | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | page = 18 }}</ref>
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