Editing Fairchance, Pennsylvania (section)

== Name ==
Many townspeople state that Fairchance got its name in the early days of transportation. The story goes that travelers from [[Morgantown, West Virginia]], who made it to the borough by 4:00 P.M. had a "fair chance" of making it to [[Uniontown, Pennsylvania|Uniontown]] before sundown. Another explanation cited in the book ''Fairchance Through the Years'', compiled by the Fairchance Centennial History Committee, is that Fidelio H. Oliphant, who operated iron furnaces in the area, went to a bank in Uniontown to borrow money with the assurance that he had a "fair chance" of paying it back.