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Come visit the Ligonier Country Market. With over 100 vendors, you'll be able to find all kinds of fresh picked produce, a wide variety of flowers from annuals to perennials to fresh cut arrangements. We have straight from the farm beef, poultry and eggs, along with specialty breads, pastries and hot cooked foods. Honey and maple syrup too. Also available are tons of handmade crafts including jewelry, purses, country crafts, wood items, pet items, dog treats, candles and much, much more. There is a different special guest every week! Come check us out - you will not be disappointed. |
| Located on the loyalhanna watershed farm at the intersection of west main street and U.S. Route 30 Ligonier, Pennsylvania |
Open every Saturday starting May 23 through October 3 From 8:00am - 12:00 Noon
*RAIN OR SHINE* |
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Ligonier Country Market History |
In 1976 as the country was preparing for a massive national celebration, the leaders of the Ligonier Bicentennial planning committee tapped John West to organize a farmers market as a part of the local festivities. That year ten vendors setup their tables and spread their wares in a building then known as the American Legion barn which is today known as the Mill Creek. The vendors who regularly attended the market during the first season were enthusiastic about their sales and profits and were ready to do it again. The Market was incorporated as a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation in March of 1977 and there was no looking back.
The venue has changed a number of times: from the barn, to the high school, to the grounds adjacent to the barn, to the present location on the Loyalhanna Watershed Association property at the corner of Springer Road and the Old Lincoln Highway in Ligonier Township. From the modest start of ten vendors, over one hundred vendors setup the tents and stalls during the summer. A shopper can find a marvelous selection of farm fresh produce, locally grown plants and flowers, delicious prepared foods and beverages and a dizzing array of arts and crafts items.
Fifteen, or more, volunteer members of the board of directors comprising of vendors and interested citizens manage and operate the market for twenty Saturdays each summer. Because of the wonderful ambience of Ligonier and the interest and vitality of all the participants, the Ligonier Country Market has become the most successful farmers market in Western Pennsylvania. |
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