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Keeping Our History Alive Compass Inn Museum Ligonier Valley Historical Society Ligonier Valley Historical Societys Mission preserve the heritage and history of the Ligonier Valley for present and future generations. In 1964 Ligonier Valley Historical Society was formed as a nonprofit organization to bring together those people interested in local history. The Societys major function both then and now is to discover and collect any material and oral histories which help establish or illustrate the history of the area its exploration settlement development and activities in peacetime and in wartime. In 1966 the Ligonier Valley Historical Society accepted a gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation of the Compass Inn a former important stagecoach hostelry founded in 1799 with the intention of acquiring funds to restore and maintain the edifice and to eventually become a museum providing a walk into the past for thousands of visitors each year.