History:

The founder of Uniontown was Thomas Montgomery who was referred to by his family as "a bit of a wanderer." For some unknown reason Thomas Freeborn Latson left New York during the Civil War in 1863. By the time he reached Uniontown in 1867 he had changed his name to Thomas Montgomery. He filed a homestead claim in 1874, obtained a post office for Uniontown in 1878 and filed the plat for Uniontown in 1879. Thomas Montgomery was apparently a difficult man to get along with and several businesses moved buildings and businesses three miles down the road to the competing community of Colton due to disputes with Mr. Montgomery.  Thomas Montgomery continued to buy and sell property in Uniontown until 1883.  On December 8, 1993, Thomas was given money for a property transaction with D.M. White of Lewiston for real estate in Uniontown.  He never returned.  He was found dead on the Lewiston Hill.  At first it was thought his runaway team had killed him, but then 2 bullet holes were found in his head plus a bullet in one of the horses.  No investigation was made in either Whitman or Nez Perce county