Historical Recollections from Lawrence County Pennsylvania & Surrounding Areas |
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"Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it." Oscar Wilde (I like it!) |
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Historical Recollections from Lawrence County Pennsylvania & Surrounding Areas |
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"Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it." Oscar Wilde (I like it!) |
The ArchivesLAWRENCE COUNTY - Beaver & Erie Canal LAWRENCE COUNTY - Cross Cut Canal LAWRENCE COUNTY - Harmony Streetcar Line LAWRENCE COUNTY - Western Allegheny Railroad BEAVER FALLS - Beaver Falls Today BEAVER FALLS - 33rd St/College Hill School BEAVER FALLS - 5th Street School BEAVER FALLS - Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) BEAVER FALLS - Beaver Falls Browns (Baseball) BEAVER FALLS - Beaver Falls Fire Department BEAVER FALLS - Beaver Falls High School BEAVER FALLS - Carnegie Free Library BEAVER FALLS - P&LE Train Station (College Hill) BEAVER FALLS - Grandview Cemetery BEAVER FALLS - Old Covered Bridge BEAVER FALLS - Old Panoramic Photos BEAVER FALLS - Providence Hospital BEAVER FALLS - Seventh Ave Hotel BEAVER FALLS - St. Mary's Catholic Church BESSEMER - Bessemer Limestone & Cement Co. BESSEMER - Bessemer Public Schools BESSEMER - Metropolitan Paving Brick Co. BESSEMER - St. Anthony Catholic Church BESSEMER – Bessemer Today BESSEMER – PRR Train Station (Walford) CASTLEWOOD - Burick/Sroczynski Plane Crash of 1937 CASTLEWOOD – Hill School CHEWTON - Chewton Baptist Church CHEWTON - Chewton Dairy CHEWTON - Chewton Today CHEWTON - Landowner Benjamin Chew CHEWTON - The Mysterious Case of Anton Nagy CHEWTON - Chewton All-Stars (Girl's Softball) CHEWTON - Booher Family Cemetery CHEWTON - Chewton Public Schools CHEWTON – Italian Christian Church CHEWTON - Robertson's/Kubinski's Store CHEWTON - Mysterious Train Wreck of 1909 CHEWTON - Tindall Family Cemetery CHEWTON - River Road Railroad Bridge CHEWTON – First Baptist Church CLINTON – Clinton Methodist Church & Cemetery DARLINGTON - Darlington Methodist Church DARLINGTON - Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church EDINBURG - American Cyamanid (Burton Works) EDINBURG - Ashton Cemetery EDINBURG - Park Cemetery EDINBURG - Singing Evangelist Ira Sankey ELLPORT - Ellport Today ELLPORT - Ellport Presbyterian Church ELLPORT - Ellport Public School ELLPORT - Old Photos ELLPORT – Holy Trinty Orthodox Church ELLPORT - Ellport Skating Rink ELLPORT - Ellport Tigers Baseball Team ELLWOOD CITY – Aetna Standard Engineering ELLWOOD CITY - Baker Forge/Steel Car Forge ELLWOOD CITY - Baseball Legend "Hack" Wilson ELLWOOD CITY - Beauticians Division ELLWOOD CITY - Boxer Emmett Rocco ELLWOOD CITY - Cavert Wire Company ELLWOOD CITY - Central Public School ELLWOOD CITY - Christ Presbyterian Church ELLWOOD CITY - City Founder Henry Hartman ELLWOOD CITY – Connoquenessing Country Club ELLWOOD CITY - Downtown Photos ELLWOOD CITY - Early Town Ads 1891-92 ELLWOOD CITY - Ellwood City Fire Dept ELLWOOD CITY - Ellwood City Hospitals ELLWOOD CITY - Ellwood-Hazel Dell Bridges ELLWOOD CITY - Ewing Park Bridge ELLWOOD CITY - Ewing Park School ELLWOOD CITY - Frisco Railroad Bridge & Ellwood Tunnel ELLWOOD CITY - Hotel Oliver (Lawrence Hotel) ELLWOOD CITY - Industrialist Ralph Stiefel ELLWOOD CITY - Lincoln Jr-Sr High School ELLWOOD CITY - Locust Grove Cemetery ELLWOOD CITY - Mathews Conveyor Company ELLWOOD CITY - Michael's Furniture ELLWOOD CITY - Municipal Building ELLWOOD CITY - Old Brick School (Hazel Dell School) ELLWOOD CITY - Old Panoramic Photos of Ellwood ELLWOOD CITY - Peerless Lead Glass Company ELLWOOD CITY - Post Office Buildings ELLWOOD CITY - Purification of BVM Church ELLWOOD CITY - Rock Point PRR Railroad Bridge ELLWOOD CITY - Rookery/Park Hotel ELLWOOD CITY - Shelby/National Tube Mill (Mill A) ELLWOOD CITY - Shelby Social Club ELLWOOD CITY - Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church & Cemetery ELLWOOD CITY - St. Agatha’s Catholic Church ELLWOOD CITY - St. Agatha’s (Holy Redeemer) Cemetery ELLWOOD CITY - Rock Point Park ELLWOOD CITY - West Ellwood B&O Railroad Bridge ELLWOOD CITY - West End School ELLWOOD CITY - American Legion Memorial Park ELLWOOD CITY – City Hotel ELLWOOD CITY – Ellwood City Forge ELLWOOD CITY – North Star School ELLWOOD CITY – St. Agatha’s Catholic School ELLWOOD CITY – Walnut Ridge School ELLWOOD CITY - Old Photos ELLWOOD CITY - Hazen's Mill & Dam ELLWOOD CITY - Shelby Tube Mill (Mill B) ELLWOOD CITY - Glen Park ELLWOOD CITY - Grand Central/McDowell's Hotel ELLWOOD CITY - East End Hotel/Ellwood Academy ENON VALLEY - Enon Valley Today ENON VALLEY - Enon United Presbyterian Church ENON VALLEY - Enon Valley IOOF Hall ENON VALLEY – PRR Train Station FRIZZLEBURG – Frizzleburg (Freedom) Cemetery HARBOR BRIDGE - Harbor Baseball Team HARLANSBURG – Harlansburg Cave HARLANSBURG – Harlansburg High School HARLANSBURG - Harlansburg Station Museum HARLANSBURG - Village Inn HICKORY TWNP - Briar Hill Cemetery HICKORY TWNP - Briar Hill School HICKORY TWNP - Eastbrook High School HICKORY TWNP - Hickory Heights School HICKORY TWNP - Lakewood Beach HICKORY TWNP – Rhodes School HICKORY TWNP - MOH Recipient James B. Chambers HILLSVILLE - PRR Train Station HILLSVILLE - Hillsville Today HILLSVILLE - Carbon Limestone Co. HILLSVILLE - Hillsville Public Schools HILLSVILLE – Quakertown Falls HILLSVILLE - Sealey Houk Murder HILLSVILLE – St. Lawrence Catholic Church HOMEWOOD - Homewood Today HOMEWOOD – Homewood School HOMEWOOD - Homewood Train Station HOMEWOOD – Johnston House/St. Cloud Hotel HOMEWOOD - Old Photos HOYTDALE - St. Teresa's Catholic Church & Cemetery KOPPEL - Koppel Today KOPPEL - Hartman's Bridge Piers KOPPEL - Koppel Public Schools KOPPEL - Koppel Steel Corporation KOPPEL - P&LE Train Station (West Ellwood Junction) KOPPEL - St. Teresa’s Catholic Church & School MAHONINGTOWN - Mahoningtown Today MAHONINGTOWN - Mahoning Ave Viaduct MAHONINGTOWN - Mahoning School MAHONINGTOWN - P&LE/B&O Train Stations MAHONINGTOWN - St. Lucy Catholic Church MAHONINGTOWN - St. Lucy Cemetery MAHONINGTOWN - Valley View Cemetery MAHONINGTOWN – Charles/Liberty Hotel MAHONINGTOWN – Crescent Theater MAHONINGTOWN – Mahoning Methodist Church MAHONINGTOWN – New Castle Stamping Co. MAHONINGTOWN - PRR Yards (Lawrence Junction) MAHONINGTOWN - PRR Train Station MORAVIA - Moravia Presbyterian Church MORAVIA - Businesswoman Pauline Isaac MORAVIA – Jenkins Arch Railroad Bridge MOUNT JACKSON - Battery B Cemetery & Monument MOUNT JACKSON - Cross Roads School MOUNT JACKSON - North Beaver Twnp Elementary School MOUNT JACKSON - North Beaver Twnp High School NESHANNOCK FALLS - Banks Covered Bridge NESHANNOCK FALLS – Neshannock Falls School NESHANNOCK FALLS – Old Photos NESHANNOCK TWNP - Castle View Memorial Gardens NESHANNOCK TWNP - Clen Moore School NESHANNOCK TWNP - Neshannock Jr/Sr High School NESHANNOCK TWNP - St. Joseph Cemetery NEW BEAVER BORO - Pine Swamp/Glenkirk School NEW BEAVER BORO - McAnlis School NEW BEAVER BORO – Brittain School NEW BEAVER BORO – Centennial School NEW BEAVER BORO – Oread School NEW BEAVER BORO – Possom Hollow Church NEW BEAVER BORO – Possom Hollow School NEW BEAVER BORO – Keelie Community Church NEW BEDFORD - Evergreen Cemetery NEW BEDFORD - Hopewell Cemetery NEW BEDFORD - Deer Creek Cemetery NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Elementary School NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Today NEW BEDFORD – St. James The Apostle Church NEW BEDFORD – Villa Maria Chapel & Convent NEW CASTLE – Aetna (Etna) Iron Works NEW CASTLE - Alexander Crawford Hoyt & Family NEW CASTLE - Architect W.G. Eckles NEW CASTLE - Arthur McGill School NEW CASTLE - Ben Franklin Junior High School NEW CASTLE - Billy Sunday's Crusade NEW CASTLE - Boxer George Chip NEW CASTLE - Capitol Theater Fire of 1932 NEW CASTLE - Carnegie Steel (U.S. Steel) NEW CASTLE - Cascade Park of Years Past NEW CASTLE - Cascade Park of Today NEW CASTLE – City Hall/Municipal Building NEW CASTLE - County Courthouse NEW CASTLE - Croton Ave United Methodist Church NEW CASTLE – El Rio Beach NEW CASTLE – Epworth Methodist Church NEW CASTLE – Fireworks Industry NEW CASTLE – First Christian Church NEW CASTLE - Franklin Ave House Explosion NEW CASTLE - George Washington Junior High School NEW CASTLE - Graceland Cemetery NEW CASTLE - Great Flood of March 1913 NEW CASTLE - Harry W. Lockley Elementary School NEW CASTLE - Highland Ave School NEW CASTLE - Highland Presbyterian Church NEW CASTLE - Hospitals of New Castle NEW CASTLE - Independence Day Parade 1947 NEW CASTLE - Industrialist George Greer NEW CASTLE - Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 NEW CASTLE – Joseph’s Super Market NEW CASTLE - Lawrence Savings & Trust Building NEW CASTLE - Lincoln Garfield Elementary School NEW CASTLE - Margaret Henry Home for Children NEW CASTLE - McCrorey's 5 & 10 Store NEW CASTLE - Mill Street Bridge NEW CASTLE - New Castle Dry Goods/Troutman's NEW CASTLE - New Castle Fire Dept. NEW CASTLE - New Castle High School NEW CASTLE - North Hill Mansions NEW CASTLE - North Street School NEW CASTLE - Oak Park Cemetery NEW CASTLE - Oak Park Cemetery - Vandalized Truck NEW CASTLE - Oak Street School NEW CASTLE - Old Library Building NEW CASTLE – Old Timers Picnic NEW CASTLE - Owen Penfield Fox Park NEW CASTLE - Post Office Building NEW CASTLE – Paper Mill NEW CASTLE - Pearson Block/Johnson Building NEW CASTLE - Pennsylvania Engineering Works NEW CASTLE - Public Square/The Diamond NEW CASTLE - S.S. Philip & James Catholic Church NEW CASTLE - Schroeder-Dague Crime Spree NEW CASTLE - Scottish Rite Cathedral NEW CASTLE – Shenango China Co. NEW CASTLE - St. Joseph's Catholic Church NEW CASTLE - St. Mary's Catholic Church NEW CASTLE – St. Michael Catholic Church NEW CASTLE - St. Nicholas Catholic Church NEW CASTLE - St. Vitus Catholic Church & School NEW CASTLE – Stone Church Cemetery NEW CASTLE – Temple Hadar Israel Cemetery NEW CASTLE - Terrace Avenue School NEW CASTLE - Thaddeus Stevens School NEW CASTLE – Trinity Episcopal Church NEW CASTLE - Union/Martin Gantz School NEW CASTLE – Universal Rundle Co. NEW CASTLE - War Rationing Efforts 1941-45 NEW CASTLE - White Hall/Central Presbyterian Church NEW CASTLE - West Washington St. Bridge NEW GALILEE - PRR Train Station NEW WILMINGTON – Amish Community NEW WILMINGTON - Fair Oaks Cemetery NEW WILMINGTON - McCreary/Neshannock Hotel NEW WILMINGTON - Neshannock Cemetery NEW WILMINGTON - New Wilmington Public School NEW WILMINGTON - Overlook Sanitarium NEW WILMINGTON - Tavern Inn NEW WILMINGTON - Westminster College NEWPORT - Irish Ripple Post Office NEWPORT - Newport Methodist Church POLAND - Poland Center Cemetery POLAND - Poland Grade School (Union Elementary) PORTERSVILLE - Old Photos of Portersville PORTERSVILLE - Portersville High School PLAIN GROVE – Plain Grove/East Lawrence School PLAIN GROVE – Plain Grove Presbyterian Church & Cemeteries PULASKI - Nancy’s Island PULASKI - Pulaski Elementary School ROSE POINT – Rose Point Bridge SHENANGO TWNP - County Home/Hill View Manor SHENANGO TWNP - Normal Glen Cemetery SHENANGO TWNP - Shenango Twnp Consolidated School SHENANGO TWNP - Savannah Cemetery SHENANGO TWNP - St. Vitus Cemetery SHENANGO TWNP - State Armory SHENANGO TWNP - Bacon Motors/Buckeye Garmant/Flowline SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - Aiken School SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - Ellhurst Dance Hall/Skating Rink SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP – Hermon Presbyterian Church & Cemetery SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - McConnell’s Mill State Park SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - Muddy Creek Falls SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - G.A. Steiner Museum SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - Kennedy Mill/Kennedy Mill Bridge SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - Pleasant Valley Cemetery SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - St. Nicholas Cemetery SLIPPERY ROCK TWNP - S.S. Philip & James Cemetery S.N.P.J. BOROUGH - S.N.P.J. Lodge SOUTH NEW CASTLE - Hoover Heights Church SOUTH NEW CASTLE - J. P. Byers School UNION TWNP - Greenwood Cemetery UNION TWNP - Madonna Catholic Church UNION TWNP - Scotland Lane School UNION TWNP - St. Mary’s Cemetery UNION TWNP - Oakland/Sunny Avenue School UNION TWNP – Union Area High School UNION TWNP - Mulleintown/West Side School VOLANT - Volant Today WAMPUM - Boxer Al Migliorato WAMPUM - Charles Repman & Family WAMPUM - "High Grade" Stone Railroad Bridge WAMPUM - Life & Times of Samuel Braby WAMPUM - Old Panoramic Photos of Wampum WAMPUM - Old Photos WAMPUM – Wampum IOOF Hall WAMPUM - Basketball Coach Butler Hennon WAMPUM - St. Monica’s Catholic Church WAMPUM - Wampum Presbyterian Church WAMPUM - Wampum Limestone Cave Complex WAMPUM - Wampum Public Schools WAMPUM – Arlington Hotel WAMPUM – Crescentdale Housing Area WAMPUM – Wampum Theater WAMPUM – Wampum Methodist Church WAYNE TWNP - Quarry School WAYNE TWNP – Wayne Township Consolidated School WEST PITTSBURG - West Pittsburg Today WEST PITTSBURG - B&O/P&LE Yards (New Castle Junction) WEST PITTSBURG - Old Photos WEST PITTSBURG - Holy Cross Catholic Church WEST PITTSBURG - Moravia Bridge Collapse of 1904 WEST PITTSBURG - Monkey Captured! WEST PITTSBURG - P&LE Train Station WEST PITTSBURG - Papa Family in WW2 WEST PITTSBURG - Silk Mill WEST PITTSBURG - St. Patricks Day Flood of 1936 WEST PITTSBURG - West Pittsburg Power Plant WEST PITTSBURG - West Pittsburg Public School WILLOW GROVE - Hickory Creek Bridge WILLOW GROVE - P&LE Railroad Bridge WILLOW GROVE - Willow Grove Bridge WILLOW GROVE - Willow Grove Dance Hall WURTEMBURG – P&W/B&O Train Station WURTEMBURG - Wurtemburg Hotel |
What's New? (updated Feb 28, 2012)* Welcome to LawrenceCountyMemoirs.com. My name is Jeff Bales Jr. and this site was designed to document various aspects of the history of Lawrence County in western Pennsylvania – and the neighboring areas. This site is a work in progress and new content is being added on a weekly basis. Check back often as pages are in various stages of development. I also have several thousand photos backlogged and waiting to be uploaded. Just takes time. I hope you enjoy your visit and please send along all comments, compliments, and complaints to me at jjbales@yahoo.com. * Check out an article about this website that appeared in the Ellwood City Ledger on January 14, 2012. Thanks to Louise Carroll for the great write-up. It is STILL greatly appreciated. Click here to read the article: LEDGER ARTICLE. * SEND ME PICTURES. I am very eager for any historical information, old photos, mementos, etc… relating to Lawrence County and surrounding areas. Please contact me if you have anything to share. I would to love post some personal stories as well. * The response to this website has been incredible. I want to thank everyone that has sent photos, an email, or posted a comment. My regular viewers are surely benefiting from your kindness. Featured Link #1 HOYTDALE - St. Teresa's (Hoytdale) Cemetery St. Teresa’s Cemetery, also known as Hoytdale Cemetery, in an old, secluded Catholic burial ground located about a mile north of Koppel. It was the site of the old St. Teresa’s Catholic Church and parish, founded in 1871. It was built near the town of Clinton, later known as Hoytdale. The church was damaged by fire in 1900, but was soon repaired. Many folks from Koppel and Wampum would walk the railroad tracks to attend mass at this church. Another fire in late 1944 destroyed the church and all the cemetery records... To learn more about the old cemetery click on the photo above. Featured Link #2 BEAVER FALLS - Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W) In 1904 the Babcock and Wilcox Company (B&W), founded back in 1867 by Rhode Island natives George Babcock and Stephen Wilcox, expanded its operations and purchased the Pittsburgh Seamless Tube Company in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. During World War II the B&W Tubular Products operation in Beaver Falls, which made steel tubes and associated products, was expanded into a sprawling complex. The B&W complex was comprised of three separate areas, known as the Main Tube Plant, the East Works, and the Wallace Run Steel Plant... To learn more click on the photo above. Featured Link #3 CHEWTON - Chewton Primary Schools The first school in Chewton - location unknown - opened in about 1834. It was replaced by a small brick schoolhouse in about 1859, built on Elizabeth Street (where it intersects Henry Street) behind where the First Baptist Church sits today. Chewton, then part of the Wayne Township schools, became an independent school district in 1872. Within a few years a new wooden schoolhouse was constructed towards the north part of the village and just off Oswald Street. In 1875 this school had about 100 pupils and a yearly budget of $285... To learn more about the schools click on the photo above. Favorite Photos I have been up and down and all around Lawrence County and surrounding areas and it's been a great time. I am not a professional photographer but I do my best to capture the sites and locations I visit. This section contains a collection of some of my favorite photos I have taken during my travels related to this website. I may even throw in a few old photos that I have acquired but did not take myself. Enjoy. |