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Milestones Vol 1 No 4--Fall 1975

Do You Know Beaver County?
Milestones Vol 1 No 4--Fall 1975

 

1 . Who were the "real people" in Beaver County?

2. Who is the only woman pictured in Bausman's History of Beaver County?

3. Name two 19th Century Beaver County villages which have entirely disappeared.

4. What was the Indian name for Logstown?

5. Two 19th Century canals ended at the Ohio River in Beaver County. One of these was the Beaver Division of the Beaver & Erie Canal. What was the other?

6. Green Garden Road and Golden Grove Road are two Beaver County thoroughfares. Where did these names originate?

7. How many bridges have crossed the Ohio River in Beaver County? How many dams?

8. Name two Pennsylvania colleges which were founded in Beaver County but are now located elsewhere.

9. The Harmony Society was the first communal society in Beaver County. What was the second?

10. Of what chemical element or compound is Aunt Clara's Fork composed?

11. Big Knob is recognized as the highest point in Beaver County. What is the second highest?

12. How many stone blast furnaces were built in Beaver County in the 19th Century?

13. Who was the second commander at Fort McIntosh?

14. Beaver County's Southside was once claimed by Virginia. What part of Beaver County was part of Quebec?

15. What did the Rev. Thomas E. Hughes do for Beaver County?

16. Who was Arnout Viele?

17. How did William Penn support Father Rapp?