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New Articles Added Since October 2010
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Spring Houses: Pictorial
Beaver County Log Cabins--Pictorial
Stone Houses of Beaver County; Pictorial
Theaters in Beaver County: Pictorial
School Bells Ring No More--Photos
Trolleys-Pictorial
Beaver County Railroad Stations: Pictorial
More One-Room School: Pictorial
Last Toll Bridge in Beaver County: Picture
History is Made Every Day: Pictorial Essay
Covered Bridges: Pictorial
Beaver County's Grist Mills: Pictorial
Monaca's Landmark Buildings: Pictorial
Hospitals: Pictorial
Old Hotels: Pictorial
The Blockhouse At New Brighton
Beaver County Folklore--Summer 1982
Beaver County Folklore--Fall 1982
Nostalgia Photo Quiz
Beaver County Folklore--Winter 1984
Beaver County Folklore--Winter 1983
Beaver County Folklore--Spring 1983
Beaver County Folklore--Summer 1983
Beaver County Folklore--Fall 1983
Brodhead's Road
Beaver County Folklore--Spring 1984
Club Casino(Morado)
Beaver County Folklore--Summer, 1984
Beaver County Folklore--Fall, 1984
Beaver County Folklore--Winter 1984
Miscl. Information from Various Milestones
Beaver County Nicknames
Anti-Slavery Convention
Beaver County Folklore--Winter 1985
Darlington Bank Charter
The Forks of the Ohio: A Poem
Beaver County Folklore--Winter 1986
Only Earthquake on Record Here
Crossword Puzzle--Spring 1986
Crossword Puzzle--Summer 1986
Members of Company D Darlington, Beaver County
Argus Articles--Various
Symbols of Christmas
Come to the Hills of Green: A Poem by Milo Townsend
Former Valley Woman is Poet
H. C. Fry Glass Society
Brady's Run Ferry
Old Paper Mill
Buried Canal Boat in Beaver River
Horse Drawn Street Car: Photo
Youngstown and Southern RR Coal Loader at Smith's Ferry: Photo
White's Mill Marker Dedication
Train Makes Debut in Negley, Ohio
County "Ghost Community" Slowly Resurrects (CCC)
Olive Stove Works Ad
How Brighton's Got Their Names
Map of the Ohio River in Beaver County
One-Room Schools in Brighton Township: Pictorial
Long Hair Was Quite the Fashion: Photo
Harmony Shortline Trestle: Photo
Boating on the Beaver River: Photo
Center Township Schools: Pictorial
Lithograph Entitled "Beaver Heights"
South Beaver Township
Boggs School Sketch--Moon Township
Chapel Road
Rock Point Brochure
Wallace City Oil Boom Pictures
Boalsville: A Picture
MysteryChurch
McKinley Funeral Train: A Photo
Conway's Corner in Rochester
Railroad Pictures
The Metheny Inn
Business Pictures
Wallace City: Pictures
Tracks of the Past: Bridgewater
Rochester's Flatiron Buildings
Scenes from Morado Park
New Articles Added From May To October 2010
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Freedom's Brick Streets
Naming Of Greersburg--short article
History At My Doorstep-MCGuire Chapel, Center Twp
Iron Furnace Found
Jacob Schaffer and the Harmonists
Last Trolley Car
Lincoln's Death
McGuffey's Readers
Memories Of Beaver Falls
The Buried Treasure-Lost French Treasure
The County Row Offices
An Old Letter From Fort McIntosh
Classified Ads--short article
Ellwood City
Frankfort Springs
Greersburg Academy
Historically Yours-Boat Building in Old Sharon
Memories of Beaver Falls Part 2
Sheffield Avenue
The Hostetter House in Potter Township
The Sandy and Beaver Canal
When the Sky Went Black-1950
History of New Sewickley Township
Hopewell Oil and Gas
Indian Troubles Inevitable
Mario Ezzo Put to Rest
Memoir of Old Sixth Avenue Theater
Murder Mystery-Eli Sheets
Rochester, Beaver Falls, and Western Railroad
Silver Wedding
Stolen History
Two Logstowns
Woodlawn: The Forgotten Village
Beaver Falls in Old Days
Beaver Valley Before the Ice Age
Big Beaver Boat Club
Bridgewater
Caught Between the Gunwales
Darlington Borough
Fallston's Story
Georgetown
Memories of Beaver Falls-Part III
The Harmonists and Old Economy
The Townsend Company
A Centenarian Remembers
Phillipsburg
Reminiscence--Stories About Sam Brady
Service Theological Seminary
The Chinese in Beaver Falls
The David Littell House
The Falls of the Beaver
The Flood of 1912
The Navigator
The Story of Darlington
Speeding in Beaver Falls
Abe Lincoln's Visit
An Ancient Document-Founding of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Bus Tragedy
Education in the Harmony Society
Greersburg: An Academy Rich in Legend
Monacatootha
A Moment In History--Lewis and the Ohio River
Celebrate Freedom-The Declaration of Independence
Going Up the River to Opportunity
Henry Fry and Black Hand
Mill Creek Church
Rudyard Kipling in Beaver County
The George Foulkes Story Updated
Tumbler Works Trouble
Anti-Slavery Movement
A Place in History
Darlington Ablaze
Geneva's Basketball First
Lacock, Quay and Others: Taking Their Place In History
Historically Yours-Richmond Little Red Schoolhouse
Local Trucking Industry
River of Hope--A Poem by Ida Barton
The Big Oil Boom
The Ghost of the Vicary House
The Trolley Trail
Bradford Park in Economy Borough
Building Spanned Canal
Dr. Bausman-Down Memory Lane
Early Scout Troops
Fast Train Plunges Into Beaver River
Father Rapp and the Economites
Gold Mine Found
Hotel Brighton
Matheny Tavern
Pioneer Cemeteries
Summer of 1937 Hot One on Labor Fronts
The Beaver County That Might Have Been--Place Names That Have Changed
The Ghost of Raccoon Creek
Bassenheim Furnace
Beaver Folks Saw Comet
Belton and Park Gate Villages
First Graveyard in Beaver County
History of Medicine In Beaver County
One Last Look at the Beaver County Jail
The Mail Must Go Through
Dads Stories: The Early Years
Freedom Oil Buys Vulcan
Scrap of Local History-Civil War
The New Philadelphia Society
The Riverview Street Railway Company
The Story of Conway
Beaver Falls Furnace
Brodhead's Road
Champion Saw and Engine Company
Consolidation of Aliquippa
Eagle Shot By Vanport Man
Mary Gossler Vicary
New Depot for Woodlawn
The Bell Once Tolled for One-Room Schools
The Courthouse of 1877
The Great Circular Fox Hunt
West Mayfield's History
The James Porter Blacksmith Shop of Fairview
The Beaver County Home in the 20s and 30s
Captain Vicary and His Mansion: Exploring the Truth Behind the Legend
Court in Beavertown
Beaver College Safe From Vice
Dad's Stories: Part 2-Growing Up in Beaver County
Canals Enjoyed Prominent Role in Beaver County
A Rendezvous with History in Georgetown
Beaver Falls In Old Days
The History of Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
The Strange Odyssey of the First Neels School, Industry
Between Two Countries: Robert Glass's Civil War
Mildred Arbutina Saves Vicary Mansion
A South Beaver Township Ghost Story
Dad's Stories: Part 3-Moving On
A Bridge to Nowhere--Sharon Bridge
Robert Magee Downie: A Reminiscence in Irony
Education at Phillipsburg: The First Generation
250th Anniversary of Washington at Logstown
Dad's Stories: Part 4-Moving On
"Mad Anthony" Wayne and Legionville
Captain John Vicary: The Seafaring Father
A Tribute to the Man with the Hoe
The Forge of History 1760-1794: Powers in the Transallegheny Region
Lewis & Clark to Visit Beaver County this Summer
Washington at Logstown Celebration in October 2003
Lincoln's Secret War-Time Visit to Beaver County
In Defense of Lincoln in Beaver County
Brady's Run Remembered
Lincoln's Other Journey to Beaver County
The Story of Woodlawn--Part One
Tough Times Greeted Early Settlers
The Michael Camp House
A History of the Vicary Mansion
The Beaver Division Canal
The Story of Woodlawn--Part Two
Of Windmills and Clyde Piquet
Monaca's First Dark Days
Freedom Steamboats in the American Civil War: The John D. Simonds
Dorthea and the Dog Catcher
Monaca's Residents in 1833
Canal Journey--A Travelers Account
Beaver Falls Theaters
Beaver County in the time of the Lenni Lenape
Eastvale Dam and Paper Mill
The Park Gate Ghost
History of Crow's Run, New Sewickley Twp.
Was There a Washington Academy in Beaver County?
Arthur Bradford House to be Sold at Auction
Zahn Recalls Farms of the 30s and 40s
Memories of Early Georgetown
Masonic History of Beaver County
Freedom, Pennsylvania 1920-1940
Coxey's Army Marches Through Beaver County
A Fair Gypsy Arrested
Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad--Introduction to the Spring 2005 Issue of Milestones
Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement: Milestones Special Issue
Slavery and Anti-slavery in Beaver County: Milestones Special Issue
Nicholson, Jordan, and New Galilee: Milestones Special Issue
The Southside Connection to the Underground: Milestones Special Issue
The Role of Bridgewater in the Underground: Milestones Special Issue
New Brighton As Central Hub for the Movement: Milestones Special Issue
Milo Townsend: Ardent Abolitionist: Milestones Special Issue
Garrison and Douglas at New Brighton: Milestones Special Issue
Darlington Area Vital to Underground: Milestones Special Issue
The Role of Arthur Bradford in the Cause: Milestones Special Issue
Bradford Protects Neighbor: Milestones Special Issue
Darlington Houses Believed Used As Stations: Milestones Special Issue
Routes Through Blackhawk, Cannelton, Achor: Milestones Special Issue
Samuel Clow's Station: North Sewickley Twp.: Milestones Special Issue
Beaver County Churches Involved: Milestones Special Issue
Former Slaves in Beaver County: Milestones Special Issue
Bradford's Theory: Milestones Special Issue
The Greersburg Resolution of 1836: Milestones Special Issue
Chippewa Society and Colonization Society: Milestones Special Issue
Underground Railroad Terms: Milestones Special Issue
The New Brighton Resolution of 1850: Milestones Special Issue
New Brighton and the Titanic
Edith Junkins and the Titanic
Of Steel, Speed and Stephen Hill Disaster
Jim Deaver Remembers Freedom
The North Shore Railroad Controversy
Will Move Colonia Passenger Depot
Nichol's Civil War Letters
"65 Cents Buys $1 Worth" In Rochester Stores
Rochester General Hospital
Greenwood Institute of New Brighton
Mid-East Outboard Association Races Photos
McCartney--Memories of Beaver Falls
The Last in the Line: The Penn Beaver Hotel
Church Services at Economy
Freedom Riverboats in the American Civil War
Part II - The Lucy Gwin
New Brighton Blockhouse
Childhood Memories
Girard Locks: Where did the name come from?
Steel's Civil War Letters
Robert McGee Downie: Broker For Geneva College
Chronology of Beaver County History
Wallace City--Gone But Not Forgotten
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Who Was John McKee?
Brady In Beaver County: A Geographical Consideration
Grove Cemetery: Its Beginnings and Inhabitants
Part One of Two Parts
Depression Era Turtle Soup
Real American Idol Celebrates 100th: Mail Pouch
Grove Cemetery: Its Beginnings and Inhabitants
Part Two of Two Parts
Steel's Civil War Letters--Part III
Johnny Appleseed in Hanover
J
onah Key: The Forgotten Soldier
You Know Beaver County When:
Dear Sister...............A Travel Story
Beaver County's Connection to Private Ryan
The Great Blizzard
Emil and Pete
Introduction To Executive Order No. 9066--
Duke Tanaka and the Japanese Internment Camps
Down Memory Lane..........
Tavern on the Little Beaver Creek
Saga Of Charles And Nancy
The Old Turnpike (A Poem)
A Beaver County Love Affair--Idora Park
A New Museum in Beaver County
Willow Brook Lake Resort
The Story of Logstown Revisited
Halloween: Some Happy Memories
The Mike Fink Saga: A Beaver Countian or Not?
Freedom Steamboats in the American Civil War
Part III The Cornie
The McCoy's and Rooney's. Beaver County Connections
Harkins' Mill: Another Beaver County Last
Along the Dusty Stage Road
Some More Covert Tales Retold:
Bridge Stories
Favorite Christmas: A Slam Dunk
The Shoemaker's Window
Eclipse Bicycle Factory in Beaver Falls
Grant Prince Marsh: Legendary Riverboat Captain
Beegle Estate--Mansion to Monastery to Manor
Spotlight 88: Re-Uniting With A Special Friend
Teaching in Beaver County in the "Good" Old Days Was No Picnic
Rudyard Kipling's Beaver Connection
Morgan's Raid and the John T. McCombs
Rev. Isaac Taylor Headland: Missionary to China
Old Rough and Ready, Zachary Taylor, in Beaver County
Beaver, Pennsylvania: Nazi Target
Past Shredded in Center Township
Hugo Andriessen: Proprietor of the
Beaver Drugstore and Natural History Museum
Anthony Wayne's Grave
Beaver County's First Masonic Lodge
Thanksgiving: With a Link to Beaver County
Captain Vicary and His Children
The Beaver County "Shanghai"
Geneva's Footballers Finest Hour
The Customer is Always Right?
Beaver County Brick Works
Dando Brickyard
Turncoat: The Civil War Story of
Colonel Charles Read Collins, CSA
West Point Graduation 1859
MERCHANTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Schuster's Gasoline Station and Grocery Store
The Walton Family and Football
Veteran'sBridge: Newest Bridge in Beaver County
Making Steel At J&L With Jake and Looey--
Booklet
Pictures of Schools
Stone Houses of Beaver County