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RECOLLECTIONS OF SEVENTY YEARS
AND
HISTORICAL GLEANINGS
OF
ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA
BY
JUDGE JOHN E. PARKE
BOSTON RAND, AVERY, & COMPANY franklin Press 1886
COPYRIGHT, 1886, BY FRED. A. PARKE.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
SOME years previous to his death, Judge Parke commenced writing the history of Pittsburg and Allegheny; learning that his friend, the late Dr. Jonas R. McClintock, was engaged on a similar work for the first-named city, he generously desisted from that part of his self-imposed task, and confined his labors to a preparation of the early history of Allegheny. Except a couple of trips to California, his entire life was lived in these cities ; and it extended almost from the commencement of settlement here, for three-quarters of a century. The many papers he read before the Historical Society of Western Penn- sylvania, evinced his ability to perform this work; and it is greatly regretted that he was not permitted to complete it.
The papers here offered to the public were found among his manuscripts ; and his earnest and frequently repeated desire to give the people of this city and vicinity a history of their city, has induced his family to undertake the publication. It is the request of his widow, that they be printed precisely as he left them ; and with the exception of a few slight alterations, abso- lutely necessary, her request has been complied with.
J. L. F.
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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN E. PARKE.
JOHN E. PARKE was born Dec. 12, 1806, on what is now the South Side, Pittsburg, in a small log house that stood near the end of the Point Bridge. His father, John Parke, was born in Belfast, Ireland, and died in Pittsburg, in 1808. The son attended school in a house near his home, and received such an education as that early period afforded. Influenced by an elder sister, he entered upon the study of medicine, and prosecuted it until he obtained the degree of M.D .; but his physical strength not being equal to the labors required, he abandoned the practice. He, however, availed himself of the advantages of a knowledge of medicine, by engaging in the drug business, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. Henry Hannen. Their store was on a corner of Market and Liberty Streets. After continuing in this trade for several years, they aban- doned it, and engaged in the manufacture of glass-ware. Their factory was in what was then Bayardstown, now the Ninth Ward, Pittsburg; and their storehouse was on Wood Street, opposite the First National Bank building.
Subsequently he became a member of the firm of Phelps, Parke, & Co., wagon-makers. Their large factory was located on Beaver Avenue, Allegheny, between Greenwood and Locust Streets, on the west side of the avenue. During the war, they furnished the government with a large number of wagons. When this firm was dissolved, he retired from business. Dur- ing his long and successful business career, sagacity and integ- rity were his prominent characteristics.
In the establishment and carrying on of beneficent enter- prises, Mr. Parke was always interested, active, and liberal. He aided in the establishment of the Second Presbyterian
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Church, was one of the first managers of the House of Refuge, and secretary of the Society of Old Residents.
He obtained the title of judge by being chosen to the hon- orable office of Associate Judge of the Civil Court.
In the "Hesperus " (N. Ruggles Smith, editor), issue of Dec. 20, 1828, the following notice is found : -
" HYMENEAL.
" Married, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 8, by the Rev. Joseph Stockton, Dr. John E. Parke to Miss Jane, daughter of John Hannen, Esq., of Allegheny town."
His death occurred April 22, 1885, at his residence, No. 77 Page Street, Allegheny. His body was buried in Mount Union Cemetery.
At this writing, June, 1886, Mrs. Parke is still living, to enjoy the affection of their family and the esteem of many friends.
The following anecdote, clipped from one of our city papers, is given a place here, because it illustrates the early life of Judge Parke :-
EDITOR MAIL, - In the column of your paper of the 2d inst., I noticed a terrible account of the death of a youth on Long Island, a victim of misplaced confidence in the friendly disposition of a pet bear, the reading of which called to my recollection a similar case, which occurred to the writer in the year 1816 or 1817, which very nearly terminated with a like fatal result.
On the east side of Third Street, Pittsburg, about midway between Wood and Smithfield Streets, the tan-yard of the Poyntz Bros. was located. They were the owners of a pet bear, which they kept chained to a post firmly set in the ground, in close proximity to the street. Being a lad of about ten years, I frequently had occasion to visit the premises, and pass it almost daily on my route to and from school. I consequently became somewhat familiar with bruin, and on many occa- sions filched from my mother's larder such articles of food as old Dan (named after the Kentucky hunter, Daniel Boone) was fond of. I often played with him ; and, although he was at times rather rough in his demonstrations, our relations heretofore were of the most friendly nature. A change, however, soon came over the spirit of our dreams. The facts recorded below are so vividly photographed on my memory, that the lapse of over sixty years has failed to erase them.
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On the day the occurrence took place, some boys had, by some means, made old Dan cross ; and, not being aware that there was any thing wrong, I approached him as usual with my friendly offering of food. When sufficiently near, he seized and drew me within his crush- ing embrace ; and with one despairing cry, I became oblivious of all surroundings. The cry having attracted the notice of the proprietors and workmen in the yard, they hastened to the rescue, armed with the implements of their trade. Mr. John Poyntz, by a well-directed blow, delivered with force with a currier's shaving-knife, directly behind the ear, stunned the enraged beast, and enabled them to withdraw me, limp and unconscious, from my perilous situation. Judging from my delicate physique and the angry condition of the animal, they feared I had received internal injuries which would render a return to life almost hopeless. The external wounds were a few unimportant scratches, evi- dently from his claws. The position of the bones of the chest were horribly out of shape; they were, by careful manipulation, however, restored to their original position ; by the adoption of this and other prompt means, I was thus ushered back to life.
Old Dan, after recovering from the effects of the blow, and still smart- ing under the treatment received, became perfectly frantic with rage, and in his fury broke the chain that bound him, and fled towards the Point. The people who happened to be on the streets at the time, fled in terror, in every direction, leaving him free to go where he list. He finally invaded an orchard near Ferry Street and First Avenue ; and, after amusing himself in demolishing the apple-crop, he was with diffi- culty captured by the Messrs. Poyntz and their employees, and safely taken to his old quarters, secured in such a manner that the like should not occur again. In conclusion, permit me to say, that, having attained and passed the threescore years and ten of man's allotted life, when I gaze around me, I find but few living who stood with me in the great battle of life ; and as one by one drops out of the friendly circle, I am yet spared, a monument of the mercy of an all-wise Creator, and have the melancholy consolation to say of my departed companions, "Though dead, they are not forgotten."
" I've wandered o'er my native place, I've sat beneath the tree, Upon the schoolhouse playground that sheltered them and me ; But none are here to greet me, but few are left to know, That roamed with me upon the green o'er fifty years ago."
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JOHN E. PARKE.
ALLEGHENY, Jan. 4, 1879.
CONTENTS.
EARLY HISTORY.
PREFACE AND DEDICATION
· INTRODUCTION ·
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ALLEGHENY AND RESERVE TRACT 7 BOROUGH OF ALLEGHENY . II .
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AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICES OF FIRE WARDENS AND BELL
RINGER
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LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE BOROUGH OF ALLEGHENY SINCE ITS ORGANI- ZATION . . ·
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ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY OF ALLEGHENY 18
· MANCHESTER . . .
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ANNEXATION OF THE BOROUGH OF MANCHESTER WITH THE CITY OF
ALLEGHENY BY ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED MARCH 12, 1867, 29
HISTORICAL PAPERS.
THE PITTSBURG BLUES .
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A REMINISCENCE OF THE WAR OF 1812
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A LEGEND OF THE "SHERTEE" ·
. 41
PONTIAC'S PLOT. - THE GREAT INDIAN UPRISING OF 1763 . 63
STRUGGLING AGAINST MISFORTUNE .
70 RIOT AT THE TEMPERANCE ARK, ALLEGHENY, MAY 16, 1843 76 THE COTTON-MILL RIOTS IN THE CITY OF ALLEGHENY, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1848 . . 78
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GAS EXPLOSION AT THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH, ALLEGHENY . STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION, OF THE COTTON-BATTING FACTORY OF JAMES AND ANDREW FIFE
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EAGLE COTTON-MILL DISASTER
A FIRE
FIREMEN'S RIOT, 1849
THE GREAT FIRE
THE GREAT RAIN-STORM AND LOCAL FLOOD OF THE 26TH JULY, 1874 96
REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD THIRD-STREET THEATRE.
103
THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN PITTSBURG
109
PAPER FOR THE SOCIETY OF OLD RESIDENTS II2
SANITARY FAIR .
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FERRIES
I18 BRIDGES
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FLOODS
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CONTENTS.
INSTITUTIONS.
TRADESMEN'S INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
PAGE WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY .
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I37 OCCUPANCY OF THE COMMONS BY THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE WESTERN PENITENTIARY . . I4I .
PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY ORPHAN ASYLUM · I44 PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS . · I53 HOME FOR THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE POOR OF THE CITY OF ALLEGHENY . ·
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A LIST OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE ALLEGHENY POOR-BOARD . 160
PENNSYLVANIA REFORM SCHOOL 163
PITTSBURG ALMSHOUSE ·
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FIFTH WARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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HISTORY OF THE ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY.
HISTORY OF THE ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY
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FACTORIES.
GLOBE PLOW WORKS
· 191
THE FIRST ROPE-WALK . . 194
THE FIRST GLASS-WORKS ERECTED IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY . 197 THE FIRST IRON ROLLING MILL ERECTED IN THE CITY OF ALLEGHENY .
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PAPER-MILL .
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ALLEGHENY GAS COMPANY
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CEMETERIES.
THE ORIGINAL BURIAL-PLACE IN ALLEGHENY .
205 MOUNT UNION CEMETERY .
FAMILY RECORD.
INTRODUCTION . . RECORD
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· 215
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
REV. WELLS BUSHNELL .
· 223
REV. DAVID ELLIOTT, D.D., LL.D ..
· 227
REV. JOSEPH KING .
· 232
REV. LUTHER HALSEY, D.D., LL.D. .
234
248 REV. JOB FOSTER HALSEY, D.D.
REV. JOHN TAYLOR PRESSLY, D.D.
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REV. JOSEPH STOCKTON, A.M ..
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REV. ELISHA P. SWIFT, D.D. .
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R R R A
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CONTENTS.
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WILLIAM B. ADAMS
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HERMAN DE HAVEN .
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JACOB STRICKRATH
269
SIMON DRUM .
272
ALEXANDER C. ALEXANDER
274
A. P. CALLOW
275 277
JAMES ANDERSON
279
CHARLES AVERY .
HENRY BALDWIN EARLE .
CHARLES BREWER
289
JAMES C. BUTLER
295
HENRY CAMPBELL
298
ROBERT S. CASSATT
300
WILLIAM COCHRAN
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HUGH DAVIS
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HUGH S. FLEMING
· 307
ROBERT W. PARK
· 310
HUGH GALLAGHER
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RICHARD GRAY .
. 312
JOHN HANNEN .
· 315
GEN. ALEXANDER HAYS
· 321
GEORGE S. HAY, M.D.
· 325
JOHN IRWIN
328
JOSIAH KING .
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GEORGE LEICHTENBERGER
335
H. H. MCCULLOUGH .
· 338
JOHN MORRISON
341
HEZEKIAH NIXON
343
JOHN PARK .
346
DEATH OF HON. ORMSBY PHILLIPS
356
WILLIAM ROBINSON, JUN.
359
THOMAS SAMPLE .
361
WILLIAM BARCLAY FOSTER
· 363
JONATHAN RUSH
· 365
HENRY SHAFER .
. 367
JOHN SHAFER
368
MARTIN SHORT .
369
JOHN WOODS
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REV. ALLEN D. CAMPBELL
372
REV. JAMES RODGERS, D.D.
· 376
REV. THOMAS SPROULL, D.D. .
· 379
ALEXANDER YOUNG
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THOMAS MEGRAW
282 287
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EARLY HISTORY.
PREFACE AND DEDICATION.
To write a history of past events, is a task both difficult and tedious. So much research is necessary, so much care has to be exercised, and labor performed, in the examination, com- parison, and digesting of various statements, in order to avoid error, that the author's progress is painfully slow.
Prejudice and lack of interest in persons, and inaccurate and imperfect records, have to be encountered.
In compiling the miscellaneous history of Allegheny, the author has endeavored, to the best of his ability, to elaborate the several subjects introduced in the work, in a plain and com- prehensive manner, relying upon his own recollection, and data obtained from others whose age and experience well qualify them to impart the desired knowledge.
Materials for a work of this kind are exceedingly difficult to obtain, and frequent disappointments were encountered after considerable time and labor consumed in the endeavor. This will account in some degree for the apparent delay in the issue of the work.
There are many other interesting events in the history of Allegheny which should have been introduced into the work, the memory of which, however, has become so faded, that the efforts made to obtain the facts have proved abortive.
His especial aim has been to elaborate incidents and events from his own recollection, and that of others, and has spared no pains to render the work complete, and interesting to the public generally, and especially to the citizens of Allegheny.
Being fully aware of its many imperfections, he confidently submits it to a discerning public, and trusts they will recognize
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in the effort an earnest and honest endeavor to supply a void, -to rescue from oblivion the memory of events and scenes of the receding past.
To the early settlers of Allegheny, and their descendants, this work is respectfully dedicated, by the
AUTHOR.
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INTRODUCTION.
WRITTEN history is the record of memorable events ; and writing it is grouping together facts, gathered from authentic sources, in language free from speculation or prejudice, so that those who follow after " may know and live the truth."
It is not the province of man to manufacture history ; he possesses no creative power to do so ; he is but a plagiarist at best ; he merely compiles from statements of "others gone before," and can only claim originality for his own construction of language, and the details of the subject of which he treats, and the elaborations of events from his own recollections : the materials are the common property of all.
The records of the past, if truthfully written, are worthy of preservation : every thing appertaining thereto is more or less interesting and valuable to the present and to the coming gen- erations.
We can scarcely realize the wonderful changes which have occurred in our midst, even within the compass of our own recollections. The Indian war-whoop, the midnight howl of the wolf, and the light of burning cabins, have been super- seded by the scream of the steam-whistle, the light of glow- ing furnaces, the sound of the ponderous engine and clang of machinery, and the whir and clatter of tens of thousands of spindles.
The author's object in preparing these miscellaneous sketches of the past, is to collect together such important facts and statistics as relate principally to Allegheny and the " Reserve Tract " opposite Pittsburg, arranging the same, as far as possi- ble, in their chronological order, commencing with the date of
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their survey and early settlement, and bringing them down to the present day : they have been carefully gleaned from reliable sources, and every effort made to render them correct in every particular. He does not expect to offer much that is new, especially to those who possess the opportunity to examine for themselves the records which have from time to time been written on the prolific subject of the early settlers of the coun- try around the " Forks :" his aspirations are of a more humble nature, and he trusts that his efforts in this direction will not be considered valueless. His object is to furnish information to those who have not the facilities to investigate such matters, nor the spare time necessary for such investigation.
He will aim to treat his subject in a plain and simple manner, with the hope that his efforts will enable the reader to form some conception of the change in the country, from a savage and uncultivated condition to its present advancement in civili- zation and the useful arts.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ALLEGHENY AND RESERVE TRACT.
THE written history of the town of Allegheny and Reserve Tract opposite Pittsburg, is exceedingly meagre and unsatis- factory. Subsequent to the date of its survey, and opening for sale of lots, but little is known, except what may be gleaned from newspaper scraps, and a few antiquated direc- tories published in the neighboring city of Pittsburg. There has been scarcely an effort made to redeem from oblivion the history of a locality fraught with so many dangers "by flood and field," and rich in scenes of other days.
"The Reserve Tract opposite Pittsburg," as it is called, to- gether with the town of Allegheny, was ordered by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be surveyed and laid out as a manor, or reserve, Sept. 11, 1787, and was fully accomplished the following year. (Vide Colonial Records, vol. xv. p. 509, etc.) The town, as originally laid out, contained 144 lots, each 60 feet by 240 feet, in blocks of 240 feet square. Four of these blocks, in the centre of the town plan, were reserved and designed for public buildings, etc. The whole surrounded by the common ground, which is 60 feet wide on the south, 250 feet on the north and east, and 1,400 feet on the west, containing an area of 102 acres, and was designed for a common pasturage for cattle. It was re- spectively named East, West, North, and South Commons.
The grants, however, to the Western Penitentiary, Theologi- cal Seminary, and the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, have reduced the area to about eighty acres. It is now laid out in beautiful " parks," ornamental walks and drives, and filled with
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trees, shrubbery, flowers, fountains, lakes, monuments, etc., alike conducive to the health and happiness of the inhabitants of both cities.
Up to the year 1788, the jurisdiction of Westmoreland County extended over a large portion of the territory now embraced in the county of Allegheny : the seat of justice was then established at Hannah'stown, thirty miles east of Pittsburg.
In the fall of 1788, it was ordained by supreme executive authority to erect a new county out of parts of Westmore- land and Washington Counties, to be called Allegheny. By the provisions of the Act, the seat of justice was temporarily estab- lished at Pittsburg until certain trustees named therein should construct suitable public buildings on the Reserve Tract "opposite Pittsburg" on the public square in the town of Allegheny.
The following report of the surveyor, D. Redick, to the Supreme Executive Council, clearly indicates his estimation of the propriety of laying out a town in this locality : -
" I went with several gentlemen to fix on a spot for laying out the town opposite Pittsburg, and at the same time took a general view of the tract, and find it far inferior to my expectation, although I thought I had been no stranger to it. There is some pretty low ground on the rivers Ohio and Allegheny ; but there is but a small proportion of dry land, which appears any way valuable, either for timber or soil, but especially for soil : it abounds with high hills and deep hollows, almost inaccessible to a surveyor. I am of the opinion, that if the inhabitants of the moon are capable of receiving the same advantages from the earth which we do from the world, - I say, if it be so, this same famed tract of land would afford a variety of beautiful lunar spots, not unworthy the eye of a philosopher. I cannot think that ten-acre lots on such pits and hills will possibly meet with purchasers, unless, like a pig in a poke, it be kept out of view. Would it not be of more advantage to the State if the Legislature would alter the law, - that a town and a reason- able number of out-lots for the accommodation of the town be laid out, the remainder of the lands be laid off in two-hundred-acre lots, fronting on the rivers when practicable, and extending back so as to include the hills and uneven ground, which might be of some use to a farm ?
" I cannot believe but that Col. Lowry and Col. Irwin will on considera- tion be of opinion with me, that small lots on the sides of those hills can never be of use for any purpose but as above mentioned. Perhaps council may think proper to lay the matter before the Legislature. I shall go on
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to do the business as soon as the weather will admit; and before I shall have proceeded further than may accord with the plan here proposed, I may have the necessary information, whether to go on as the law now directs, or not.
" WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 1788."
The project of locating the county-seat on the north of the Allegheny River having met with a determined opposition on the part of the citizens of Pittsburg, the section in reference to location was deemed inexpedient to carry out : in view of which, a supplementary Act was passed early in the following spring repealing this feature, and authorizing the trustees to purchase ground on the Pittsburg side of the river for public buildings, etc., thus fixing the seat of justice for Allegheny County.
The Reserve Tract, as laid out by the authority aforesaid, contains an area of over 3,000 acres, divided into 10-acre lots more or less, numbered from I to 276 inclusive, except the tract containing 312 A., 3 R., 15 P., patented to James O'Hara, May 5, 1789, consideration £234, 12s., 6d., located in the Butcher-run district, and is described as high, rough land, em- bracing the rugged hillsides of the Allegheny Valley.
It is bounded on the north by a line commencing at a point on the Ohio River near the mouth of Wood's Run, thence north 872° east 972 P. to a hickory, thence north 22° west 80 P. to a sassafras, thence north 872° east 229.5 P. to a maple, thence north 22° west to Keystones, thence north 872° east 85 P. to a point near where Girty's Run empties into the Alle- gheny River ; on the south and east by the Allegheny River, and on the west by the Ohio River.
It commences with No. I on the west, and follows the mean- derings of the rivers, No. 70 being the extreme eastern number : the balance of the numbers are somewhat erratic in the order of numbering ; the highest, being No. 276, is located on south- east corner of Western and Irwin Avenues.
All this territory is hallowed by the memory of the past : over it the merciless Indian roamed, the undisputed master, and claimed the country lying between the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers and the great lakes of the north, bidding defiance to his indomitable Anglo-Saxon foe.
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The startling war-whoop, and no less appalling cry of the panther, struck terror into the hearts of all who had the temer- ity to venture within the depths of its gloomy forests.
Westward from Smoky Island the great Indian trail led through this territory to the mouth of the Big Beaver, thence in a north-west direction to Sandusky and Detroit ; following the ridges, it passed through Trumbull and Portage Counties, Ohio ; it is clearly defined by stone piles and trees, the bark of which had been carefully removed from one side, and rude fig- ures cut thereon. Near the junction of the Mahoning and the Shenango, forming the Beaver, another trail crossed this one, following a more westerly course to the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum. Over these trails, the wild nomads made their periodical raids upon the settlements, unchecked, except when opposed by the avant-courier of civilization, -the ven- turesome pioneer, and brave and hardy scout. Notwithstand- ing the important treaty made with the Six Nations at Fort Stanwell, in the State of New York, in 1784, by which their title to the country above described was extinguished, they still continued their atrocities upon the defenceless pioneer who had the hardihood to brave the dangers consequent upon the settlement of an unknown country.
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BOROUGH OF ALLEGHENY.
BOROUGH OF ALLEGHENY.
THE town of Allegheny was created a borough by the Act of the General Assembly approved the fourteenth day of April, A.D. 1828, with the following described boundaries : Begin- ning on the bank of the Allegheny River, corner of East Lane; thence by the north-east line of said lane to the north-west line of the Butler Turnpike; thence along the same to the line between out-lots Nos. 140 and 145; thence north 14° west by the line between lots Nos. 140, 145, 141, 144, 142, 143, to the high, rough tract granted by patent to James O'Hara, May 5, A.D. 1789; thence by the same 76° west to lot No. 148; thence north 14° west by the line of out-lots Nos. 148, 149, and 150 to the north-east corner of out-lot No. 150; thence south 76° west by the line dividing out-lots Nos. 150, 151, 174, 175, 182, and 183 to the north-east line of Pasture Lane, now Irwin Avenue; thence by the same south 14° east to the north-west corner of Water Lane, now Western Avenue ; thence by the same south 76° west to the south-west corner of Ferry Lane, now Beaver Avenue ; thence by the same south to the Ohio River ; thence by the various courses of the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers to the place of beginning.
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