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179
Seminole
256
Shawmut
281
Mines, Yatesboro, Largest in County 220
Oil, Manufacture of
50
Statistics
49
Strata in County
47
Strata, Formation of Vein, A Remarkable 255
40
Cobeau, Alexander 204
Cochran, Alexander M. 74
Cochran, Earl F. 74
Cochran. J. Q.
74
Cochran's Mills
18S
Cochran, Samuel B. 74
Colleges, Agricultural 26
Commissioners, County 64
Concord Church
238
Conemaugh Division, Pa. R. R. 37
Conemangh Sandstone 42
Conestoga Wagons
33
Conners' Dining Hall, Red Bank Landing (View) ... 258
Controversy
in
Lutheran
Church 56
Conventions, School
62
Cook, George, Famous
Scout 132
Cooperage, Apollo
147
Cooperative Store
254
Copley. Josiah
32, 208, 301
Corn, Statistics
22
Cornplanter
3
Cornplanter's Run 296
Costumes, Pioneer 16
Country Store, Meredith's.
260
County Fairs
21
Courthouse, First
105
1
PACE 252
Episcopal Churches
.56,
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Mahoning 278
Red Bank Creek 247
Schenley 174
Ferry, an Extemporaneous.
236
Ferryton (Franklin) 272
Fertilizer Works, Ford City, at Manorville 207
Fiddlers, Old-time
175
Fire Alarm Systems
111
Firebrick Making 45
Fireclay in County
45
Fire Companies-
Ford City 134
Kittanning 110
Leechburg 140
Fire Protection, Water Sup- pły-
Apollo 150
Dayton
244
Ford City 134
Freeport
164
Kittanning
109, 110
Leechburg
140
Parker City
169
First Settler in County 15
Fish and Game
22
Fish, Kiskiminetas River, De- stroyed . 184
"Fish-Basket,"' The
252
Fish Ponds, Old-time. 217
Fish Protection 23
Flatboats, Navigating 246
Flax Brake (View)
16
Floating Palace, The
168
Floods-
Allegheny River 107
Johnstown 137
Prevention of 30
Red Bank Creek 246
Flour Mills
19
Apollo 147
Beatty 201
Boggsville 296
Bonner 's 227
Cochran 's
188
Cowanshannock
Township
217, 218
Freeport 157
Graff Milling Co 286
Harbison 's 165
Kittanning 106
Lauster
219
Leechburg 137
Parker 166
Ore Hill
231
Phoenix 247
Pine Creek 224
Red Bank
259
View 258
Rock
42, 183
View 183
Stewardson
232
Templeton 232
Game in County 22
Game Protection
22
Garrett's Run
207
Gas-
Companies, Kittanning 109
Development 176
First Domestic Use
176
First Well in County
138
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Foundation of Ford City .. 130
Gilpin Township
176
Industry in County 52
In Iron Industry
138
Kittanning
109
Lighting
169,
175
Manufacture From Oil
169
Natural
52
Statistics
52
Washington Township
278
Well, First in County
139
Wells, Schenley
175
Wells,
1913,
Washington
Township
278
Gear Wheel, Largest in World 149, 150
General Council, Lutheran ... 56
General Synod, Lutheran 56
Genius, A Pioneer
19
Gentleman John
220
Geological Surveys 40
Geology and Natural Produc- tions, County 39
German, an Eccentric
19
German Baptists (Dunkards) 57
11
11
10
Leechburg 135
Fruit Culture
24
Modern Methods
25
Gilpin, Hon. John
73, 340
Gilpin, Oliver W
73, 342
Gilpin Township 174
Girty
191
Glacial Deposits 40
Glade Run Academy
240
Varieties of
24
Glade Run Church.
237
74
Glass Works-
Boggs Township 229
Parker City
169
Glen Mary Hall 129
Goheenville
229
Golden, Edward S. 73, 432
Golden, Harry (
73, 969
Golden, Horatio Lee
73, 344
Graff Family
285
Graff, Peter
285
Milling Co. 286
Grain Produced in County . 22
Grain Cradles, An Early Man- ufacturer 206
Grand Army of the Republic 67
Grange, The National
20
First. Lodge 243
Mount Joy Lodge 177
Graniteware, Iron Rolled for. 138
Grape Culture 21
Gravel Dredging,
Allegheny
River
30
223
Greek Catholic Churches. . 134, 144
Greendale
Green
Oak
(Plum
Creek
Township)
195
Green Oak Village
217
Green Settlement
293
Gristmills, Pioneer (See Flour Mills) 19
Guardian Angel Roman Cath-
olie Church
294
Guckenheimer Distilling Com-
pany
158
Fort Pitt Powder Works.
256
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Foundries-
Apollo 148
Brady's Bend 269
Fawcus Machine Co. 132
Johnetta
179
Kittanning 116
Parker City 169
Wayne Township 242
Fox Hunts, Circular 17, 989
Franklin (Ferryton) 272
Frantz Mills
191
Free Methodist Churches 57
Apollo
Leechburg
Wickboro
129
Free Presbyterian Church. 289
Free Schools
60
Freeport Borough
155
Artillery Company
163
1
Blues
163
Clay Products Co.
158
Coals
Leechburg Dragoons 163
42
Newspapers
Zouaves
163
1
Dishes
First Visitor to County
Lutheran Church
134, 162
Settlers
11
State Demonstration
25
Strange Customs 25
Fruit Industry of County
24
Fruit Marketing 28
Production of
Fullerton, Rush
Furnace Run 281
Furnaces-
Allegheny 280
American 259
Bear Creek
166
Brady's Bend
268
Views
268
Buffalo 286
Limestone Used in 41
McCrea
Mahoning
253
Method of Operation 43
Monticello
227
Old-time 42
Olney
242
Red Bank Milling Co
255
Remaley
212
Stitt's
180, 183
Walker 's 201
Flying Bridge, Kittanning. 107
Ford, Capt. John B 130
Ford City Borough 130
Brick Co. 132
Waterworks 134
Forks Church 176
Formations, Geological 40
Forts (See also Blockhouses)
Armstrong 104
Green 205
Kittanning
102
159
German Customs
French and English War. 4
Friendship, Early Name of
Limestone
153
144
48
247
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Guld, John 211
Hall, David 293
Happy Retreat 263 Industries, Statistics 53
Harbison, John ..
4, 165, 295
Harbison, Massey
4, 295
Hardships-
Early Physicians 77
Early Settlers 10, 205
Harrington, Charles E. 73, 335
Hay, Statistics
22
Hays, John
235
Hlays, John, Indian . 227
Healing Methods, Old-time .. 77
Hebrew Congregation
127
Heckewelder, Missionary
182
Heilman, Harry A.
73
Henry, Peter and Margaret. . 9
Hicksville 185
High Cost of Living, Modern 21
High School, Kittanning 114
High Water Marks 107
Highest Point in County 243
Highway Department, State. .
34
Hileman Distilling Company. 133
Hilemans (Heilmans), Kittan- ning Township 212
Hogan, Ben ..
168
Hogg, Lieut. James
103, 211
Holland Land Company
12,
21
Homeopathic Physician, First. 293
Homeopathy
80
Homes, Pioneer 10
Homewood Baptist Church. 202
Hooks Station 259
Horses, Value of
22
Hospitals, Kittanning
115
House Warmings
16
Hovey Township
263
Hovey, Dr. Simeon.
.82, 170, 263, 534
Hudson Brothers, River Cap- tains 30
Humboldt Gardens
214
Hungarian
Presbyterian
Church 144
Hunts, Circular
17, 989
Hydraulie Tunnel
201
Ice, Destruction of Bridges by
32
Ice Gorges 107
Idaho
191
Improvement of Streams
246
Independence
.243, 248
Independent Blues
120, 154
Indian Arrowheads
2
Customs
1, 230, 246
Depredations 3
Forts, Kittanning 102
Name, Cowanshannock 215
Name, Kiskiminetas
182
Name, Plum Creek
193
Names
245
Superstitions 3
Kittanning Manor
204
Kittanning Presbytery
57
Kittanning Schools (Views)
114
Tribes
1
Kittanning Township
211
Lambeth College 113 Lambing, Rev. A. A. 206 Land Companies, Ilolland ... 12
Lands-
Depreciation 14
Disposed of by Lottery. 14
Donation 13
Land Prices in Early Days. 21, 194
Land Titles, Complex
12
Land Values, Early
194
Laufman, P. H. & Co. 149
Lawrenceburg
166
Lawson, Edward E.
74
Lawyers- Biographies 70
List
69
Lead Ore, Secreted by Indians 2
Leason, Jefferson R.
.73, 581
Leason, Mirven F
73, 581
Lee, Horatio N.
72
Leech, David
31, 32, 135
Leechburg Borough
135
View from Across River ... 144
Leechburg Dam 31,
32
Legislature, Members
63
Lewis, Ezekiel
3
Lias, Jacob
217
Libraries, Public
112
Apollo
153
Kittanning
113
Lime Kilns, First in County. 227
Limestone- Caves 41
Deposits
41,
42
Freeport
42
Quarries
41, 270, 29I
Used in Iron Industry
41
Vanport
42
Limestone Lutheran Church. . Live Stock-
Allison Stock Farm 293
Statistics
53
Value
22
Lochery, Jeremiah
205
Kellersburg
259
Lochry's Expedition
4
Locks, Pa. Canal (View)
30
Log Houses- Indian 3
Settlers'
15
Logan, Thomas
202, 716
Logansport
202
Longrun
184
Low Cost of Living in Early Days 21
Lower Barren Measures
47
Lower Productive Coal Meas- ures 47
Lowrie, John
264
Lumber, Leechburg 137
Lumber Rafting on Allegheny
and other Streams
28
Lutheran Churches
55, 57
Apollo 152
Bethel Township 202
Brady's Bend Township
270
Burrell Township
189
Cowanshannock
Township
220, 221
Trader, An Indian
206
PAGE
Wars 4
Indians, Site of Leechburg
owned by Chief 135
Institutes-
Agricultural 21
Leechburg 144
Teachers 61
Insurance Companies 115, 191, 195
Inventions, Modern 54
Irish Laborers, Pennsylvania Canal
31
Irish Schoolmasters 59
Iron Bar
246
Iron Furnaces of County 44
Iron Industry-
Ancient
42
Modern
43
Statistics
42
Iron Ore-
In County 43
Iron Works (See Furnaces)
Ivory, Alfred L.
.73, 618
Jacobs, Captain
102, 340
Jail, County
105
Hillville Settlement
266
View
102
Hippocratie Oath, Doctors'.
80
John, Martin
277
Johnetta Borough 178
Johnstown Flood 137
Johnston, Hon. William
Freame 70
Jones, Floy C. 73, 356
Jones, John H. 178
Judges-
Associate 63
County
69
Judicial Districts
69
Kaylor
268
Keelboats
28
Keller, Nicholas, Sr 259
Kelly, Hamilton
201
Kelly Station
201
Kennerdell Tunnel,
Brady's
Bend Township 267
King, Hon. James W
73, 400
Kiskiminetas Iron Co.
148
Kiskiminetas River-
Bridges
137, 147
Ferries
137, 147
Improvement of
184
Navigation of
29,
136
Surveys of
29
Kiskiminetas Township
182
Kittanning Academy
113
Kittanning Borough
102
Consolidation with Wiekboro 127 Kittanning Brick & Fire Clay Co. 118
Clay Mfg. Co. 118
Coals
IS
Iron & Steel Co
44, 116
Town 230
Ford City
134
Freeport
162
278
Horticultural Associations
26
President
63
View 114 Analysis 43
PAGE
Irish Immigrants
157
Laneville
165
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HISTORICAL INDEX
PAGE
Gilpin Township 176
Kıskiminetas Township 184
Kittanning .124, 125
Kittanning Township . . 212, 213
Leechburg .. . 141, 142, 144
Madison Township
259
Mahoning Township 256
Manor Township
207
Parker City 172
Parks Township 181
Plum Creek Township. . 197, 198
Red Bank Township. .. 248, 249
Rural Valley
218
South Bend Township. 192
South Buffalo Township
296,
298
Sugar Creek Township. 273
Washington Township 278
Wayne Township 239
West Franklin Township. 288
Wiekboro
129
MeBryor, Dr. William 99
McCain, James H. 72
McCain, Samuel H. 75, 515
McCrea Furnace, Red Bank Township 247
Mccullough, Reuben A. 75, 422
MeGarraugh, Father 237
McKee, R. B. 8, 376
McNees, George W. 40
McNees & Son, Potteries. 46
Me Vill 296
Mc Williams 249
Madison Township 258
Magyar Church 144
Mahoning 231
Mahoning Furnace
Mahoning Township 252
251
Mahoningtown
230
Mail Routes, Old-time 32 Rural Free Delivery 32
Manor Township 203
Manors, History of 203
Manorville Borough 206
Manso, Dr. Edward 293
Maple Syrup, Production 22
Marketing Fruit 28
Marriage Contract, A Strange 18
Marshall Family
236
Marshall, Oscar S. 75, 418
Masonic Lodge, First in
County 299
Mateer 188
Mateer, Dr. Robert M ... 101. 795
Maxwell, Dr. John K 99
Maysville
184
Mechling, Dewalt
226
Mechling. Philip 236
Medical Ethics 83
Inspection in Schools 62
Profession of County 76 Montgomery, Thomas 206 Registered Practitioners 92 Montgomeryville (Adrian) 281 Medical Societies S2
Medicine, History 79
Morris, Clarence O. 75, 375 Progress of 79 Mosgrove 227
Mercer, Captain 102, 103
Mosgrove, James B. 227
Meredith 218
Meredith, T. T. 260, 665
Mounds, Ancient
1
Methodist Church. Albright .. 248 Mounds. Prehistoric .. 155
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PAGE
Mount
Pleasant
Lutheran
Church
273
Apollo
152
Mudlick
249
Craigsville
287
Municipal
Ownership,
Ford
Murphy, Samuel
295
Musical Organizations
.127, 197
Narrow-gauge Railroads .. 168, 269
Natural Gas (See under Gas)
Navigation of the Allegheny 29
Neal, Smith
216
Neale
201
Neale. Hon. James B
71, 368
Neighborliness
16,
18
New Salem ( Pierce) 248
Newspapers -- Apollo 151
Dayton
245
Freeport 159
Kittanning 111
Leechburg 141
Parker City 170
Rural Valley 219
Nichola
291
North Buffalo 293
North Buffalo Township 292
North Freedom
249
North Vandergrift 150
Northwestern Pa. R. R. 36
Noted Men of County GS
Nulf, Adam
251
Nulf. Casper
252
Nulton. Barclay
74. 545
Nulton, Daniel L.
75, 626
Numines
217
Oakland Classical and Normal Institute 254
Oakland (Texas) 254
Oakland Trading Co. 254
Oak Ridge
249
Oats, Statistics
22
Officials, County 63
Ohio Company
192
Oil Boom, Hovey Township. .
263
Parker's Landing
167
Military Records, Apollo 154 Perry Township 265
Mills, Pioneer (See Flour Oil Cup Factory 169
Oil, Discovery 50
Oil Exchange, Parker City 165
Oil, Made From Refuse 175
Oil. Prices
168
Oil Refineries
206
Oil Wells in County Drilling 51
50
Shooting 51
Oil Works, Cannel Coal. 174
Old Canal Locks, Ruins near Apollo (View) 30
Old Furnace Ruins 268
Old Lutheran Church 197
Old Martin John House 277
View
105
ola Mill. Cowanshannock
Creek 227
View 183
Old Tavern, Opposite Kittan- ning 105
View
105
Old Town, Indian Village.
247
Elderton
196
Ford City 133
Freeport 160
Kellersburg 260
Kittanning
123
Kittanning Township 213
Leechburg 142
Manorville 207
North Buffalo
294
Oakland
254
Parker City
172
Pine Creek
224
Putneyville
253
Rodger's Chapel 298
Rural Valley 219
Templeton
232
Wattersonville 278
Whitesburg
198
Widnoon
260
Worthington 289
Methodist Churches, Free
.57, 129, 144, 153
Methodist Protestant Church. 124 Mexican War 66
Veterans
66
Middle Creek Church 261
Middlesex (Cowansville) 281
Military Organizations- Armstrong Guards 120
Armstrong Rifles 120
Brady Alpines
120
Charleston Guards 154
Company K, 16th N. G. P. 120 Freeport 163
G. A. R. Posts 67
German Yagers 120
Independent Blues 120, 154
Pine Creek Infantry 220
Sons of Veterans 120
Washington Blues 120
Washington Guards 163
Wayne Artillery 220
Mills) 19
Milton 243
Mineral Products, Exhibit 46
Mines, Coal 4.8
Mining, Powder Works
256
Ministerial Defenders 9
Minnesota Point Seminary 129
Mirror Works 12S
Model Town, A 178
Modern Miracles 54
Mohawk Mining Co. 281
Molly Pitcher
235
Monticello Furnace 227
Mound Builders 1
Methodist Episcopal Churches
56,
57
Dayton
242
City
132
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Oldest Episcopal Church in
Pine Creek Furnace 224
County 126 Infantry 220
Oldest Furnace in Western
Pennsylvania (Rock) 42, 183 View 183
Oldest House in County 277
Olivet 191
Olney Furnace
242
Orehards 25
Ore Hill Furnace 231
Orr, Robert 4
Orrsville (Brown's) 272
Orrsville Post Office 231
Oscar
224
Outrages, Indian
3
Packsaddle Falls 184
Painter, Dr. A. P. N. 99
Painter, Hon. John V. 71
Paper Town, A 188
Pitts' Mill
188
Pittsburg-Buffalo Co. 178
Pittsburgh Limestone Co.270, 291
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. . 130
Sand Plant 294
Pittsburgh & Western R. R. 36, 169
Pittsburgh, Kittanning & War- ren R. R. 36
Pittsburgh, Shawmut & North- ern R. R 37
Planing Mills-
Apollo 148
Freeport 157,
158
Kittanning
106
Leechburg
137
Parker City
169
Varieties
24
Templeton
232
Peart, William L. 74
Peart's Eddy 228
Penn, John 204
Penn, Riehard
204
Penn, William
204
Pennsylvania Canal
.30, 31, 135, 157, 184
Lock Ruins Near Apollo
(View) 30
Pennsylvania R. R.
31,
36
Pollution of Streams
23
Pennsylvania R. R.,
Cone-
maugh Division 37
Pennsylvania China Co.
132
Pennsylvania Railroad, Eleva- tions on .. . 234, 262
Pensioners, Revolutionary
65
Perry Township 264
Petroleum, Development
50
50, Discovery 167
Phoenix Fire Brick Works .. 207
Phoenix Furnace 247 Physicians- Biographies 97
History 76
Homeopathie 80, 293
Protective Assn.
88
Registered
92
Resident (See Township and Borough Chapters)
Pickle's Tavern, Old 201
Picnies, Doctors',
Dentists'
and Druggists' 89 Apollo 151
Atwood
216
Bethel Township
202
Pine Creek & Dayton R. R.36, 224
Boiling Spring
185
Brady's Bend 270
Cherry Run 198
Clinton 296
Concord 238
Elderton
196
Ford City
134
Glade Run
237
Ilungarian
144
Kittanning
120,
Leechburg
141
Middle Creek 261
Middlesex 282
Midway
273
Parker City 171
Plum Creek 198
Rural Valley 218
Sagamore
Shrader's Grove
299
Slate Lick
55, 297
Templeton
232
Presbyterian Church, Free 289
Presbytery of Kittanning 57
Presque Isle
247
Prices in Early Times.
19, 206
Farm Products
21
Land in Early Days
21
Primitive Agricultural Imple- ments 19
Primitive Mills
Printing Offices
112
Prisoners, Recaptured at Kit-
tanning
103
Prisoners,
Recaptured
by
Brady
9
Prothonotaries
65
Provident Coal Co
201
Publie Libraries-
Apollo
153
Kittanning
113
Public School, Kittanning
113
View
114
Purchase Line, The
11, 215
Pure Water, Apollo Water Co. 151
Putney Family
252
Putneyville
252
Pyrra
212
Quacks, Old and New
77
Quarries
41
Apollo
148
Brady's Bend
268
Pittsburgh Limestone
Co.
270, 291
Queenstown Borough
265
Rafting, Early Days
28
Rafting, Red Bank Creek
246
Rafts
28
Railroad, Miles in County
37
Railroads-
Allegheny Valley 36
"Low Grade" Division 36
Baltimore & Ohio .. .36, 169 Bessemer & Lake Erie. . 37
Brady's Bend Narrow-guage 269 Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts- burgh 36, 291
Buffalo & Susquehanna
. .
37
Conemaugh Division
37
Narrow-gauge
168, 269
PAGE
Township 230
Pioneer-
Amusements 17
Clothing 16
Customs
15,
17
Diet
17
Doetors
82
Hardships 15
Homes
3,
10
Orchards
25
Practical Joker 17
Trials 15
Pipe Lines-
Gas 52
Oil 51
Present
176
Pitcher, Molly
235
Park, Ford City
134
Park, Robert 181
Parker & Karns City R. R.36, 168
Parker City
166
Parker Family
166
Parkers Landing 167
Parks Family 180
Parks Township
180
Patrons of Husbandry
20
First Lodge 243 Patterson, Findley 223
Patton, Mrs. Susan 175
Patton, Hon. Willis D. 72, 320
Peaches, Production
22
24
Plate Glass Manufacture 130
Plate Glass Works
128
Ford City 130
Plow, First in County 19
Plows, "Bull"
19
Cast-iron
19
"Western 19
Wooden
19
Plum Creek Township 193
Kiskiminetas River 184
Population, County 54
Porter, John S. .75, 566
Porterie, William 175
Post, Christopher 182
Post Offices, Armstrong County 32
Postal Facilities
32
Potteries-
Early and Modern 46
Ford City 132
Kittanning
117
Slate Liek
296
South Bend Township 191
Wiekboro
128
Pottsville Conglomerate 47, 262
Powder Mills, Aneient 188
Powder Works, Putneyville 256
Praetieal Joker, Pioneer 17
Prehistorie Remains
155
Presbyterian Churches
.55.
57
Appleby Manor 208
Pieree (New Salem)
248
Pine Township
230
PAGE
Freeport
161
399
217
19
Pears, Culture
22,
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HISTORICAL INDEX
PAGE
Northwestern Pennsylvania. 36
Parker & Karns City ... 36, 168
Pennsylvania ..... 36, 137, 267
Pine Creek & Dayton ... 36, 224
Pittsburgh & Western .. 36, 169
Pittsburgh, Kittanning &
Warren 36
Pittsburgh, Shawmut &
Northern .37, 252
Rural Valley
36, 220, 242
Western Pennsylvania
36
Railroads, Electric
38
Railroads, Freight and Pas- senger Elevator for 282
Ralston, David 194
Ralston, John 299
Ralston, Robert L .... 74, 460,
665
Rayburn, Hon. Calvin. 75, 226, 532
Rayburn Township
226
Real Estate, Early Prices. 21
Real Estate Promoter, An Old 259 Reapers, First 19 Red Bank- Furnace 259
View 258
Landing, 1874 (View) 258
Milling Co 255
Township 245
Reese, Isaac
207, 480
Reformed Churches
57, 212
Brady's Bend
270
Blue Slate
297
Eddyville
248
Kittanning
123
Mahoning Township 256
North Freedom 249
Olivet 191 Plum Creek 198
Shady Plain 185
South Bend Township 191
West Valley 224
Zion 's Valley 191
Registered Physicians 92
Registers and Recorders 65
Religious Organizations of
County 55
Reminiscences 20,
57 Representative Men of County 38
Revolutionary Pensioners 65
Reynolds, Ross 72, 384
Rich Hill U. P. Church. 283
Rimerton (P. O. Rimer) 259 River Captains, Hudson Brothers 30, 415
Rivers and Streams
28
Salt-
Discovery 14
Manufacture 44,
183
Wells, Methods of Boring. 44
Wells, Modern Use of 44
Salt Works in County 14
Bagdad 176
Crooked Creek 188
Kiskiminetas Township Red Bank Creek 247
Sand, Dredging on Allegheny 30
Sand, Grinding Works 294
Sandstone-
Conemaugh 42
Kittanning
42
Quarries
. 42, 268
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Used in Bridge Piers 42
Schaeffer, John S. 74, 350 Schenley (Aladdin) 174
Early 59
Free
60
Graded
181
Medical Inspection in. 62
Modern
61
Sabbath
58
Superintendents
64
Schoolmasters of Olden Time 59
Schotte, Charles B. . 127, 214, 231 Schotte's Chapel 213
Schrecongost, John
220
Schrecongost, Martin
220
Scotch-Irish Settlers
10
Seceder Churches
. . 161, 196, 216, 229, 245, 289
Secret Societies (See Bor- ough and Township Chap- ters)
Seminole
256
Mine
256
Settlers- German 11
Scotch-Irish
10
(See Borough and Town- ship Chapters)
Settling of the County 10
Seven-Mile Level, The
181
Shady Plain
185
Sharp, Capt. Andrew
15
Shawmut Mines
281
Shawmut Railroad, Banquet to Officials 37
Sheep, Improved Varieties
20
Sheriffs
65
Sherrett
277
Shields, David 3
Shoemaker 's Church
254
Shooting Oil Wells
51
Shrader's Grove Presbyterian Church 299
Shunk, Christian
232
Signal Service Station 159 Silica Brick, Invention of. 207 Simpson, James 216
Slackwater Lake, A
181
Slate Lick
297
Classical Institute 297
Presbyterian Church 55
Snyder, Harvey N.
75, 624
Snyder, Philip
74
Societies-
Agricultural 21
Medical .82
85
Geological Formation 40
Improvement 29
Kiskiminetas
29, 184
Pollution of
23
Stages of Water
29
Surveys 29
Roads-
Bond Issues for 34
Condition of, 1913 34
Early
33
Effect of Traffic on
34
Kinds of
35
Modern 33
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State Aided 34
Roads, County-
Ebensburg and Butler 195
Kittanning and Smicksburg 221 Schenley Distilling Co 175 Schools-
Olean 261
Roaring Run 184
Roberts, Laurence S 75, 598
Robinson, Elisha 263
Rock Furnace, Oldest in West- ern Pennsylvania 42, 183
View . 183
Rodger's Chapel 298
Rogers & Burchfield 137, 148
Rohrer, John W. 74, 585
Rolling Mills-
Apollo 44, 148
Brady's Bend 44, 269
Kittanning
44,
117
Leechburg 44, 137
Rolling Mills, Electric 149
Roman Catholic Churches. . 56, 57 Apollo, St. James 153
Brady's Bend 270
Ford City, Polish
134
Ford City, Slavic 134
Ford City, St. Mary's 134
Freeport, St. Mary's 162
Kittanning 125
Leechburg, St. Catherine's. 144
Leechburg, St. Martha's ... 144
Oldest Church in County. 273
Parker City 172
North Buffalo
Township,
Guardian Angel 294
Queenstown 266
Yatesboro
220
Ross, Judge George 205
Ross, Washington 205, 206
Rosston
206
Routes, Old-time Mail 32
Rupp's Church
212
Rural Free Delivery 32
Rural Valley Borouglı 218
Rural Valley Railroad.
Rural Village
.36, 220, 242
218
Rye, Statistics
22
Sabbath School Association, Armstrong County
58
Sagamore 217
Salaries, Teachers' (See also under Townships) 62
Salem Lutheran Church 259 Rivers-
Allegheny 29
Extermination of Fish 23
Religious 55
Secret and Social (See Bor- ough and Township Chap- ters)
Woman's Club 153
Soil, Surveys 27
Soldiers' Aid Society 163
Soldiers' Monuments- Freeport 163
Leechburg
146
Soldiers '
Orphans'
Home,
Dayton
241
South Bend
191
183
Leechburg and Kittanning. 176
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HISTORICAL INDEX
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South Bend Township 190
South Bethlehen Borough 255 Days 287
South Buffalo Township 295
Spanish-American War Vet-
erans 67
Spectrum Analysis
159
Speculations, Oil 51
Spencer, Joshua 3
Spinning Wheels ( View) . 16
Spring Church
184
St. Mark's Evan. Luth.
Church, Eddyville 248
St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church 298
St. Michael's Evan. Luth.
Church
189
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic
Church
.56, 273
St. Paul's, Oldest Episcopal Church in County 126
View
126
Stage Coaches Drivers 33
Lines, Ancient and Modern 33
State Aid to Fruit Growers. . 25
State Aided Roads 34
State Geological Surveys 39
State Highway Commission. . 134
State Highway Department. . 34
State Assembly, Members from Armstrong County 63
State Senators 63
Statisties, General County 53
Agricultural
21,
53
Church
57
Coal
49
Commissioners '
Report,
1873
21
Farm 22
Farm Products 22
Fruit
22
Tornado
108
Tottenham 218
Townships-
Bethel 200
Boggs
228
Brady's Bend 267
Burrell
187
Cowanshannoek
215
East Franklin
Gilpin
263
Kiskiminetas
182
Kittanning
211
Madison
258
Mahoning
251
Manor
203
North Buffalo 292
Perry
264
Pine
230
Plum Creek
193
Rayburn
226
Red Bank 245
South Bend 190
. South Buffalo 295
Sugar Creek 271
Valley 223
Washington 276
Wayne
234
West Franklin
285
T
Rails,
First
ir
United
States
269
Trader, An Indian
206
Transportation Methods
29
Water
30
Traveling in Pioneer Days
17, 33
64
Treasurers, County
Trolley Lines, Leechburg and Apollo 181
Troy lill
227
Tub- Mill Run
205
Tunnel, For Water Power
201
Turnbull, William
230
Typewriters, Daugherty Visi- ble 116
United Presbyterian Churches
56, 57
Apollo
152
Boggs Township
229
Concord
216
Dayton
245
Elderton
196
Freeport
161
Kittanning 122
Leechburg
143
Putneyville
253
Rich Hill
283
State Lick
298
Worthington
289
United States Sewer Pipe Co. 178 University of Kittanning .. 113
Upper Kittanning Briek Co. 270 Upper Productive Coal Meas- ures 47
Valley Township
223
Values, Crops
22
Land in Early Days 21
Van Buren
277
Vanport Limestone
42
Vehieles-
Conestoga Wagons
33
First in County
33, 296
Veteran Societies
120
Veterans
65, 67
Victory, Early Name of Kit-
tanning
105
Voters, List of Registered
65
Voucher, An Ancient
103
Wages, Statistics of 54
Wagons, First in County 33, 296
Walkehalk
280
Walker, Gustavus A ..
75, 736
9 Warren, Old Name of Apollo. 146 Wars, Clergy Participating in Wars-
French and English 4
Indian
4
Washington Guards 163
Washington, Lawrence
and
Augustine 182
Washington Township
276
Water
Power,
Red
Bank
Creek
256
Water Transportation, Decline
of
30
Waterworks-
Apollo
151
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Surveying, Difficulty in Early
Synelines
47
Explanation of 40
Synod of Pittsburgh 57
Tanneries-
Apollo 147
Elderton 195
Freeport
157
Kiskiminetas Township 183
Kittanning
106
Leechburg
137
Manor Township 206
West Franklin Township 286
Tarrtown
281
Taverns, Old Bowser 105
Teachers' Institutes 61
Teachers, Pioneer
221, 239, 257, 261, 275, 283, 299
Telegraph Lines
Telephone Companies-
109
Pittsburgh & Allegheny Kittanning 109
Temperance Societies
120
Templeton
272
Templeton Furnace 232
Texas (Oakland) 254
Thaw, Mrs. Mary Copley 210, 306
Thaw, William
306, 528
Theatres-
Kittanning 108
Leechburg 140
Threshers, Introduction of 19
Tidal
261
Tile Making in County 45
Timber Rafting
29
Todd's Island
165
Tokens Used in Old Churches 57
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