Armstrong County, Pennsylvania her people past and present, embracing a history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families, Volume I, Part 2

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 618


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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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HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


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


PAGE


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


PAGE


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


-


HISTORICAL INDEX


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PAGE


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


PAGE


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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HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


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,


xiv


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


PAGE


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


PAGE


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


XV


HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


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


PAGE


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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