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First National Bank of MeDonald.
144
Captured and threatened Proseentes offenders.
109
First National Bank of Washington
257,
1.87
Granges.
125
First U. S. Excise law passed apposed by Pennsylvania.
103
Great Meadows, battle of, 1754
296
Fli a Road et.
215
Greek letter fraternities
193
Flood in Chartiers Valley. 1888
398
'' Green House "' 463
290
Forbes Road.
50
Gregg. Albert M., articles on moands by. 260
Forgie's Planing Mill. 174
Gretna .
Griffiths Tin Mill
471
Groghan, Geo .:
Judge of West Augusta ( ourt.
His plantation.
His character and death
Growth of banks.
261
Gubernatorial contests 151
Hackett, town of. 343
Hallam Honse. 463
Hamilton, Alex .. enforces excise law. 104
Franklin House. 463
Franklin. Wash. Natural Gas Co. 4×2
Fraternal orders, Wash. 502
Fredericktown. 309
French, carly explorations of.
35
Fonnd Montreal.
35
Their claims in 1603
35
Their claims conflicting with English claims. 35
Froman, Paul, obtains lands ete .. ou the
Monongahela 54
Frve Station. 285
Fulton, Robert. 325
Furniture, pioneer 9.5
Gallatin, Albert, his road plan 215
Gardener Convertible Steam and Gas Engine Co .. 473
Gas explosion at Canonsburg 39%
Gas explosion, Washington. 464
Gas operations 243
Gastonville. 362
Geology uf the county.
235
Georgetown.
512
Gibson and Linn, their expedition to New Orleans for powder
74
Gibson, C'ol John:
Among the first settlers of Washington County
50
Euters 400 acres at Logstown
51
Hays, Christopher, his droll letter
93
Hazel Atlas Glass Co.
469
Hazel Kirk.
280
Hazlett. Bank.
486 ......
Henderson. "Uncle Joe
149
"Herald of Liberty
491
Globe Hotel. 461
Globo Inn. . 465
Hickory National Bank .
336
Gloucester tract granted Decker and Froman 53
Goat. Hill.
Higher education. 190
Highland Glass Co. 170
Good Intent village
370
Hills 290
Hogs and pork. 122
Gordon sand. 243 Hoge, David. 154
94
Hanover Township:
Erection and boundaries. 321
Roads and villages. 321
Farming and dairying. 322
Cemeteries
322
Roads
390
Schools
Early settlers
323
Churches
32:
Harkaway Club. 445
Harmar, Gen. Josiah:
His expedition; defeated by the Indians 10[
Harrison, Gen. W. H., at Monongahela. 517
"Hating out '' offenders
Hawkins, Col. A. L .. 130
llis titles and honors. . 51
In command at Fort Laurens 79
filmore, Judge Samuel .A. 153
finger Hill village 317
Hirty, Simon: Leads Indians against Rogers
ilickory 33{
Hicksites, The. 166
Good Honse 463
Good Will Fire Co. 477
79
Fort Pitt Bridge Works.
411
Fort Pitt:
Weakness of garrison under Irvine 04
Ft. Ticonderoga captured.
Franklin Bank of Washington 257, 486
Hamilton Bottle Works. 420
Hamilton, David. a justice in Western Insurrectior. 10% Hamilton. Gen. Heury:
Sends Indian parties against Americans 77
British commander at Detroit. 73
Gives bounty for American scalps
Hand, Gen .:
Sneceeds Gen. Neville at Fort Pitt.
His failures. .
Takes command of Fort Pitt for D'. S
Hanlin station
329
Fort Laurens established.
79
Garrison besieged.
Ford Burd built. 50
Fort Duquesne becomes Fort Pitt.
Fort lleury attacked by savages.
322
Greck, J. M., Coal ( o ..
102
First National Bank ot Roscor
450
103
Gt. Britain retains northwestern forts
10]
Fix Points.
Florence.
321
Greer
rort MeIntosh established
Hannastuwn attacked by Indians and Canadians ..
Hempfield railroad.
10
HISTORICAL INDEX
Home Dressed Beef C'o 474
Home Hotel. 463
Indians, northern, number of in 1763. 40
Indiaus poorly recompensed for lands. 4S
Intermarriage of French with Indians 35
Inter-state war threatened, 1781. 30
Industrial development . 127
Insurgeuts pardoned 113
Insurgent representatives refused seats in legis- lature 115
Insurgents, severe treatment of. 113
Iroquois Indians. 39
Description of, by William Penn. 40
Irvine, Gen. William:
Given command at Fort Pitt. 84
His views on Indian situatiou. 91
His views on Indian situation. 94
Jackson, Andrew. visits Washington. 119
Jackson's Carriage Factory 474
Jaił 209
James I issues land pateuts .. 35
James River (Va.) as route to the South Sea.
Jefferson Academy at Canonsburg. 196
Jefferson Light Guards. 183
Jefferson Towuship:
Erection and boundaries 399
Roads and taxes. 329
Schools 329
Towns and population . 329
Gas wells .. 329
Coal industry 330
Churches 330
Jennings, Dr. Ebenezer 381
Jennings, Obadiah. 154
Jessop Steel Co. 472
Jonestown 318
494
Journal Print. & Pub. Co ...
494
Judges and attorneys, famous.
152
Jumbo miue. 292
Justices' and Aldermen's Association .. 213
Justices appointed by Gov. Penn in January, 1774. 58
Juvenile court. 153
Kanawha, battle at mouth of 64
Results of the battle. 04
Keel boats .. 229
Keenau & Piper Contr. Co. 524
Keeney greenhouse, Monongahela City. 524
Keystone House. 379
Killbuck, Indian chief, attacked by whites 91
Description of his camp. 91
King of England forbids settlements west of the
Alleghenies, 1763. . 42. 49
Kirkpatrick, Maj. Abram, captured by rioters 105
' . Labor Journal'
494
Laboratory 359
Lafayette, visit of. 462
Lafayette visits Washington. 119
Land deed of Nov. 5, 1768; its indefinite terms 43
Land office opened by Pennsylvania, 1769. 6f
Lands assigned Delawares and Shawauese by the Iroquois 41
Lawrence, George V 516
Lawrence, Joseph. 14.5
Lee, Gen. Henry, in command of troops to supr
press insurrection 113
Hopewell Township:
Frection and boundaries .. 323
Towns and villages. 324
Churches 324
Farming and stock raising. 324
Schools 325
Roads, real estate and population. 325
Hopkin's Infantry. 135
Hopkins, Wright & Co. 's Bank 258. 486
Horses and horse breeding. 122
Houstou Borough:
Situation and surroundings 437
Populatiou, taxes, ete. 438
Railroads 438
Incorporation 438
Town's first officers. . 438
Public service corporations
439
Public library. 439
Schools
439
Banking
440
Churches 440
Houston's Inu. 460
Houston, Miss Margaret E., article on Indian
fort, ete 269
Houston Run. 361
Howdeu, James, born in sycamore tree. 100
Howarth Marble Works. 473
Hughes, John:
Appointed captain of rangers 86
His service with Wayne 86
His death and funeral. 86
Hundred-foot sand .. 243
Ilunter, Joseph:
Legnires large land grants through his children. 51
Sells claim to David Hoge .. .51, 52
Hupp, John, Sr., killed and scalped. 95
Hussey-Bians Shovel Factory 421
Huston's Ohl Home Inn. 461
Indefinite phraseology of early land deeds 11
Independence Township:
Erection and boundaries
325
Towns and population. 325
Churches 325
Farming and stock raising 326
326
Coal operations.
327
Trade and industries 328 Banks 328
Early settlers, population, etc.
328
Independence village. .
326
Independent coal companies.
251
Judian atrocities. 28, 29, 30, 90
Indian attack on British forts, 1763 40
Indian burying ground. 269
Indian council at Ft. Pitt. 1766. 42
Indian council in 1742. 41
Indian council in 1764 41
Indian mounds. 265
Indians surrender prisoners to Col. Bouquet. 41
Indian fort, old. 269
Indian treaty, January, 1755. 100
Indian depredations. 79. 100
Indian mound on Haines farm. 339 Indian trails 21
Indian troubles in 1776.
Home Telephone C'o. 326
Roads and faxes
"Journal '' newspaper, Washington.
11
HISTORICAL INDEX
legal history 152
Legislative apportionments. 148
LeMoyne, Dr. F. J., nominated for Vice- President. 130
Lenox, Maj. David, serves writs in Western lu. surrection 107
Liberty poles in Western lusurrection. 110,
111
Licentious soldiery. 9.4
Liggett Spring & Axle Works. 594
Lincoln National Bank, Savelli 328
Linden village 339
Lindley's Mills. 331
Lindley, Rev. Jacob.
175
Linn and Gibson, their expe lition to New Orleans for powder.
74
Little Turtle defeats St. Clair 102
Local militia ordered to Continental army 75
Lochry, Col, raises men for Gen. Hand 78
Locks on Monongahela River.
230
Logan and Cornstalk defeated by Col. Lewis 6.4
Marksmanship of early settlers.
Marshall, Col. James, county lieutenant : Opposes Gen. Clarl: . Requests men for deferre against Tudiars 29
Matthews oil well. .
239
Matthews Woven Wire Fence C'o
432
Meadowlands Coal Co.
296
Meadowlands, town of.
297
Mechanics Library
476
Medical history.
211
Population and taxables 440
101
Methodist church.
170
Mexican war ..
135
Midland Coal Co.
29.3
Midland, town of.
29%
Midway borough:
Origin and situation.
Egypt village and mitl 145
Early settlers. 145
Business interests 446
Population
446
Origin and situation
441
Oil interests.
441
Schools, ete
442
Early settlers.
4.12
Fire department and fires 442
442
Schools and academy
443
Miller, Jarah, Sr .. killed and set Iped. 9.7
Miller, Oliver, killed hy rioters 107
Millsborough 30%
107
Mingo Creek meeting house, political meetings
held at.
1017
Insurgents meet : f. 10%
Mingo region, lawlessu ‹‹ in 11.
Missionary efforts. 170
Moffatt. Rov. James D. 176
Monongahela Bridge Co
507
Monongahela ('ity:
Early proprietors .. 511
The Parkinsons. 511
Early settlers.
Parkinson's ferry
511
Transportation facilities 511
Early trade and travel. 312
Original jdu+. 512
Georgetown laid out .. 512
McGovern station. 247
MeIlvaine JJudge Jom 1
Melntosh. Gen., placed in comanlat Furt Pitt.
His forces depleted. 79
Me Kean, Thonis. 1.54 -
McKonnan, Thos. M. T. 11%
Mc Millan, Rev. John, his early school 190
Me Murray village 342
MePeak mill. 3: 0
McPherson's mill.
Mackey, Eneas, appointed colonel of Lightl regi- ment; his death.
Malate, battle of.
Manila, attack o'. 136
Mansion House Hi ..
Manufacturers' Light & lleat Co.
Manufacturers' Natural Gas L'o.
.. Manuscript Found
Marianna, town of.
Log cabin and hard cider campaign 150 Logan, Chief: His family massacred. 62
Retaliates un whites.
llis letter to Capt. Cresap. 62
Defeated at. mouth of Kanawha
Lone Pine. . 276
Long Branel borough:
Origin and situation.
Coal deposits. 440
Medical societies
212
Schools and churches. 440
Long Knives, Virginians so called by Indians 62
Luxurious residence in 1792 117
Macbeth-Evans Glass Co. . 420
MeC'arty & Rohb lumber yards 445
McClain, Alex., prevented from surveying stato
line; his report
03
Mcclure Tin Mills 471
MeCannel's Mills. 297
MeDonald borough:
Schools 116
147
Churches and societies Incorporation
446
Midway National Bank
447
Militia call in 1751.
25
Water company . 4.13
Churches : nd societies. 443
Newspapers 144
Banks and trust companies 44-1
Business interests (general) 444
MeDonald ''Budget" 444
Mc Donald fairs. 445
Me Donald, John, appointed to administer paths of fidelity to Virginia
Me Donald Oil Field. 230
Me Donald "Outlook 444
M. Donald " Record"' 444 444
McDonald Savings & Trust Co.
Me Farlane, Andrew, captured
73
Imprisoned at Quebec 73 His death. 73
Mel'arlane, Maj. James, killed in Western
surrection
107
McFarland, Samuel 15
Public square and market 512
147
Public service, car lines, etc ...
Meetings against exeise
Mercantile Bridge ( 0
lift
Banks and banking
Mingo Club ..
12
HISTORICAL INDEX
Williamsport made borough
513
Mormon, book of. 183
Postoffice history.
513
Mormon church. . 183
Real estate valuation. 513
Morrison Free Public Library 439
Early flat boat traffic. 513
Morris Township:
Erection and boundaries 331
Towns 331
Early settlers Early taverns and industries
514
Early settlers. 332
Roads and taxes, etc. 333
Population 333
Mason and Dixon's line. 44
Mason and Dixon survey interrupted.
47
Monnt Pleasant Township: Erection and bonndaries 333
Springs and drainage
333
Soil 333
333
Sheep and wool growing.
333
Early settler
333
Schools
334
Towns and villages
334
Fraternal organizations. 529
Churches
334
Oil and gas wells .. 335
Mills and industries
336
Roads
336
Population, taxes, ete.
336
Monnt Wheeler hill.
338
Opposed by Yohogania County court. 76
Monongahela City Dock Company. 524
Monongahela City Gas Company 517
Monongahela City Macaroni Factory 523
Monongahela City Memorial Hospital. 518
Monongahela City Trust Company. 520
Monongahela Clay Manufacturing Company. 523
Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. 249
Monongahela "Daily Republican'' 519
Monongahela "Democrat"' 519
Monongahela, early settlement at. 53
Monongahela, English settlements on, burned by the French .. 37
Monongahela Foundry and Forge Company 524
Monongahela Glass Works .. 523
Monongahela Granite and Marble Works. 523 His honse attacked. 107
Monongahela Mannfacturing Company. 516
His escape. 108
Neville, Col. Pressley, captured by rioters. 108
Newspapers
205
· (See also nnder separate towns.)
New State (Ohio) proposed. 95
Nitro glycerine, explosion of 467
Niagara Oil Company. 481
Nickel Plate Coal Mine. 444
North Charleroi:
Origin and situation: 448
Population and taxes.
River locks. 448
Government shops 448
Coal tonnage.
448
Railroads and bridges 449
Schools
449
North Franklin Township:
Erection and bonndaries 337
Soil and agriculture. 337
Oil and gas. 337
Roads and real estate 337
Cemeteries
338
Water reservoirs.
33S
Early events.
338
Schools
337
Muster roll of Captain Anderson's company. 133
Nanowland, the "pet Indian" killed. 91
National Bank of Claysville 425
National pike, travel on 118
National Roadhouse. 462
National Wronght Iron Annealing Box Company .. 473
Negro slaves registered, 1781-82. 97
Neville, Capt. John, placed in charge of Ft. Pitt .. Neville, Gen. John:
70
Monongahela Milling Company 524
228
Monongahela River .. Geologically considered.
237
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke
Company
520
Monongahela Valley: Distressed condition of in 1780 80
Monongahela Water Works. . 518
Monroe, President at Canonsburg 398 Moral teaching. 169
Moravian missions ..
S9
Morgan, Col. George, and John Neville appointed to confer with Indians. 75
Morgan, Col. George:
Accuses Gen. McIntosh of incapacity. 79
Arrested and removed by Congress. 78
Writes British commander at Detroit 75 Morgan, Dr. John, his land grant. 52 Morgan, Gen. John, placed in control of Indian affairs by Congress. 74
Morgan, L. W., his reminiscenecs. . 382
Morgan's l'ifle Corps recruited from Eighth Regt. 72 Morganza .. 290
Morganza, origin of name.
52
514
Private currency
516
Early politicians. 516
Distinguished citizens. .516, 517
Public service corporation» 517, 519
Bridges 518
Hospitals 518
Newspapers 519
h' els
519
Agriculture
Bauks and trust companies 520
Manufactures 520, 524
Schools and education. 524
Churches 525
Parkinson, Joseph (sketch) 529
Monongahela County formed .. 71
Court assumes jurisdiction over part of Washing- ton Connty 76
Wants land office law repealed. 16
Mountain, Jantes 154
Murder cases. 155
Murdock's greenhonses. 290
Mnrdocksville
322
Murdocksville oil field.
240
Keel boats. 513
Railroad enterprise 514
13
HISTORICAL INDEX
Northrup Machine shop
473
North Star ....
346
North Strabane Township:
Appointed clerk of court ...
Ercetiou and boundaries 335
Elected president of war council.
Churches .358, 340
Soil and agriculture
339
Villages 339
Roads and taxes
339
Schools 340
Real estate valuation.
340
North Strabane Water Company.
413
Goes to Virginia. ×9
Nottingham Township:
Erection and boundaries
340
Schools and teachers.
340
Churches 340
People's Bank of California.
'frade and agriculture. 340
People's Bank of Monongahela (ity
Population, real estate, etc.
341
Drainage 340
Roads and taxes. 340
Novelty Class Company.
171
Peters Township: Erection and boundaries. 341
Drainage 341
Oak Grove. 252
Oats, amount grown.
120
Ohio County formed.
71
Coal deposits ..
342
Roads and railroads
341
Oil and gas. 238
Oil and gas 245
Oil and gas sands, table of 245
Coal mines.
Petition for erection of Westsylvania county
Old Briceland Tavern, Canonsburg.
397
(ld Fulton House. . 460
Petition from Laurel Hill settlers against provin cial officials ..
5.
(ld Indian Fort .. 269
Petition to Lord Dunmore from settlers on the Ohio
60
Old National pike 215
Orchard crop. 120
"Our Country"' newspaper. 493
Ontrages by U. S. troops in Western Insurrection. 112
Pack peddlers 118
Paris 321
Parkinson's ferry established. 54
Parkinson, Joseph, acquires rights on the Monon- Pioneer conditions of life described. galela River ... 54 117
99
Establishes ferry. 54
529
Parkinsou, Thomas and William, appointed to pro vide military stores
75
Pittsburg and Washington Turnpike
219
Parkinson's ferry 511
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Co .248, 361, 412
412
Patent of lands in "Augusta County, Va., "' grant- ed by Dunmore to Washington .. 57
Patterson's Mill .. 302
70
Payroll statistics, Charleroi. 419
Pittsburg, description of in 1770.
53
Peace vote in Western Insurrection. 112
Penn Bridge Company 425
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.
420
Penn, William, His instructions to agents. 164
Pittsburg Southern Railroad.
226
Pennsylvania assembly warns settlers from land west of mountains ... 42
Feunsylvania Reform School. 210
Pennsylvania loses land under Virginia warrants .. 81
Pennsylvania magistrates seized. 66
Pennsylvania's officials restrained. 66
Pennsylvania throws western lands open to set- tlement, 1769. 43
l'enobsent Coal Company. 327
Pentecost, Dorsoy:
Magistrate and county commissioner 59
Nearly precipitates Indian war. 75
Given command of the militia ..
Becomes lientenant of Yohogania County
His hustilo attitude toward Pennsylvania . . Resigns as councillor and appointed common pleas judge.
Is suspended from office His death and influence.
People aid academy 170
People's Light & Heat Co.
Peters, William, Indian, granted land title 51
Farming and dairying. 341
Real estate valuatiou.
341
Chio Presbytery .. 168
Ohio, state of, proposition to establish. 95
Population
Towns and villages
342
Schools 343
Churches 344
"'Petroleum Exchange 494
Petroleum Iron Works 173
Philadelphia Bank . 25G
Phillipsburg 315
Phoenix Glass Works.
470
Physicians in pioneer days.
117
Pike Run Meeting-house.
165
Pioneer clothing ..
99
Pioneer diet. 116
Pioneer manners and customs.
76
Pittsburg and Steubenville Turnpike
220
Pittsburg Casket Co. Pittsburg coal bed.
237
Pittsburg Coal Co.
Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston R. R
471
Pittsburg Window Glass Co. 225
Pitsburg & Charleroi Street Railway 327
Pittsburg & Southwestern Coal Co
Pittsburg & Steubenville Railroad. 224
Pittsburg & Westmoreland Coal ('o. 250
Pleasant Grove. 311
Pleasant Hill Seminary. 325
Pluggystowu. expedition against.
Plummer, Jerome, his aid to temperance cause 120
342
".Old Black's Dam"' 2S7
Old glass works, Monongahela. 515
Parkinson, Joseph, sketch of.
Pipe, Indian chief, sides with British
Passengers, distinguished, over National Road .. 217
Pitsburg, court removed from.
Pittsburg Mercantile Co. 388
Penn's grant, terms of. 4
59
14
HISTORICAL INDEX
Poe, Adam:
Receives reward for taking Indian scalp 29
Paid for Indian scalp. . S6
Political complexion of county 151
Pontiac, conspiracy of 40
Population statistics. 475
Postoffice, Washingtou boronglı.
128
Schools 347
Early settlers. 347
Churches 347
Raccoon Graveyard. 348
Interesting events. 348
Indiau mound .. 349
Rogers, Capt David:
Assists Clark against Hamilton 78
His career and death. 78
Rogue Alley. 436
Roscoe Borough:
Origin and situation. 449
Real estate and population 149
Boat building. 449
Public service and car lines. 450
Newspapers 450
450
Societies 451
450
Roverville
310
Royal proclamation forbidding settlements west of the Alleghenies. 42, 49
Rural high schools. 204
Rush for lands in 1769. 50
Russell. A., machine shop. 380
Ryan Boiler & Iron Works. 472
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur:
Appointed prothonotary of Westmoreland County
56
Describes conditions in Dunmore's War. 62
Endeavors to bring about peace. 63
Commissioned colonel in the American army. 71
Defeated by Indians. 101
Salvation Army 500-
Sample's Inn .. 463
Sandy Plains Fair. 309
"Saturday Evening Supper Table" 491
"Saturday Voice" 519
Scalp bounty revoked. 29
Scarcity of mills in 1872. 97
Scenery Hill. 365
Schools, common. 201
203
Religions paper signed, 1782.
164
Religions revivals. 97
Religious services introduced. 81 Representatives in General Assembly 160 Reserve Corps of Penna. . 135
Resistance to Great Britain organized. 69
Revolutionary War closes. . 95
Reward offered for Indian scalps. 29
Richardson, Thomas. executed for burglary . 30
Ridgeway mines 292
Rigdon, Sidney. 181, 182, 185. 186, 189
Ring. old Cavalry 135
Ritner, Joseph. . 147, 279
River improvements. 230
Riverview 286
Road, national. 214, 215. 217
Road legislation. 221
Robertson, John, excise collector, maltreated. 104
Robinson Township:
Erection and boundaries 345
Villages 346
Coal, oil and gas. 346
Roads and taxes 346
Postal facilities .. 187. 188
Pratt, Parley P. (Mormon)
Presbyterian church.
167
Presbyterian church, early strife in.
168
Presbyterian statistics. . 173
Presbyterianism explained. 107
Presbytery, first west of mountains
167
President judges.
156 213
Presidents medical society
Presidential contests. . 151
Primitive settlers, character of .
81
Primrose station.
334
Principals' Round Table.
204
Production of coal for 1907.
251
Proprietary Government of Pennsylvania, combative character of.
49
Prosperity Plank Road. 221
Prosperity village 331
Prothonotaries 157
Prothonotaries since Civil War. 151
Pryor Coal Co .. 327
Quakers or Friends. 165
Quecr map of Virginia, 1651. 44
Racine
310
Raccoon Church Cemetery :
First person buried in. 29
348
Raccoon station.
351
Railroads 223
Rangers recruited, 1781. 29
Rank Forging Works.
444
Rankin House. 463
Rankin, Matthew, his land grant 53
Real Estate Trust Co., Wash. 491
Record Publishing Co. 494
Redstone Baptist Association . 179
Redick, David, describes military conditions in Feb .. 1792. 102
Redstone, land entries filed at. 51
Redstone Quarterly Meeting. 165
Reed & Snee Greehouses. 424
292
Religion among pioneers.
117
School statistics. 205
"Scotch-Irish Pickett' 494
Scott, Thomas:
Appointed first prothonotary 85
Imprisoned 66
Sheep aud wool statistics. 120
Sheriffs 157
Shingiss on
297
Shire Oa. 361
Shipyard California. 383,
387
Shirtee ( , origin of name 52
Silk, eal
anufacture of. 122
Simpson, Dnes, historian 300
Simpson Stole Works. 413
Sixth Rı D. V. M. 136
Slavery 128
nou-
Banking
Hotels, schools, and churches 450
Roscoe "Ledger
Raccoon Graveyard.
Reissing
School superintendents
125
15
HISTORICAL INDEX
Smiley, William, his courageous trip. 165
Smith, Devereaux, wounded and arres'd for mur-
der 69
Smith, lames, book peddler .. 31%
Smith, Joseph ( Mormon apostle )
186
Smith, Rev. Joseph, his school at Buffalo. 190
Smith, Thomas, attorney for George Washington in ejectment cases. 99
Smith Township:
Ercetion and boundaries 350
Coal, oil and gas. . :52
Towns and villages 350
Roads and taxes. 351
Old forts. 352
Schools and churches. 353
Union Agricultural Association. 353
Real estate and population. 354
Smith, William, & Sons' Bank . 257
Soldiers' claims en ouraged by Yohogania County officials 80
Somerset Township:
Erection and boundaries 351
Soil and erops. 354
Oil and gas. 354
Roads and railways 354
Villages
355
Schools 355
Churches 356
Population, real estate, etc 354
Early settlers. 355
South Canonsburg (ser ( anonsburg)
389
South Franklin Township: Erection and boundaries
356
Schools 357
Roads and taxes
. 358
Churches 357
Coal, oil and gas 357
Stores, etc. 357
South Strabane Township: Erection and boundaries
358
Towns 358
Agriculture and trade
358
Coal and oil. 35%
Roads and taxes
359
Population, statistics 359
53
S. W. Penn. Pipe Lines Co.
482
Southwestern State Normal school 200
Spanish American War. 136
Sparta 331
Spaulding, Solomon. 1-3, 184
Speers borough:
Origin and situation. 451
Population, tax statistics 451
Schools 451
Sand works. 451
Plaster works 451
Churches . 451
Industrial facilities 452
Public service companies
451
Sprowls Road Act. 215
Stato constabulary in Burgettstown
379
State line survey unged. 83
Standard Oil ( 0. 239
Standard Real Estate te .. Donora. -132
state road statistics
Standard Tin Plate (0. 290 412
Steamboat navigation. 231
Stephens Bros., contra .te ry. . 524
Stevenson's Laundry, Wash. 455
Stills seized.
111
Stockdale borough: Incorporation 452
First proprietor 150
Population, taxes 452
Roads 452
452
Stockdale, Thomas
4.2
Stogie cigar.
464
Street railways.
251
"Students' Enterprise 104
Subscription schools 202
Sucker Rod Factory. 473
Superstitions and signs 11×
Gu
Swearing punished. 76
Sycamore, old at Monongahela, birthplace of
James Howden.
100
Synod of Pittsburg, 1519
173
Tanacharison, Chief:
Threatened by the Frenel . :6
Counsels Washington. 36
Taylor, Col. Heury (Judge)
152
Taylor, Henry, president of quarter sessions court
$6
Taylor, Judge James F.
Taylorstown 277
Taxation statistics. 126
Teeter's Fort. 328
Telegraph lines 233
Telephone service 233
Temperance, progress of. 130
Ten Mile Baptist church. .
Ten Mile Creek, possession of desired by Virginians S3
135
Thirteenth Virginia Regt.
73
Thomas village.
339
Thompsonville
342
Tillinghast Machine shop.
44.5
Title Guarantee & Trust. Co ..
25%
Tom, the Tinker. 10%
110
Town Hall, Wash. 476
Trade & Labor Organization 503
Trails, Indian . 214
232
Trinity Hall.
337
Truco recommended between Virginia and Peun- sylvania 70
Tubbs Business College, ( harleroi. ..
Twelfth Pa. Regt .. 135
Twilight borough :
Origin and location 459
Coal and gas. 452
Population, taxes, ote. 152
Schools 452
Mining interests 152
Tyler Tube & Pipe Co .. 171
Tylerdale Connecting Railroad
Underground Railroad . . 129
Union Agricultural Association 553
135
Tenth Regt. Inf .. N. G. P.
Texan War ...
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