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COOPERS. West's Cooper Shop, 13th st., Bridgeport.
CRACKER MANUFACTURERS. Chatland & Lenhart, opp. post office, Brownsville.
DENTISTS.
Abraham, A. C., Iron Bridge Bldg., Brownsville.
Abrams, J. A., Abrams Bldg., Brownsville. Graham, H. D., Monongahela Bank Bldg., Brownsville. Huston, J. A., Neck, Brownsville.
Patton, T. H., Post Office Bldg., Brownsville.
DISTILLERIES.
Hamburger Distillery, Ltd., Water st., Bridgeport. Thompson Distilling Co., Main st., West Brownsville.
DRESSMAKERS. Acklin, Bertha V., Abrams Bldg., Brownsville. Britton, Kate, and Reynolds, Julia, I. O. O. F. Bldg., Brownsville.
Harry
Marshall.
Groceries and Vegetables.
FRESH and SALT MEATS.
Try Brownsville Beer.
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J. D. Armstrong Drug Co.
Prescription Specialists.
CLEANING AND REPAIRING $ 50
JOHN ALTMAN,
DRESSMAKERS-Con.
Coldren, Ann, Market st., Brownsville. Michaels, Celia, High st., Bridgeport. Sawyer, Mrs. Lizzie, Second st., Bridgeport.
DRUGGISTS.
Armstrong, J. D., Drug Co., Neck, Brownsville. Bulger, H. H., & Co., Water and Bridge sts., Bridge- port.
Graham, Robert, Neck, Brownsville.
Rathmell Bros., Bank st., Bridgeport.
Robinson, D. Fred, Iron Bridge, Bridgeport.
Robinson, H. W., Market st., Brownsville.
DRY GOODS.
Craft, James S., Neck, Brownsville.
Griffin, E. C., Neck, Brownsville.
Levy, Morris, Neck, Brownsville.
Lydic, J. C., & Co., Neck, Brownsville.
Wise, B., Neck, Brownsville.
Worrell, E. D., Second an Arch sts., Bridgeport.
ELECTRICIANS. Bell, J. M., Post Office Bldg., Brownsville.
ELECTROPLATING.
Kenney, C. L., High and Angle sts., Bridgeport.
EXPRESS COMPANIES.
Adams Express Co., Chas. Weaver, agent, Union Station. American Express Co., C. S. Pringle, agent, Union Station.
FLORISTS.
Pearsall, Daniel H., Pearl st., Bridgeport.
Brownsville Beer is Pure
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James H. Gray Water Street, Bridgeport. =
GROCERIES PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE
FLOUR, FEED, ETC.
Champion Milling Co., Coal road, Bridgeport. Eclipse Milling Co., Water st., Bridgeport.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS.
Fredianni, R., Neck, Brownsville.
Monsour, Nicola, Market st., Brownsville.
Poletz, Rosy, Neck, Brownsville.
Rose, Sam., Market st., Brownsville.
FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING.
Ross, J. T., Neck, Brownsville.
Sanforth, Jos. G., Market st., Brownsville.
Sharpnack & Conelly, Neck, Brownsville.
GAS COMPANIES.
Elwood Gas & Oil Co., Iron Bridge Bldg., Browns- ville. Greensboro Nat. Gas Co., High st., Bridgeport.
GLASS MANUFACTURERS.
Van Cleave Window Glass Co., Junction, West Brownsville.
GRAIN, FEED AND PRODUCE.
Brownsville Ice & Storage Co., Main st., West Browns- ville.
GROCERIES AND QUEENSWARE.
Anderson, Mary, High st., Bridgeport.
Brownsville Supply Co., Neck, Brownsville.
Bulger, J. H., & Son, Iron Bridge, Bridgeport. Campbell, W. L., Water st., Bridgeport. Carmack, O. K., Bridge st., West Brownsville Coldren, Ann, Market st., Brownsville.
Craft's Supply Store, High and Bridge sts., Bridge- port.
Purest and Best is
Brownsville Beer.
Harry Marshall,
Groceries and Vegetables.
FRESH and SALT MEATS.
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J. D. Armstrong Drug Co. Periodicals, Books and Stationery.
. CLEANING AND REPAIRING
JOHN ALTMAN,
GROCERIES AND QUEENSWARE-Con.
Daugherty, John, Vine st., West Brownsville.
Elliott, C. J., Tea Co., Market st., Brownsville. Garlotts, C. C., Market st., Brownsville.
Gottesman Bros., Neck, Brownsville.
Gray, James H., Water st., Bridgeport. Green, William, Neck, Brownsville.
Haken, William, Second st., Bridgeport.
Herskovitz, Ignatz, High st., Bridgeport.
Johnson, William, Bridge st., West Brownsville.
Johnston, C. G., Market st., Brownsville.
Lindy, Emeline, High st., Bridgeport.
Lynch & Henan, Market st., Brownsville.
Marshall, Harry, Neck, Brownsville.
Mason, H. G., Spring alley, Bridgeport.
McGill, Martin, Main st., West Brownsville.
McCracken, Margaret, Market st., Brownsville.
Miller, C. J., High st., Bridgeport.
Power, J. P., Neck, Brownsville.
Robinson, John, Market st., Brownsville.
Shupe, K. J., Market st., Brownsville.
Swearer, Alfred C., Market st., Brownsville.
Valley Supply Co. No. 25, Water st., Bridgeport.
Williams, James, Liberty ave., West Brownsville.
GUN AND LOCK SMITHS.
Kenney, C. L., High and Angle sts., Bridgeport. Peirsel, Arthur, High st., Bridgeport.
HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE.
Coulter, John H., Neck, Brownsville. Fear, Geo. E., Neck, Brownsville. Moore, Geo. L., Water st., Bridgeport.
HARNESS MAKERS.
Madera, Bruce, Neck, Brownsville.
Drink
Brownsville Beer.
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James H. Gray Water Street, Bridgeport. =
GROCERIES PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE
HOTELS.
Albion Hotel, J. Will Gribble, prop., Water st., Brownsville.
Alexander Hotel, H. G. Johnson, prop., Neck, Browns- ville.
Atwood Hotel, Robt. Byland, prop., Bridge st., West Brownsville.
Barr House, J. E. Rickard, prop., Water st., Bridge- port.
Girard House, Market st., Brownsville.
Herbertson House, F. S. Adams, prop., Water st., Bridgeport.
Hotel Aubrey, D. J. Province, prop., Bridge st., West Brownsville.
Hotel Good, John Good, prop., Junction, West Browns- ville.
Monongahela House, J. S. Rush, prop., Neck, Browns- ville.
Pennsylvania Hotel, Jas. Risbeck, prop., Water st. Bridgeport.
Storey House, Matt Storey, prop., Market st., Browns- ville.
ICE MANUFACTURERS.
Brownsville Brewing Co., Water st., Bridgeport.
Brownsville Ice & Storage Co., Main st., West Browns- ville.
INTERPRETERS.
Gottesman, Max, Neck, Brownsville.
Herskovitz, Ignatz, High st., Bridgeport.
JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS.
Kaiser, Wm. F., Neck, Brownsville.
Moorhead, Geo. S., Neck, Brownsville.
Theakston, F. B., Iron Bridge, Brownsville.
Harry Marshall.
Groceries and Vegetables. FRESH and SALT MEATS.
Try a Case of
Brownsville Beer.
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J. D. Armstrong Drug Co. The Up-To-Date Drug Store.
CLEANING and REPAIRING
JOHN ALTMAN,
LAUNDRIES-AGENTS.
Grooms, C. E., Water st., Bridgeport.
Lee Wah, Main st., Brownsville.
Mitchell, William, Neck, Brownsville.
Yee Kim, Neck, Brownsville.
LAWYERS. Cottom, H. A., Post Office Bldg., Brownsville.
LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLES.
Kisinger, Harry, Market st., Brownsville.
Sargent, A. M., Coal road and Prospect st., Bridge- port.
Union Stables, Gregg & Syphers, props., Bridge st., Bridgeport.
LUMBER DEALERS.
Aubrey Lumber Co., Vine st., West Brownsville.
Aubrey Lumber Co., Spring alley, Bridgeport. Higinbotham, James C., Water st., Bridgeport.
MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRIES.
Herbertson's Sons, J., Water and Bridge sts., Bridge- port. Gregg's Machine Shop & Foundry, Water st., West Brownsville.
MARBLE, GRANITE AND STONE. Wright's Sons, T. S., Water st., Bridgeport.
MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS.
Albright & Meese, Market st., Brownsville. Brenton Bros., Bridge and Main sts., West Browns- ville. Craft's Supply Store, High and Bridge sts .. Bridgeport. Lowstetter, Daniel, Market st., Brownsville. Marker, James, Main st., West Brownsville.
Brownsville Beer At all Hotels&
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James H. Gray Water Street, Bridgeport.
Groceries PROVISIONS and PRODUCE 90
MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS-Con.
Marshall, Harry, Neck, Brownsville.
Mulvar & Cooper, High st., Bridgeport. Star Meat Market, High st., Bridgeport. Urick & Zuzen, Market st., Brownsville.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Altman, John, High st., Bridgeport.
Bulger Bros., Iron Bridge, Bridgeport. Klein, Max, Neck, Brownsville. Troth, O. J., Market st., Brownsville.
MESSENGER-CITY. Rice, Chas. E., H. H. Hormell & Sons' Store.
MILLINERS. Griffin, E. C., Neck, Brownsville. Scott, M. C., High st., Bridgeport. Todd, Cora, Neck, Brownsville.
MUSIC DEALERS. Perry, W. A., High st. and Perry ave., Bridgeport. Phillips, D. R., Neck, Brownsville.
NEWS DEALERS. Brownsville News Co., Union Station. Johnston, Howard B., over Rathmell's drug store, Bridgeport.
NEWSPAPERS AND PRINTERS. Brownsville Clipper, W. F. Applegate, editor and publisher, Market st., Brownsville. Weekly Monitor, E. P. Couse, editor and publisher, High st., Bridgeport.
CALL FOR BROWNSVILLE BEER.
Harry Marshall,
Groceries and Vegetables. FRESH and SALT MEATS.
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J. D. Armstrong Drug Prescription Specialists.
Co.
Cleaning and Repairing
John Altman
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Brashear, E. T., Iron Bridge Bldg., Neck, Browns- ville. Jeffries, T. A., High st., Bridgeport. Poletz, Rosy, Neck, Brownsville.
OIL DEALERS.
Devault, William, High st. and Woodward ave., Bridgeport.
PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS.
Cline & Gue, Greene Lane, Bridgeport; National Road, Brownsville.
Patterson & Herrington, Main st., West Brownsville. Stewart, Geo. L., Light lane, Bridgeport.
PAVING AND SEWERING. Waggoner & Lilly, Prospect st., Bridgeport.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURE FRAMING. Pratt, W. D., Abrams Bldg., Neck, Brownsville.
PHYSICIANS.
Eastman & Lilley, over Rathmell's drug store, Bridge- port.
Hoover, F. S., Iron Bridge Bldg., Brownsville.
Miller, Colley, over W'm. Levy's, Brownsville.
Reichard, C. C., over Griffin's dry goods store, Brownsville.
Reichard, L. N., over Griffin's dry goods store, Brownsville.
Smith, Alfred C., High and Bank sts., Bridgeport.
PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS. Arensberg Bros., under Dr. A. C. Smith's office, Bridgeport. Kennedy & Claybaugh, near Baptist Church, Browns- ville.
Brownsville Beer is Union Made
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James H. Gray
Water Street, Bridgeport.
Groceries PROVISIONS and PRODUCE ~ 50
PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS-Con.
Shelton, Geo. A., Light lane, Bridgeport.
Stewart, R. J., under Rathmell's drug store, Bridge- port. RACKET STORES. Richie's Racket Store, Neck, Brownsville.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Brashear, E. T., Iron Bridge Bldg., Neck, Browns- ville.
Jeffries, T. A., High st., Bridgeport.
Lenhart, Geo. W., & Son, P. O. Bldg., Brownsville.
Marshall & Hart, Second st., Bridgeport; Neck, Brownsville.
Snowdon, J. H., P. O. Bldg., Brownsville.
RESTAURANTS.
Freeman, Harry, Water st., Bridgeport.
McMillan, Chas., over Wm. Green's grocery, Neck, Brownsville. Minehart, Kate, Bank st., Bridgeport.
Mitchell, M. C., Neck, Brownsville.
White & Tidball, Water st., Bridgeport.
SEWING MACHINE AGENTS. Phillips, D. R., Neck, Brownsville.
SHOEMAKERS.
Drake, Henry, High st., Bridgeport.
Luft, Andrew, Market st., Brownsville.
Marinelli, Lougi, Neck, Brownsville.
Miles, A. D., Water st., Bridgeport.
Rabe, George, Neck, Brownsville.
Sorrell, Thomas, High st., Bridgeport.
STEAMSHIP AGENCIES.
Majerchak, J. C., P. O. Bldg., Brownsville. Poletz, Rosy, Neck, Brownsville.
Harry Marshall.«
Groceries and Vegetables. FRESH and SALT MEATS.
Brownsville Beer
For Family Use
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J. D. Armstrong Drug Co. Periodicals, Books and Stationery.
CLEANING and REPAIRING .*
4
JOHN ALTMAN,
STOCK BROKERS.
Richmond & Co., Frank, Carsten, manager, Mononga- hela Bank Bldg., Brownsville.
TEAMSTERS.
Florence, Joseph, Pearl st., Bridgeport.
Florence, John, Pearl st., Bridgeport.
Ingram, Walter, Church st., Brownsville.
Jones, Israel, Cemetery road, Bridgeport.
Moore, P. C., Front st., Brownsville.
Percy, John G., Water st., Bridgeport.
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
Western Union Telegraph Co., Griffin Bldg., Neck, Brownsville.
TELEPHONE COMPANIES. C. D. & P. T. Co. (Bell), Monongahela Bank Bldg., Brownsville. Federal Telephone Co., Water and Bank sts., Bridge- port.
TINNERS.
Vorhes, Charles, Water st., Brigeport.
TOBACCONISTS.
Haught, W. A., Water and Bank sts., Bridgeport. Wilson, John D., Neck, Brownsville.
TRUCK GARDENERS.
Lockhart, Alex., Clover st., Bridgeport.
VETERINARY SURGEONS. Gregg, Ira M., Union Stables, Bridge st., Bridgeport.
WATER COMPANIES. Brownsville Water Co., High st .. Bridgeport.
Try Brownsville Beer.
613
Special Notice
Don't
Lend
Your Directory
614
Index
EARLY HISTORY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
PAGE
French Invasion .
3
Washington's Mission to Le Bueof
1
The Hanguard, Ft. Pitt and Ft. Duquesne
5
Washington and Jumonville .
5
Washington's Defeat at Great Meadows-Ft. Necessity Braddock's Disastrous Expedition . 12
9
Gen. Forbes' Expedition-French Abandon Ft. Duquesne 14
Mounds and Mound-Builders-Redstone Old Fort. 14
Conditions of Penn's Charter 18
Western Pennsylvania Bought of Six Nations 18
Settlement of Western Pennsylvania .
20
Influence of Ohio Company-Gist's Plantation 20
Westmoreland County Formed.
21
Division of Westmoreland County 21
First Settlers in what is now Fayette County 22
Attempt to Remove First Settlers. 22
Mason and Dixon Line-Virginia and Pennsylvania. 23
List of Settlers at Redstone Old Fort, Gist's, Turkey Foot 23
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Index
FAYETTE COUNTY HISTORY.
PAGE
Growth of Population .
25
Slavery and Servitude in Fayette County
25
Courts Organized-First Attorneys.
27 27
First County Officials.
Present County Officials
28 29 29
List of Present Attorneys-Uniontown
List of Present Attorneys-Connellsville. 30
List of Present Attorneys-Brownsville
30
Court House, Sheriff's Residence and Jail
30
Fayette County Poor House and Farm
31
First Coal Used in Fayette County
33
Coke First Made and Used in Fayette County
33
Iron Industry in Fayette County
33
Fayette County Agricultural Association 35
Fayette County Medical Society 36
Number and Names of Townships-When Erected
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Index
GEOLOGY OF FAYETTE COUNTY.
PAGE
Geological Location.
37
Third or Connellsville Basin
37
Fourth or Monongahela Basin
37
Lower Productive Coal Measures
38
Laurel and Chestnut Ridges .
Geological Structure
Fine Building Stone .
Laurel Ridge Anticlinal
The Upper Barren Series
40 40
Horizons of Iron Ore in Fayette County
41
Lime Stone
Fire Clay
Oil Fields
Gas Fields
Coal Fields
Bituminous Coal Fields
Fayette County Klondyke.
Coke Development in Fayette County
Pioneer Coke Company.
American Steel and Wire Company
46
The National Steel Company
46
W. J. Rainey Company.
46 46
The Coke Industry.
The Civil War Retarded the Coke Industry,
47
Tabulated Statistics on Coke.
47
Many Coke Ovens Built Since 1899
48
Coal One of the Great Forces of the Future
48
Coke and Iron Industries Closely Allied . 48
Location and Extent of the Connellsville Coke Region 48
38 38 39 39
Economic Geology of Fayette County
41 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 44 44
The Bessemer Company .
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Index
FAYETTE COUNTY'S PART IN WARS.
PAGE
Dunmore's War
50
The Revolution .
52
The Whiskey Insurrection
53
The War of 1812-1815
54
The War with Mexico
55
The War of the Rebellion
55
The Ringgold Cavalry.
57
Dies Rescuing a Comrade .
58
"Greater Love Hath No Man"-Poem
59
Fayette County Veterans' Association
60
"Will Soon Answer 'Taps'"-Poem.
61
Roster, Company D, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
62
List of Deceased Soldiers-Brownsville
65
List of Deceased Soldiers-Bridgeport .
66
Died at Andersonville 68
Spanish-American War and Filipino Insurrection
68
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Index
EARLY AND PRESENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL PIKE.
PAGE
First Wagon Load of Goods that Crossed the Mountains
70
Enormous Cost of Transportation
The Old Nemacolin Trail. 70
71
The "Turkey-Foot" Road.
71
The Cumberland Road or National Pike.
72
A Narrow Escape for Uniontown.
72
Work on the National Pike Commenced at Cumberland.
72
Cost of the National Pike.
73
Effect of the Pike on the Country-No Toll
73
Index to Slack-Water Navigation .
75
Index to Old Taverns Along the National Pike. 85
Index to Railroad History 95
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SLACK-WATER NAVIGATION.
Slack-Water Navigation Agitated in 1782 75
"The Old Monongahela Still"-Poem .. 76
Slackwater Again Agitated in 1817-Name of Company 78 Capital Stock, $78,000. 78
The State Takes Up the Work in 1822 79
Second Monongahela Navigation Company
80
Commissioners to Receive Subscriptions Appointed. 80
$258,100 Subscribed but Many Subscriptions Not Paid. 81
The Company Comes to Grief and Work is Suspended 81
Capitalists Buy Up Stock and Complete Work in 1844 81
Cost of River Tolls. 82
Eight Years of Great Prosperity 82
B. &. O. and Slack-Water Navigation Benefit the Pike 83
Rejected the Baltimore & Ohio 83
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Index
OLD TAVERNS ALONG THE NATIONAL PIKE.
PAGE
Uniontown Taverns. .
85
Too Much Roast Pig 85
Anecdote of Manypenny and Jefferson 86
General Lafayette and General Santa Anna.
86
General Jackson at the McCleary House 86
Old Taverns Along the Pike. .
The Half-Way House- Searight's.
Old Taverns in Brownsville.
Thomas Brown's "Ordinary
The Black Horse Tavern
The Old Workman Tavern-Now the Girard House.
General Jackson Wanted Ham and Eggs
Anecdotes of Henry Clay .
General LaFayette at the Brashear House.
The Old Marshall House.
The Old Clark Mansion-Now the Storey House
90
The Old Krepps Homestead-Now the Monongahela House. .
91
Old Taverns in Bridgeport .
91
Old Taverns in West Brownsville
91
Old Pike Reminiscences. 92
Visit of Jenny Lind and P. T. Barnum 93
87 87 88 88 88 89 89 89 90 90
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RAILROAD HISTORY.
PAGE
The Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad Co 95
The Fayette County Railroad Company
Branch Lines of Railroads. 95
95
Early History of the Baltimore & Ohio
96
The Event Celebrated at Baltimore.
96
The Pennsylvania Railroad-Its Growth
98
The Invasion of New York 98
Early History of the Pennsylvania. 100
The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad 104
Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny 105
"The Lake Erie Never Killed a Passenger 105
Vice-President and General Manager, J. M. Schoonmaker 106
The Monongahela Railroad Company .. 108
Program of Opening of Monongahela Railroad 110
Superintendent J. B. Yohe's Speech. 114
"Three Towns" Board of Trade Banquet . 115
Along the Monongahela Line . 117
The Connellsville Central Railroad 119
The Man Who First Proposed the Union Pacific Railroad 120
Letter of "Tariff, " Andy Stewart. 121
BIOGRAPHIES OF SOME OF THE RAILROAD OFFICIALS.
PAGE.
Coburn, W. A.
128
Crawford, Joseph U 123
Dorsey, George 127
Ermire, John
127
Grooms, Joseph C . 125
Pringle, Chris. S 128
Schoonmaker, Col. James M 123
Shank, Harry W' 128
Taylor, Robert W., Jr. 124
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HISTORY OF THE THREE TOWNS.
PAGE
Sketch of Our Boroughs-Early Settlers and Business Men 131
Steamboat and Keel Boat Building 133
Daniel French's Enterprises-The "Enterprise" and "Dispatch 134 First Steamer Between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. 136 Robert Rogers' Description of the "Dispatch's" Trip 136
History of the "Reindeer"-Keel Boat Building 140
Pringle's Flat-Bottom Boats. 140
Pringle Boat Building Co .- Cock & Lenhart, Boatbuilders 142
The Herbertson & Company Foundry and Machine Shops 144
Vulcan Iron and Machine Works.
144
The French Cotton and Woolen Mills. 148
First Glass Factory-The George Hogg & Co. Glass Factory 150
Another Glass Factory .
150
The Culbertson & Rowe Foundry-The French Machine Shops.
152
The Thomas Faull Foundry-The Valley Mills. 154
The Rees Cadwallader Mills-The Krepps & Carter Paper Mills .. 154
The Lanning Planing Mills-The Shoe Industry
154
The Brownsville Agricultural Works-First Brewery 154
156
The Harvey Leonard Saw Mills-The River Coal Company
158
The Brownsville Brewery. 164
The Hamburger Distillery, Ltd. 166
The Thompson Distilling Co.
The Elwood Natural Gas and Oil Company 168
The Public Library 170
Newspaper Enterprises 172
Physicians of the Three Towns
174
PIONEER LODGES OF THE THREE TOWNS.
Brownsville Lodge, No. 60, F. & A. M 174
Brownsville Lodge, No. 51, I. O. O. F 176
Brownsville Lodge, No. 357, K. of P 182
Brownsville Chapter, No. 164, R. A. M 176
John E. Michener Post, No. 173, Dept. of Pa., G. A. R. 184
Monongahela Lodge, No. 1305, G. U. O. of O. F. 180
Nemacolin Tribe, No. 112, Improved Order of Red Men 182
St. Omer's Commandery, No. 7, F. T. 176
Western Star Lodge, No. 36, F. & A. M 176
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mirror that hung in the cabin of the Mayflower 184
Snuff Box that came over on the Mayflower 184
Peter Hunt's Famous Skating Rink. 186
The Old Wooden Bridge 188
.
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Visit of General Lafayette.
190
Letter from Andrew Jackson
193
SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND ESTABLISHMENTS.
Cottom, Harry A., Attorney 214
Johnston, Howard B., News Dealer 218
Klein, Max, Merchant Tailor 215
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 216
Pratt, Wm. D., Photographer
213
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Brashear, John Alfred 243
Bright, W. H
239
Brown, Capt. Samuel S. 245
Bulger, Jessie H.,
232
Chatland, Mr. William 225
Duncan, Judge Thomas
219
Duncan, Dr. W. S
220
Gadd, Stephen I
238
Graham, William
237
Grooms, Dr. James B
222
Hart, J. Percy
240
Herbertson, John.
227
Jacobs, Capt. Adam
232 238
Krepps, Solomon Gillespie .
234
Mason, Isaac M
245
McGee, Rev. Chas. A. (colored).
249
McKinley, Robert
236
Mitchell, James
237
Moffitt, Alexander.
248
Moffitt, John B.
236
Patriello, Robert
240
Phillips, Percival
247
Pringle, John S
227
Rogers, Joseph Talbot
223
Rogers, Roland Clay
233
Snowden, J. Nelson
230
Steele, Mr. Samuel
229
Steele, William C
235
Thompson, Samuel
229
Truxal, Dr. Norval Wilson
223
Wilgus, John S.
224
Wilgus, Thomas Benton
246
Wright, T. S.
231
Jacobs, Adam.
PAGE
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Index
HISTORY OF BROWNSVILLE.
PAGE
Where Located-Early Settlers.
259
Cresap's Ferry and Krepps' Ferry in Bridgeport
260
Thomas and Basil Brown.
260
Brownsville Laid out and Incorporated .
261
First Borough Officials-Present Borough Officials 261
262
Early Fire Protection. 262
264
First and Present Officials. 265
Rules of the Cemetery Association
266
Endowment Fund-Articles of Agreement for 267
267
BIOGRAPHIES OF BOROUGH OFFICIALS.
Acklin, William Graham
277
Bowman, Charles W
273
Brashear, Edgar T
272
Carmack, Amiriah A
270
Collier, James F
273
Coulter, Charles W
277
DeLaney, Edward S
269
Edmiston, William A
268
Gabler, Frank
278 275
Gadd, Frank M
276
Gregg, Charles Walter
273 272
Hibbs, Benjamin Franklin
277
Johnson, Robert
278 268
Kisinger, Harry
277
Labin, Alexander .
270
Lenhart, William L
274
Patterson, Alvin C.
274
Reichard, Dr. Cyrus Clay .
274
Ross, J. T.
275 269
Snowden, Charles L
271
Snowden, J. Howard.
271
Steele, George Conwell.
276
Storey, Charles H .
Worcester, Thomas C
278
Fisher, William H
Grafinger, Joseph.
Griffin, Willard Atkinson
271
Huston, Dr. Joseph A.
Reichard, Dr. Lewis Nyman
273
Postmasters Who Have Served Brownsville
Old Cemeteries-Redstone Cemetery Association
Not Run for the Benefit of Stockholders
623
Index
HISTORY OF BRIDGEPORT.
PAGE
When Laid Out and Incorporated
279
First Borough Officials-Present Borough Officials. 279
Old Market House-The Old Warehouse and Wharf 280
Bridgeport Improvement Society 281
First Meeting. Second Meeting, First Regular Officers. 282
History of the Public Fountain . 283
286 Dedication of Fountain - Officers Improvement Society The Reading Circle. 287
The Old " Red Pump"-Tutor of James G. Blaine
289
Bridgeport Cemetery 290
When Established-List of Incorporators. 291
Officers of the Company-Rules and Regulations. 291
Endowment Fund-Articles of Agreement for 294
Not Organized for Profit 295
BIOGRAPHIES OF BOROUGH OFFICIALS.
Buffington, Robert . 305
Bulger, Rinard Reece
306
Bumry, Rev. Richard Henry 304
Cope, Eli. 305
Couse, Edwin Philips
302
DeLaney, William
303
Eastman, Dr. Henry
297
Gray, James H
302
Hart, David Moffitt.
298
Higinbotham, Uriah F
300
Jeffries, Thomas A
296
Levy, William
305
Lindy, John Stanley
304
Lockhart, Alexander Duncan
304
Marshall, Harry 300 301
306
Moore, George L
296
Pearsall, Daniel H
299
Rathmell, George M
301
Sargent, Ackison M
303
Smith, Dr. Alfred C
302
Stewart, George L
303
Thompson, John
306
Tilghman, B. R. A. (colored)
301
Waggoner, Levi Craft 297
Winans, William Vincent 296
Martin, Oliver Knight
Miller, Caleb Johnson
626
Index
HISTORY OF WEST BROWNSVILLE.
PAGE
Where Located
307
Indian Peter's Widow's Conveyance
307
James G. Blaine's Father
309
When and by Whom Laid out
309
When Incorporated and First Borough Officials.
310
Present Borough Officials. 310
Arrival of the P. V. & C. Railroad. 310
First and Present Postmasters 310
311
Some of West Brownsville's Industries
BIOGRAPHIES OF BOROUGH OFFICIALS.
Axton, Emmett Ryman 313
Baird, Edward R
315
Brock, George W
315
Chamberlain, Harry Kirk.
316
Dougherty, John
317
Dwyer, Wilbur
316
Eckles, Charles E
313
French, David W
312
Fulton, James M
316
Harrison, J. Will.
314
Kaufman, John Clarence
314
Moffitt, Byron L
314
Moffitt, Thomas H
312
Pringle, John D. S.
315
Province, David Jefferson.
314
Snyder, William H., Sr
316
Williams, James
312
Young, George H.
313
627
Index
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE THREE TOWNS.
PAGE
National Deposit Bank
318
Resources of.
319
Liabilities of. 319
President of .
319
Monongahela National Bank
322
President of
32
Cashiers of
323
New Home of
323
Magnificent Record of.
32-
Second National Bank.
324
Originally the First National Bank.
324
Capital and Surplus
325
Present Officers of the Bank.
325
Italian Bank.
325
Hungarian Bank
325
Slavish Bank
325
628
Index
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
PAGE
Brownsville Schools Over a Century Ago.
326
First School House-Young Lady's Seminary 326
Present Teachers and Pupils. 328
Room No. 1
328
Room No. 2 328
Room No. 3 329
Room No. 4
329
Room No. 5.
341
Room No. 6
342
Room No. 7
342
Room No. 8
342
Room No. 9
343
Two Leaves from a Ledger 343
Biography of Principal C. Gregg Lewellyn 344
Excelsior Literary Society . 316
346
BRIDGEPORT.
Quakers the Pioneers in Schools 347
First School House in Bridgeport 317
School Directors Appointed Under the Law of 1834 348
Second School House in Bridgeport 348
The Union School Building 348
348
Room No. 1
362
Room No. 2
363
Room No. 3
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