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Fox's SICKLE FACTORY .
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FREEDOM BOAT YARDS
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FRY, WALTER L.
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GENEVA COLLEGE
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GERMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S BUILDING AT
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GIBSON, JOHN B. .
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GIRARD LOCKS AND PRESENT BRIDGEWATER BRIDGE ·
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GOULD, M. T. C. 738
GREAT WESTERN FILE WORKS
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GREENWOOD, GRACE (SARAH JANE CLARKE) 722
GREERSBURG ACADEMY .
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HAND-BILL OF WAR OF 1812, FACSIMILE OF
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HARMAR, JOSIAH . .
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HARMONY SOCIETY BURIAL GROUND, HARMONY, BUTLER
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HARSHA, JOHN
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HENRICI, JACOB
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HENRY, HON. THOMAS
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HENRY, WILLIAM (EDITOR)
456
HENRY, WILLIAM (FIRST SHERIFF OF BEAVER COUNTY) . 196
HICE, HENRY . 322
HOOPES, EDWARD
722
HOTEL, FIRST, IN BEAVER FALLS 698
HUGHES, THOMAS E.
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IRVIN, JOSEPH
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IRVINE, WILLIAM
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JAIL BUILDING AND SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE 208 .
KENNEDY, SAMUEL .
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LACOCK, ABNER 330
LAMBING, A. A.
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LAWRENCE, MILTON
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LITTELL, JOHN S.
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LYON, JAMES
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McELWEE, WILLIAM MEEK
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MCGUFFEY, WILLIAM H. .
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McGUFFIN, L. L.
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MCINTOSH, LACHLAN
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MANSFIELD, I. F. ·
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MAP, OUTLINE, OF BEAVER COUNTY IN 1817 . 882
MAP, OUTLINE, OF BEAVER COUNTY IN 1903 . XXV ·
MAP, DRAFT A, EXTRACT FROM READING HOWELL'S MAP OF 1791 on
856
MAP, DRAFT B, DEPRECIATION LANDS
on 857
MAP, DRAFT C, SHOWING SECTION OF WASHINGTON
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on . 859
MAP, DRAFT D, SHOWING SECTION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
. on MAP, DRAFT E, SHOWING TOWNSHIPS OF BEAVER COUNTY IN 1800 on 864
860
MAP, DRAFT F, SHOWING SOUTH BEAVER TOWNSHIP AS DIVIDED IN 180I on 869 MAP, DRAFT G, SHOWING NORTH BEAVER TOWNSHIP IN 1800 on 874 · MAP, DRAFT H, SHOWING FOUR TOWNSHIPS ON SOUTH SIDE, FORMED IN 1812 880 on MAP, DRAFT, ILLUSTRATING BOUNDARY CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA on 140
MAP, DRAFT, SHOWING SITE OF FRIEDENSTADT on 427
MAP, DRAFT, SHOWING SITE OF "OLD LOGSTOWN" . on 973
MAP, DRAFT, OF RESERVE TRACT AT BEAVER BY DANIEL LEET on
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MAP, DRAFT, OF RESERVE TRACT AT BEAVER BY ALEX- ANDER MCCLEAN 94
MAPS, DRAFTS, SHOWING DISPOSITION OF LAND IN RE- SERVE TRACT AT BEAVER, SEVEN, AND PLAN,
between 1264 and 1265
MAP, DRAFT, OF EARLY JUSTICE'S DISTRICTS . 198 MAP, EXTRACT FROM COLLOT'S MAP OF OHIO RIVER IN 1796 626
MAP OF FALLS OF BEAVER AND VICINITY (BEAVER VAL- LEY ABOUT 1833), BY GOULD . 234 MAP, SHOWING THE VARIOUS PURCHASES MADE FROM THE
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MAP, OUTLINE, OF VIRGINIA CLAIMS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA I34
MAP, SKETCH OF FRONTIER OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IN 1792, BY DAVID REDICK, EsQ. on I26
MECKLEM, M. F.
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MERRILL LOCK (2)
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MILE POST
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MILES, NELSON A.
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MINIS, DAVID, JR.
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MOORE, A. S. .
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MOORE, JESSE
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MORGAN, GEORGE
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MUSTER ROLL OF GARRISON AT BLOCKHOUSE ON BIG BEAVER, FACSIMILE II4 .
NESBIT, JOHN . 334 .
NEW BRIGHTON FLAG-TOWER . 610
NEW BRIGHTON FOURTH WARD SCHOOLHOUSE AND CEN-
TRAL HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING . 408
NEW BRIGHTON, GOVERNMENT BUILDING (POST-OFFICE),
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NEW BRIGHTON, VIEW OF, FROM LOWER END OF BEAVER FALLS
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NEW BRIGHTON, VIEWS IN
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NICHOLSON, THOMAS
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OHIO RIVER BRIDGE
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"OLD BRIGHTON" (1853), NOW BEAVER FALLS
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PATTERSON, JAMES . 668
PENN, WILLIAM, FACSIMILE OF PORTION OF HIS CHARTER FROM CHARLES II. 180
PHILLIPSBURG, VIEW OF, IN 1842 796 .
PICTOGRAPHS AT SMITH'S FERRY (4)
930, 932, 934, 936
PLUMER, WILLIAM S. 820 POWER, JAMES M.
POWER, T. J.
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PUGH, JOHN
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PUGH, JOSEPH T.
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QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY
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RAILWAY ENGINES OF DIFFERENT PERIODS
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RAPP, GEORGE
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REEVES, JOHN
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REID, JAMES
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ROBERTS, R. P.
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ROBERTS, SAMUEL
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ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
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ROSE, WALTER A.
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RUTAN, JAMES S.
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SCHOOLHOUSE, AN OLD-TIME
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SCOTT, JOHN
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SCROGGS, GEN. G. A.
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SHALER, CHARLES
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SHALLENBERGER, A. T.
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SHALLENBERGER, O. B.
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SHALLENBERGER, W. S. .
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SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT, BEAVER . 474
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT, DARLINGTON
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SOLDIERS' MONUMENT, FREEDOM
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STANTON, DAVID
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STONE'S POINT, 1850
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TAYLOR, R. T.
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TOWNSEND, BENJAMIN
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TOWNSEND, CHARLES CHAMPLIN
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TOWNSEND, ROBERT
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TOWNSEND'S WIRE MILLS
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VERA, J. A.
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WAR POSTER, 1861 .
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WAYNE, ANTHONY . . Frontispiece, vol. ii.
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WEYAND, MICHAEL .
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WICKHAM, J. J.
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WILKINS, WILLIAM
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WILSON, JAMES SHARP
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Baden borough ..
Benver borough 2.343
Beaver Palle borough 10,051
Borough township
612
Bridgewater borough 1,347
College Hill borough .. M90
270
Fastvale borough
256
East Dist.
Pop. 1.031
TRAVE OLE CALEK
* MINERAL
Hook vtown borough . 259
Monaca borough . ...
2,00 6.420
New Brighton borough
New Galilee borough
Patterson ton nyhip ..
I'ntterson Heights borough
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Poloeki township
Rochester borough
White township
491
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Fallston borough
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Freedom borough
Georgetown borough
Gleegow borough 17
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Outline Map of BEAVER COUNTY, PENNA. Compiled and drawn by J. L. ENGLE, BEAVER, PA.
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Darlington borough
Frankfort Springs borough
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East Diet.
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County Boms
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VOLUME I GENERAL HISTORY
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HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CHAPTER I
PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE COUNTY
Location-Boundaries-Origin of the Name-Drainage-Soil-Topog- raphy-Geology - Flora and Fauna-Historic Floods-Climatic Peculiarities, etc.
BEAVER COUNTY, one of the westernmost range of the counties of Pennsylvania, and the third, reckoning northward, from the southwestern corner of the State, lies along the Ohio and West Virginia lines, and embraces territory on both sides of the Ohio River and the Big Beaver Creek. It was erected March 12, 1800,1 and was then bounded on the north by Mercer County, on the east by Butler County, on the southeast by Allegheny County, on the south by Washington County, and on the west by the States of Ohio and Virginia. Its dimensions then were: length, 34 miles; breadth, 19 miles; area, 646 square miles, or 413,440 acres. On March 20,2 1849, a part of its territory was stricken off to help form Lawrence County, which is now its northern boundary, and its area was thus reduced to 452 square miles, or 289,280 acres. Since the organization of West Vir- ginia in 1861, the so-called "Pan-Handle" of that State partly bounds it on the west.
1 3 Bioren 421: 3 Smith's L. 429. VOL. I .- I.
2 P. L. 551.
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History of Beaver County
ORIGIN OF THE NAME
The name "Beaver" was doubtless given to the county from the stream and town so called which were within its limits at the time of its erection, and the town had been named from the stream. As to the origin of the name of the stream itself, we need be in no doubt. It was a translation into English of the Indian 'word for beaver, after which much-prized animal the aborigines had named the stream. This word in the Delaware tongue was Amockwi.I The Delawares called the stream Amockwi-sipu or Amockwi-hanne, literally, "Beaver stream." 2 They gave this name to the creek on account of its being a favorite home of the beaver.3 The French, who were the first whites to reach this region, merely translated the Indian name . for the stream, calling it, as we learn from a map in Pouchot's Memoires,4 " Rivière au Castor" (" Beaver River"), and the Eng-
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