Beaver County PA History
From an original 1876 gazetteer, in the public domain
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Pennsylvania Museums - Lackawanna Mine Tour
Bucyrus Shovel near the entrance to the Lackawanna Mine Tour in McDade Park, near Scranton. Between April and late November each year, visitors can take a mantrip car down some 300 feet into the #190 Slope Mine. Just up the hill is the Anthracite Heritage Museum.
Coal Tipple adjacent to the #190 slope entrance
Pennsylvania Trains - Reading 2124 at Steamtown
Reading T1 2124, a 4-8-4 Northern at Steamtown in Scranton. The T1 class locomotives were built in 1945-47 using components from Reading 2-80s. The Reading used several T1s for steam "rambles" in the 1960s after the road dieselized.
Reading T1 photos & models
Steamtown
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Fleming Family Genealogy in PA
Headstones at Sewickley Cemetery
Walter R. Fleming 1878-1901
Sarah A. Fleming 1828-1906
Cochran Fleming 1828-1917
Mary E. Fleming 1852-1890
Sewickley (PA) (Postcard History Series)
Walter R. Fleming 1878-1901
Sarah A. Fleming 1828-1906
Cochran Fleming 1828-1917
Mary E. Fleming 1852-1890
Sewickley (PA) (Postcard History Series)
Monday, May 19, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Boating on Lake Arthur, Moraine State Park
a little bit of fall color in amongst the pines
quiet cove
late season boater
maps have this marked as a shoal, but if there are trees, its an island to me ;-)
Lake Arthur is a man-made lake covering over 3,000 acres in Moraine State Park, Butler County PA that approximates the location of the ancient lake Watts
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