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Notable Sewickley

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Early Automobiles in Sewickley

Signals, November 2015 As of August 12, 1905, there were 53 automobiles owned in the Sewickley Valley, representing twenty different...

The History of Telephone Service in the Sewickley Valley

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The History of Telephone Service in the Sewickley Valley

Eleven years later in March 1887, the first central telephone office was opened in Sewickley.

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“A Two Ferry Tale” by Franklin T. Nevin

Signals, September 2016 Author Of The “Village of Sewickley” Reprinted from the Sewickley Herald, November 30, 1928 When the Ohio River...

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Sewickley Photos

Signals, May 2016 The first photograph, a rather familiar one from the Society’s Bicentennial collection, shows the transport of one of...

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Steamboats on the Ohio River

Signals, April 2016 The first steam-powered boat on the Ohio River, called the New Orleans, was constructed in Pittsburgh in 1811 by...

White Violets, A Thread of Memories By Cornelia Wolfe Dickson

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White Violets, A Thread of Memories By Cornelia Wolfe Dickson

Signals, November 2016 Reminiscences on the occasion of her 80th birthday by Cornelia Frances Wolfe Dickson [born 1896], one of seven...

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An Early Voyage Past Sewickley

Signals, March 2017 Following is an excerpt from Sketches of a Tour of the Western Country, including a Voyage down the Ohio and...

“The Friendly River” by Franklin T. Nevin

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“The Friendly River” by Franklin T. Nevin

Signals, October 2016 Author Of The “Village of Sewickley” Reprinted from the Sewickley Herald, April 13, 1928 [Written as the railroad,...

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Pittsburgh’s Mansions

Signals, April 2017 Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Old Sewickley Post Office A Presentation by Melanie Gutowski, Author In the...

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Newington

Signals, May 2017 The commanding presence of the Shields family in the history of the Sewickley Valley begins with Major Daniel Leet...

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The Railroad in Edgeworth

Signals, April 2018 The following is from a manuscript written by Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. (1901-1992), in which he presented “in capsule...

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Discovering Gold

Signals, September 2017 By B.G. Shields Bill Carson was luckier than most boys who dream of finding buried treasure. He discovered his...

Celebrating Pittsburgh: Its Character and Significance

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Celebrating Pittsburgh: Its Character and Significance

Signals, March 2018 Wednesday, March 21, 2018 7:30 p.m., at the Old Sewickley Post Office A PowerPoint Presentation by Louise Sturgess,...

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The Ku Klux Klan in Sewickley

Signals, November 2017 In her 2000 book Their Story: The History of Blacks/ African Americans in Sewickley & Edgeworth, Bettie Cole...

The Origin of Some Indian Place Names in Western Pennsylvania

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The Origin of Some Indian Place Names in Western Pennsylvania

Signals, October 2017 The first inhabitants of the valley of the Allegheny and Ohio of which tradition affords reliable information were...

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Celebrating Sewickley: The 1895 Version

Signals, November 2018 What follows is from an introduction G. F. Muller wrote in June 1895 for Sewickley Valley Society, Sewickley’s...

The Edgeworth Club: Celebrating 125 Years

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The Edgeworth Club: Celebrating 125 Years

Signals, October 2018 Wednesday, October 17th 7:30 p.m., at the Old Sewickley Post Office For 125 years, the Edgeworth Club has been a...

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Steamboats Were Built Here

Signals, May 2018 The following was excerpted from two articles written by Fred Way, Jr., in July 1960, when he was summertime editor of...

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The Trolley Controversy in Sewickley

Signals, September 2018 Although trolley lines were extensive in other places in Allegheny and Beaver Counties, they were never laid in...

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Sewickley Centential

Signals, September 2019 One Hundredth Anniversary of the Naming of the Town “Sewickleyville” In June of 1940, Sewickley celebrated its...