top of page
Notable Sewickley
Aug 24, 20238 min read
The Origin of the Name “Sewickley”
Signals, May 2012 Agnes L. Ellis’s local history, Lights and Shadows of Sewickley Life; or, Memories of Sweet Valley, was first published...
2020
Aug 24, 20237 min read
Who were the Laughlins ?
Signals, October 2014 The Laughlin name is well known in the Sewickley Valley, but it is important to note that there are several...
2750
Aug 24, 20234 min read
The “Mystery” House
Signals, November 2011 Those of you who have seen the Historical Society’s 2006 book in Arcadia Publishing’s Postcard History Series...
1700
Aug 24, 20233 min read
The Lieutenant Tingle Woods Culbertson Collection
Signals, October 2011 The Sewickley Valley Historical Society was recently presented with a series of items concerning Tingle Woods...
210
Aug 24, 20233 min read
High Fashion in the Valley
Signals, September 2011 The Sewickley Valley Historical Society endeavors on occasion to present the Valley’s rich history to its...
540
Aug 24, 20233 min read
Serpentine Curve on Blackburn Road
Signals, March 2012 The following, from the March 11, 1916, issue of The [Sewickley] Herald, indicates that the stone wall on Blackburn...
300
Aug 23, 20234 min read
The Whiskey Rebellion
Signals, April 2012 As we peruse with consternation our 2013 Allegheny County property tax assessments, with another group of aggrieved...
1050
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Collecting Art Through the Ages
Signals, September 2012 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Held at 7:30 p.m. Old Sewickley Post Office An Illustrated Presentation by Robert...
80
Aug 23, 20239 min read
The Opening of Woodland Road
Signals, November 2012 Transcribed from The [Sewickey] Herald, Vol. 35, no. 15, March 20, 1941. How Woodland Road, Edgeworth, first...
670
Aug 23, 20238 min read
The Families & Estates of Coraopolis Heights
Signals, January 2013 Most of the following information is based on Forgotten Past: A History of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, by Robert...
2640
Aug 23, 202310 min read
Economy; A Unique Community
Signals, February 2013 Economy? Not the economy dinned into most of us for our youth up, so suggestive of turned gowns, steamed velvets,...
60
Aug 23, 20237 min read
The Railroad in Edgeworth
Signals, March 2013 Transcribed from an unpublished manuscript by Frederick Way, Jr., The Ohio & Pennsylvania Rail Road Co. commenced...
190
Aug 23, 20237 min read
The Old Stable
Signals, April 2013 The following is excerpted from a “rambling boyhood chronicle, set down in piecemeal and from time to time, during...
150
Aug 23, 20234 min read
The Civil War in Pennsylvania
Signals, September 2013 Please note that, due to unforeseen circumstances, the program by Peter Gilmore scheduled for Wednesday,...
120
Aug 23, 20238 min read
Historical Society
Signals, May 2013 Minutes of the 1st Formative Meeting Thurs., Feb. 22, 1973 – 1:00 P.M. Sewickley Public Library – Meeting Room At the...
210
Aug 23, 20234 min read
Neville Island Gardens to Give Way to Great U. S. Ordnance Plant
Signals, November 2013 Uncle Sam’s “Yankee Doodle” new garden on Neville Island will yield ordinance [sic] instead of onions, artillery...
40
Aug 23, 20238 min read
Our Village and Valley
SEWICKLEY OUTLINED, ANALYSED, CENSUSED AND GENERALLY DISCUSSED Signals, October 2013 The two articles that follow appeared in The Valley...
160
Aug 23, 20236 min read
An 1817 Visit to Pittsburgh
Signals, March 2014 The following is taken from an article in The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Sunday, April 29, 1923: “Century Old Tales of...
180
Aug 23, 20234 min read
Some Recent Acquisitions
Signals, January 2014 Sewickley Valley Historical Society regularly receives gifts of items of historical interest significant to the...
110
Aug 23, 20234 min read
Western Pennsylvania in Colonial Days
Signals, May 2014 The following is adapted from an article by George T. Fleming in The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, April 1915, entitled...
150
bottom of page