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Notable Sewickley

Aug 23, 20232 min read

September is a VERY busy month!

Signals, September 2014 Land of Canaan: The Scots-Irish Presbyterian Experience in Early Western Pennsylvania WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 7:30...

Aug 23, 20233 min read

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Roselea Farm

Signals, April 2014 In 1905, Pittsburgh attorney George E. Shaw (see below) commissioned the architectural firm of MacClure and Spahr to...

The Homewood Cemetery in a Variety of Contexts

Aug 23, 20232 min read

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The Homewood Cemetery in a Variety of Contexts

Signals, January 2015 Thursday, February 5, 2015 Dinner, 6:15 p.m. & Program, 7:30 p.m. Shannopin Country Club, Ben Avon Heights, PA Ben...

Shippingport Nuclear Power Station, 1957-1974

Aug 23, 20236 min read

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Shippingport Nuclear Power Station, 1957-1974

Signals, April 2015 Shippingport had a relatively short life—less than twenty years; the normal design life of a power station is at...

The Beaver Road: From Indian Trail to Trans-Continental Highway

Aug 23, 20236 min read

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The Beaver Road: From Indian Trail to Trans-Continental Highway

Signals, March 2015 From time immemorial, Native Americans traveling from the forks of the Ohio River westward followed a well worn path...

Aug 23, 20238 min read

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An Early Sewickley Tale

Signals, May 2015 The following story about a white man who had the temerity to try to settle during the American Revolution on Indian...

Newly Discovered Agnes L. Ellis Publication

Aug 23, 202310 min read

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Newly Discovered Agnes L. Ellis Publication

Signals, October 2015 Preeminent among printed recollections of life in the Sewickley Valley in the 19th century is the 308 page Lights...

George Washington Walked Here: Washington’s Six Visits toWestern Pennsylvania

Aug 23, 202311 min read

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George Washington Walked Here: Washington’s Six Visits toWestern Pennsylvania

Signals, January 2016 Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 7:30 p.m. Old Sewickley Post Office A Presentation by Gary Augustine, Historian...

Aug 23, 20234 min read

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The Indian Capture ofJacob Nicely

by Ronald Earl Nicely A Joint Meeting with the Daniel B. Matthews Historical Society Signals, November 2005 Settler and Indian struggled...

The unveiling of the A. F. King portrait of Robert Peebles Nevin

Aug 23, 20232 min read

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The unveiling of the A. F. King portrait of Robert Peebles Nevin

Number 1 Signals September 2005 A really FESTIVE occasion is coming up soon! Talk about getting the season off to a good start! In the...

Aug 23, 20235 min read

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The Burnt District

Signals, October 2005 Pittsburgh from the South Side, two days after the Great Fire, from a painting in the Carnegie Museum by William...

Aug 23, 20233 min read

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Postmark: Sewickley, PA

By B.G. Shields Signals, September 2005 Postcard entitled Entrance to Water Works Park, Sewickley, PA. “Don’t forget to send a postcard”...

Aug 23, 20237 min read

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Sewickley's Indian Mounds

by Gilbert Adams Hays Signals, January 2006 The following appeared in The [Weekly] Herald, Vol. VIII, no. 22, Saturday, January 21, 1911,...

Perception, Fact and Gossip of the Civil War

Aug 23, 20236 min read

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Perception, Fact and Gossip of the Civil War

by Ron Gancas Signals, March 2006 Ron Gancas is President, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Historian at Soldiers & Sailors National...

“Cottonmouths and Cotton” reprinted in S&D Reflector

Aug 23, 20235 min read

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“Cottonmouths and Cotton” reprinted in S&D Reflector

by B.G. Shields Signals, February 2006 Without a doubt, there’s a bit of Huck Finn in most Americans. In the late Captain Frederick Way,...

Aug 23, 20234 min read

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Sewickley & the Spanish-American War

Signals, May 2006 This photo from The Sewickley Valley shows some of the boys of Battery B. According to the accompanying article, when...

Meet me at the corner of Broad & Beaver...

Aug 23, 20235 min read

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Meet me at the corner of Broad & Beaver...

by B. G. Shields Signals, April 2006 All over America, the street that intersects the main drag brings forth the prevailing image of that...

Aug 23, 20233 min read

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The Camp Meeting Grounds

Signals, September 2006 This postcard from the Sewickley Valley Historical Society collection is postmarked August 12, 1912. In 1868, the...

Aug 23, 20235 min read

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The Birthday of a Bridge

by Gloria G. Berry Signals, October 2006 October 21, 2006, marks the 25th Anniversary of the new (2nd) Sewickley Bridge. The original...

The History of Post Cards and the Sewickley Post Card Book

Aug 23, 20232 min read

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The History of Post Cards and the Sewickley Post Card Book

Signals, November 2006 To be held: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:30 p.m. Sewickley Public Library Community Room Susan Holton and Harton...