Neville Island
Signals, April 2010 This low-lying island in the middle of the Ohio River ten miles downstream from Pittsburgh was variously known as...
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Sewickley Valley Stern Marks
Signals, May 2010 The following paragraphs are from the beginning of an unfinished and unpublished autobiography by Frederick Way, Jr. I...
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The Edgeworth Female Seminary
Signals, October 2010 When the Edgeworth Female Seminary burned on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 15, 2010, the Valley suffered a...
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The Memoirs of Elizabeth Walker Pontefract
Signals, September 2010 Elizabeth Walker Pontefract (1855-1948) was one of the eight children of Hay and Janet Charters Walker. She grew...
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The Pennsylvania Lines Conservatory
Signals, April 2011 This article first appeared on page 7 of the January 23, 1904, issue of The Weekly Herald. One notable feature of the...
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Departure of “Sewickley Rifles” 45 Years Ago
Signals, May 2011 This article appeared in The Weekly Herald on May 26, 1906, the year that the four Rodman cannons, a gift of the United...
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Sewickley in 1897
Signals, March 2011 The following is excerpted from a paper delivered by Mrs Robert Wardrop (Agnes Dawson Miller, 1853-1941) at the...
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“Pittsburg Phil”
Signals, January/February 2011 In the course of our research, we occasionally come across information about noteworthy individuals from...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Whiskey Rebellion
Signals, April 2012 As we peruse with consternation our 2013 Allegheny County property tax assessments, with another group of aggrieved...
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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...
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