Armstrong County

HEADER Beers Historical Record Volume I Chapter 11 The Medical Profession in Armstrong County THE FAMILY DOCTOR – STRANG METHODS OF HEALING – STANDARDS OF ETHICS – ANCIENT HEALERS – AESCULAPIUS – THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH – MODERN PROGRESS – PIONEER MEDICAL MEN – MEDICAL SOCIETIES – MEDICAL ETHICS – REGISTERED PRACTIONERS, PAST AND PRESENT – … Read more

HEADER Chapter 12 Kittanning ARMSTRONG’S EXPEDITION – THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIAN PORT – CASUALTIES – OLD KITTANING – EARLY SETTLERS – THE ARMSTRONG PURCHASE – NEW KITTANING – “THE WHITE ELEPHANT” – KITTANNING IN 1820 – EARLY INDUSTRIES – FERRIS AND BRIDGES – FLOODS AND CASUALTIES – OFFICIALS – PUBLIC BUILDINGS – LIGHT AND … Read more

HEADER Chapter XIII Ford City Borough NATURAL GAS – CAPTAIN JOHN B. FORD – PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS WORKS – EARLY HISTORY – GROWTH AND INDUSTRIES – BANKS HOTELS, STORES, ETC. – PROFESSIONAL – SCHOOLS -CHURCHES – MUNICIPAL – Miscellaneous Natural gas was the foundation of Ford City, and this abundant and clean fuel, together with … Read more

HEADER Chapter XIV Leechburg Borough PIONEERS – DAVID LEECH – MUNICIPAL – THE KISKIMINETAS RIVER – THE PENNSYLVANIA CANAL – FERRIES AND BRIDGES – MANUFACTURES – POSTAL – THE ROLLING MILLS – FIRST USE OF NATURAL GAS FOR METALLURGY IN THE UNITED STATES – WATER AND FIRE PROTECTION – PUBLIC BUILDINGS – BANKS – MERCANTILE … Read more

HEADER Chapter XV Apollo Borough   LOCATION – “WARREN’S SLEEPING PLACE” – EARLY ASSESSMENT LISTS – FERRIES AND BRIDGES – TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS – INDUSTRIES – MERCANTILE – ROLLING MILLS – THE APOLLO STEEL COMPANY – BANKING – WATER SUPPLY – NEWSPAPERS – CHURCHES – SECRET ORDERS – PUBLIC LIBPARY – WOMAN’S CLUB – W.C.T.U. … Read more

HEADER Beers Historical Record Volume I Chapter 16 Freeport Borough PREHISTORIC REMAINS From undoubted evidences in the shape of mounds, clearings, fortifications and other prehistoric remains there is no doubt that the site of Freeport was once as densely populated as at present, although by strange and unknown races, whose history we can only conjecture. … Read more

HEADER Beers Historical Record Volume I Chapter 17 Parker City Smallest City in the United States In this little, almost forgotten town on the Allegheny, in the northernmost part of the county limits, Armstrong can claim the credit of possessing the smallest city in the United States. Yet at the date of its incorporation every … Read more

HEADER Chapter 18 Gilpin Township – Johnetts Borough A DIVISION OF ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP – EARLY SETTLERS – INDUSTRIES – SCHENLEY – BAGDAD – CHURCHES – GRANGERS – POPULATION – SCHOOLS – GEOLOGY – JOHNETTA BOROUGH – THE BRICK PLANT – MINES – A MODEL TOWN The area of old Allegheny township having become too unwieldy … Read more

HEADER Chapter 19 Parks Township BOUNDARIES — PIONEERS — STITT�S MILL — NORTH VANDERGRIFT — OLD SETTLERS — THE PARK FAMILY — SCHOOLS — RELIGIOUS — ELECTRIC RAILROAD — POPULATION — GEOLOGY As was the case with Bethel and Gilpin, this township was formed from the territory of the original Allegheny township, now obsolete. It … Read more

HEADER Chapter 20 Kiskiminetas Township AN INDIAN NAME — POST’S EXPEDITION — SETTLERS — INDUSTRIES — OLDEST FURNACE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — SALT WORKS — RIVER IMPROVEMENT — ANCIENT LANDMARKS — MAYSVILLE — SPRING CHURCH — SHADY PLAIN –HICKSVILLE-SCHOOLS — POPULATION — GEOLOGICAL This township was named from the river which forms its southern border. … Read more