Thought you might enjoy reading about several items related to Monongahela up for sale this week on eBay: One pint milk bottle from Dunlevy Dairy - Donora and Monongahela, PA ~~~ Pennsylvania F.O.E. convention medal from 1922 ~~~ Antique: The People's Clothing Store Monongahela PA Box and iPad cover ~~~ Monongahela High School Wildcat Pennant... Continue Reading →
House Fire In New Eagle PA
There was a bad house fire in New Eagle today. There are more photographs over at the Lost Monongahela Facebook page.
Washington Wine Jazz And Pops Festival Aug. 4-5 At Mingo Park
A friend of mine notified me about the Washington Wine Jazz and Pops Festival August 4-5 in Mingo Park. Seven groups will be performing in addition to the Washington County Orchestra. Seven wineries and four food vendors and two jewelry and craft vendors will be participating. This is the second year for the event. Last... Continue Reading →
Kelly The Pirate Gets Dunked
Daily Morning Post - Monday, March 29, 1858 A notorious character, called "Kelly, the Pirate," has lived about Monongahela City for some time. He has been in the habit of drinking very hard, and abusing his wife and children. On last Tuesday evening he took one of his children, sick with scarlet fever, from its... Continue Reading →
Monongahela Area Dairy Farms Remembered
Young readers may find it hard to believe but milk (pronounciation) wasn't always sold at the local store in paper cartons or plastic jugs. I'd venture to say that most Lost Monongahela readers remember a time when milk was home delivered in glass bottles. Milk bottles are collectible now and fortunately for us they were... Continue Reading →
Double Rainbow Over Monongahela
A passing storm left a rainbow over Monongahela this afternoon. See more pictures over at the Lost Monongahela Facebook Page.
Fire At Sarris Candies
The following is from WTAE News: CANONSBURG, Pa. -- Fire ripped through the landmark Sarris Candies in Canonsburg early Friday morning. The two alarm fire inside the facility on 511 Adams Avenue broke out shortly before 7 a.m. Friday, when some flames and heavy smoke poured from the perimeter of much of the roof of red... Continue Reading →
We All Need It
A post card currently up for sale on eBay, dated 1912 from H. Minney to Mrs. Janet Burnett of Carnegie, PA. Click each image for a larger view.
Monongahela Riverboat T.P. Roberts
Above is the Monongahela riverboat T.P. Roberts from a postcard postmarked Monongahela, PA. 1909. The T.P. Roberts was an engineers boat that visited the Elizabeth Marine Ways at least twice. Visit the website "Steamboat Building In Elizabeth PA" view other photographs and to read more about the boat and the people who worked on her.
Monongahela Matchbox on Ebay
I know that some of you collect Monongahela ephemera so here is a box of Monongahela Safety Matches made by Monongahela Candy Company currently up for sale on eBay. Notice Washington's scowling face. I guess he never cared much for Monongahela after the Whiskey Rebellion.
Mingo Park Map
Here's a great map of Mingo Creek County Park. Click here to download the .pdf file of the map. Keep a copy on your iPhone for future reference when out at the park.
A Cold Bath
Monongahela Republican - Monongahela City, December 19, 1851 A COLD BATH - Our friend Mr. William Coulter, while skating on the river, on Wednesday last, broke through the ice and went down in ten feet water, and a hundred yards from the shore. He succeeded in keeping from being carried under by supporting himself on the... Continue Reading →
Improvements To Mingo Park Bicycle – Walking Trail
Washington County is making substantial improvements to Mingo Creek Park with the installation of a new trail alongside the main road in the park. Most of the trail is now paved with 4 new bridges to be installed as soon as weather permits. Bicycling on the main park road has been unsafe for years with... Continue Reading →
More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About The Charleroi-Monessen Bridge
An extensive report of the history of the Charleroi Monessen Bridge can be found at HistoricBridges.org What I found most interesting was the appendix at the end. It tells of how all the records of the American Bridge Company (the company that built the bridge) were lost with filing cabinets full of documents and scores... Continue Reading →
A Little More History Of The Liggett Spring And Axle Company
From the July 31, 1902 edition of Iron Age The Liggett Spring and Axle Company, manufacturers of high-grade carriage and wagons springs and axles, whose plant is now located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania are going ahead rapidly with their plans for building a new works near Monongahela City. The company have secured at this place at tract... Continue Reading →
2012 New Year’s Resolution:
to post at least three stories per week on Lost Monongahela! Hope you are successful in keeping your resolutions and may you have a happy 2012!
The Race Track – AKA Armstrong Field, Ringgold Soccer Field In Monongahela PA
I am working on an upcoming blog post and could use your help. Do any of you have any information or memories about the area known around Monongahela as the "Race Track" aka Armstrong Field? Currently located there is a soccer field, a softball field and on the southern end is Cox's arena. Here is... Continue Reading →
Beginnings Of The Old Combustion Engineering Plant, Monongahela PA.
What we know as the old Combustion Engineering (C.E.) plant started out as The Coshocton Iron Works. Here's an entry from Iron Age, Volume 7o, 1902: Application for a Pennsylvania charter will be made August, 21 by the Coshocton Iron Company, operating a foundry at Coshocton, Ohio, which have become allied with the Liggett Spring... Continue Reading →
Wavolena – A Hospital In A Can!
Currently up for sale on eBay is a tin of Wavolena manufactured by the Waverly Supply Co. of Monongahela PA. According to the lable Wavolena is: A Splendid Eternal Remedy to assist nature in the Healing of Sores, Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Stings, Ulcers, Poisons, Boils, Felons, Chapped Hands, Salt Rheum, Tetter, Dandruff, and kindred ailments.... Continue Reading →
Monongahela Haze
I stumbled upon a wonderful blog by Monongahela native Devin Bartolotta. Following is an excerpt from a recent post titled "Monongahela Haze" Monongahela summer evenings have a certain haze to them, or at least they do at my house. But the Monongahela summer haze isn’t just tangible. It’s a feeling, too. It’s when the air... Continue Reading →
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