Just wanted to break the news to loyal and long suffering Lost Monongahela readers that there is a group of Monongahela area residents exploring the possibility of starting a downtown organization similar to this award winning one in Montclair, New Jersey. (Click the "x" symbol at the bottom right of the video to enlarge it.)... Continue Reading →
Miss Jennie Thwarts Burglar With Meat Horn, Intruder Gets No Booty
From The Daily Republican - August 6, 1881: Another Sneak Saturday morning about two o'clock, a sneak thief entered the residence of Mr. Ben Phillips, on Chess Street, through an open back window. He was in the young ladies sleeping room when discovered, and was scared away before getting any booty, by Miss Jennie blowing... Continue Reading →
This Day In 1882: Jellied Cow At The Monongahela Paper Mill
According to The Daily Republican March, 13, 1882: A cow which had entered the paper mill straw yard one day several weeks ago, in search of food, was observed to eat her way towards the steam tubs, but the workmen were too busy to drive her out. A half hour later they looked for her,... Continue Reading →
A Monongahela Valley Church In Ruins – Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Duquesne PA
One of the people I follow on Flickr recently posted a photo (click here to view it) of the interior of the former Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church of Duquesne PA in its ruined state. It's hard to believe that anybody would abandon such a grand building and let it deteriorate. This is the story of what happened. Holy... Continue Reading →
Winter Flooding On Park Avenue, Monongahela PA
Just a few photos of the flooding along Pigeon Creek on Park Avenue, Monongahela March 4th and 5th 2015. These were taken shortly after the water started to recede. Click the image for a larger view. The Ringgold School District Armstrong Field shown above is mainly used as a soccer field today. Over the years... Continue Reading →
Photo Mystery Solved – It’s St. Anthony Church’s Cupola!
In an earlier post I was baffled as to what this thing was: Here is a closeup: Thanks to Beverly Lytle for identifying it as the cupola of the original St. Anthony church building. The photograph was taken along Park Avenue. What helped us reach that conclusion is the road going up river hill and the... Continue Reading →
Eleven Newspapers Published In Monongahela
Did you know that according to the Library Of Congress (LOC), there have been several newspapers published in Monongahela?. Here are a few: The Monongahela Expositor And Weekly Chronicle 1811- 18? The Pennsylvanian 1828 - 18?? The Monongahela Patriot 1834 - 1835 Monongahela Republican 1850 - 1869 Monongahela Valley Republican 1869 - 1908 The Daily... Continue Reading →
Come Hear About 1890’s Flying Machines And 1970’s Nerf Footballs!
HEADS UP! - Come out to the February meeting of the Monongahela Area Historical Society on Thursday. Scott Frederick, retired teacher from the Ringgold School District will be speaking. His topic will be Monongahela area inventors with particular emphasis on Professor Schick's flying machine and the Nerf football of Fred Cox. When: February 26, 2015... Continue Reading →
Monongahela City Businesses Missing In Action
Two things really baffle me about businesses* in Monongahela: Half don't display their address number on the front of their buildings. Most don't notify Google to get their locations displayed properly on Google maps. How is an out-of-town shopper supposed to find them? It's almost like Monongahela is saying to the rest of the world... Continue Reading →
Benjamin Franklin On How Not To Be Forgotten
"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing." ~ B. Franklin
Transfiguration Church, Monongahela PA, Diamond Jubilee Publication 1940 Freely Available Online
Yesterday's post, Transfiguration Church Through The Years, with 282 views in 24 hours was a pretty popular one. Nothing in that post would have been possible without coming across a physical copy of the Diamond Jubilee publication. It got me thinking, how would I have been able to write such a detailed post about the... Continue Reading →
I Voted
I'm sure you've heard the song "I'm Proud To Be An American" on the radio and down at the aquatorium on the 4th of July. I've always found that song baffling because how can you be proud of something that is completely passive? I mean if you aren't an immigrant, what did you do to... Continue Reading →
Heard a beautiful song on WESA called "The Sweet Allegheny And Monongahela" by the A capella vocal group Vocal Point. Click on the "Listen" button to hear an interview with the group and also a brief portion of the song. Click on the second section to hear the whole song on Spotify for( free. (leave... Continue Reading →
Monongahela Newspaper Editor Recommends McKeesport Residents Drink Beer
The editor of the Monongahela Daily Republican writes that McKeesport residents have beer as their only option: McKeesport people are in a fix. The body of a man who is missing, is thought to be under the reservoir, and it is covered with thick ice so that the basin cannot be thoroughly dragged. Most people... Continue Reading →
Josiah Loves Cordelia At The Monongahela Cemetery
Photo of tombstones in an old section of the Monongahela Cemetery. (leave a comment)
A Gushing Invitation – From Monongahela City In 1868
I usually try save these old articles and post them on Lost Monongahela on the same date as they were published decades ago but I just couldn't wait with this piece. It was written by the publisher and editor of the Monongahela Republican, Captain Chillion (Chill) W. Hazzard and was published in the Pittsburgh Daily... Continue Reading →
Brick 5th Street In Monongahela PA Being Repaired
5th Street in Monongahela has been a beehive of activity this past week. A sewer line was replaced and the original bricks are being reused. Here are a few photos of the project (click image to enlarge): It's great to see the city of Monongahela replacing the brick instead of just filling in with concrete... Continue Reading →
Light-Up Night Photograph, November 1954 – Need Help With Identification
We found this picture down at the Monongahela Historical Society Museum. It's a photo taken November 1954 of Bill Polaski (with the pole) turning on the power for one of the Christmas decorations on Main Street in Monongahela. We would like your help identifying the other people in the photograph. I heard that one of... Continue Reading →
Today In 1911 – Women Drown As Steamer Capsizes In Gale On Monongahela River
STEAMER CAPSIZES IN GALE ON RIVER Boat Goes Down Near Allenport, Pa., Carrying Three To Death. MONONGAHELA. Pa., April 5 Caught In a gale of wind sweeping over the Monongahela river today, the steamer Henry A. Laughlln was overturned and sent to the bottom of the river near Allenport, drowning two women and a man... Continue Reading →
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