Category: Miscellaneous

Spring!

Just couldn't bring myself to mow these down. The grass can wait for another few days I guess.

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Act 32 Means One Less Tax Return

Did you know that you will have one less tax return to complete for your 2012 taxes? The two tax returns you previously filed, the Monongahela Earned Income Tax Return and the Ringgold Earned Income Tax Return, will be combined into one tax return that you send to Keystone Collections Group. You probably are familiar... Continue Reading →

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2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health (sort of a year end report card): The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed... Continue Reading →

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Off Topic: Colonial Meeting Houses of New England

This post is not related to Monongahela history but I think that the typical Lost Monongahela reader will enjoy the interesting website I came across today called Colonial Meeting Houses of New England. Make sure to first read the Background Information section followed by the pictures and descriptions in the Project Locations section. The photography... Continue Reading →

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Life In A Coal Patch

I was doing research for an unrelated post when I stumbled on this quote about a small patch town named Salemville in Westmoreland County: Salemville was a company-owned village which was enclosed by a fence, one of a few in Westmoreland County.  The fence was a symbol of the company's authority and hold on each... Continue Reading →

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Coal Bumbs

Culm balls aka coal bumbs were made from mine waste (powdery, shaley coal known around here as slack) by mixing the it with clay or manure and forming balls (bumbs). The bumbs were considered poor man's coal in Ireland. Here's an interesting page showing how the bumbs were made and how they were burnt. Has... Continue Reading →

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In A Rough Spot

What happens when you hit a rough spot with a wagonload of nitro glycerine. ~ Read more about it at the Observer Reporter blog The Picture Box

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Burnt Cabins PA – Have To Visit Someday #1

Burnt Cabins is an unincorporated community in Dublin Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the foot of Tuscarora Mountain. It contains U.S. Route 522 and I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike). By 1750, the town had grown to 11 squatters cabins and was known as Sidneyville. The homes of these early settlers were burned by order of... Continue Reading →

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Another Video of the Blizzard

I'm sorry I didn't get out and photograph anything about the blizzard. Thankfully others did. This video was shot in and around Monongahela. Things look different in the snow but I think you will recognize a few places.

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Updated Links

Added a link to ELDORA PARK AND THE PRCO CHARLEROI INTERURBAN - a great site with information about Eldora Park, a vanished amusement park located just a few miles outside of Monongahela. There are also a few photographs of trolleys passing through Monongahela and New Eagle.

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Blizzard of 2010

I was too tired to go out and take pictures of the Blizzard of 2010 after getting stuck in Donora, digging my car out twice and then hacking down a tree that fell across rt 837 to get back home to Monongahela. Upon arriving home I then had to remove 20" of snow from my... Continue Reading →

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Vantage Point July 4th 2009?

Thought it might be fun to mimic the picture Fourth of July on Lake Austin (see previous post). I took this picture yesterday from the Monongahela Bridge: One problem I see is that the Monongahela River is at least twice as large as the body of water in the Austin photograph so the resulting image... Continue Reading →

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Fireworks

Doesn't this picture remind you of the July 4th fireworks display at the Monongahela Aquatorium? Only ours is better. Just imagine what you'ld see if the photographer chose Monongahela as the subject and photographed the event from the bridge looking west. You would see the fireworks, horizon, and boats but you would also have the... Continue Reading →

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