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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYYC_caugheys-mill_Darlington-PA.html
In 1808 Samuel Caughey bought from Peter Crowl 15 acres of land house stables and saw mill for 1200 dollars here on the Little Beaver. In 1812 he built a grist mill. He gave it to sons James and Samuel Jr in 1820. It was in operation until 1876.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYYB_chartered-in-1798_Darlington-PA.html
Brush Run Seceder Church James Duncan first pastor, held services in a 5 x 12 tent, later a log cabin. In 1811 a two acre cemetery created. The church relocated in 1848 as United Presbyterian church near Darlington, with B.F. Sawyer as pastor.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYYA_oakland-united-presbyterian-church_Rochester-PA.html
Oakland United Presbyterian Church was organized in 1870. A frame building was erected in 1872 on this site, donated by Thomas Boggs. Three pastors served the congregation: Reverend J.C. Evans, Reverend J. Patterson, and Reverend J.A. Hazlett. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYY9_st-peters-lutheran-church_Rochester-PA.html
Saint Peter's Lutheran Church was organized April 9, 1849. Services were held regularly until 1973, when the congregation merged with Trinity Lutheran Church of Freedom to become Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTM_whites-mill_Clinton-PA.html
In 1780 John White ran a grist mill on Raccoon Creek. Water power ran the mill until a 1912 flood destroyed the dam then steam power until 1920. White's Mill decided the boundary of Beaver County in 1800 to become the village of Murdocksville.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTL_swearingen-cemetery_Georgetown-PA.html
Victims of the last Indian murder in Beaver County are buried here. Samuel Swearingen settled here in 1785 and in 1790 near this site his only daughter Mary, wife of Jacob Colvin, and her infant child were scalped and killed. They are buried here …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTK_site-of-the-first-presbyterian-church-of-beaver-county-pennsylvania_Georgetown-PA.html
The congregation was served by supply ministers from 1784 until the coming of George M. Scott on Sept 14, 1799 he served Mill Creek Church for 40 years and rests in this burial ground
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTJ_native-american-site-36bv9_Beaver-PA.html
Artifacts covering a span of 8000 to 9000 years were found here by members of the Amockwi Chapter 17 Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology in the 1960s and 1970s. This stratified site is located on a flood plain with periodic floods sealing habitat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPI_the-sandy-and-beaver-canal_Midland-PA.html
This waterway was completed in 1848 to connect the Ohio Canal System with the Ohio River at Glasgow. Neither financially or technically successful, the canal saw little thru traffic and was soon abandoned. Many locks remain in Little Beaver Valley.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPH_junction-park_Rochester-PA.html
Built by Beaver Valley Traction Company to increase trolley ridership. 2 roller coasters, carousel, diner theatre, dance hall, dark ride, and grandstands with a racetrack and ballfields. In 1929 an Olympic pool was added. The rides were gone by 19…
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