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fyfJ> j> i The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine INDEX Volume 49 1966 Published quarterly by THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A Allentown Turner Hall, community center "A Springboard on Saw Mill Run," by for Germans, 259 Stanton C. Crawford, 97-110 Alt, Michael, South Side saloon keeper, 258 A. W. Educational and Altenburger, Christine, "The Pittsburgh Bu- Mellon Charitable reau of Police: Some Historical High- Trust, architecture survey grant (1965), lights," 19-37 375 Altoona, Pa. (1863), impressions, 112-126 Adams, Michael, house burned (1801), 53 passim Advertisement by HSWP, of A Guide to Altoona machine shops (1863), 125 the Old Stone Blast Furnaces in Western Ambulance work, police function (c.1886), Pennsylvania by Myron B. Sharp and 31 William H. Thomas (1966), 182 American Bridge Company, buys land from Agnew, Sir Andrew, publishes (1864) A Harmony Society, 313 History of the Hereditary Sheriffs of Gal- American Iron Association (1869), 194 loway, 322, 326 American State Archives, by Ernst Posner Al-Sirat, Muslim bridge, 342 (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1964), rev., 159-160 Albree, Joseph (1836-1917), friend of Mat- Amherst, Sir Jeffrey (1763), 134 thew Brown Riddle, letter to (1850), 171 Amherst College (i869),(J869), 219 Alcuin, Warren County, Pa. religious com- Amoskeag Company, fire engine makers munity, better known as Alcuin Commu- (1861), 48 nity, Roman Catholic founder, 314-316; Anderson, Niles, and Edward G. Williams, eleven rigid rules, 314-315 article co-authors, 1-18, 141-154 Alexander, Eugene, Vigilant Fire Company Andrews, J. Cutler, rev. of McPherson's (1861), 48 The Struggle for Equality, Abolitionists Alexander, Mary, m.m, Robert Crawford and the Negro in the Civil War and Re- (c.1825), </.(1830), 102 construction, 155-157 Annapolis Junction, railroad station (1863), Allegheny Arsenal, Pgh. explosion and fire 113 (1862), seventy-nine killed, 53 Anschutz, George, industrialist, 100 Allegheny (City of), consolidated with Pgh. Antietam, battle (1862), 48 (1907), 31 Architecture, house of Roy Stone, 191; Allegheny, Pa., "first great fire" (1849), 33 "Richardsonian Romanesque," 220; oval Allegheny, fire company engine house house, opp. 302; "The Survey of the (1830), 44, 45, 46 Architecture of Allegheny County," by Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., 375-377 Allegheny Council (1833), new fire engine, Ardesco oil works, Pgh., burns (1866), 53 45 Arensberg, Charles Covert, "History of the Allegheny County, Pa., population (1790), Daniel Ross House in Robinson Township, 40 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania," 371- Allegheny County Commissioners, paid out 375; committeeman, 375 big sum for damages in strike (of 1877), Armstrong Cork Co., Pgh. plant burned (1901), 54 Allegheny County Court House, burned Armstrong-McKelvy Lead and Oil Co., (1882), 51; historical material in attic, Pgh., building collapsed (1900), 54 52, 54 Arndt, Karl J. R., George Rapp's Harmony Allegheny County Deed Books, historical Society (1785-1847), (Phila., 1965), rev., records, 97-98 361-363 Allegheny River, Upper, 1, 3; 141, 142 Arrick, Joseph, captain of Niagara Fire Allen,Ann, 256 Company (1854), 47 Allen, Ethan, Vt. (1781), loyalty suspect, Arthurs, John, builder of part of Neptune 143 fire engine, 43 Allen,Ira, Vt., loyalty suspect (1781), 143 Association of Beneficents, spiritualism, 305; Allen, John, 256 inclusion of Socrates, Seneca, Thomas Allen, Joseph, English born South Side Jefferson and Emanuel Swedenborg, its butcher, 255, 256 purpose, 305 Allen, Joseph, Jr., 256 Assyriology, dates from Rawlinson (c.1840), Allen,Richard, 250 284-285 Allen, Sarah, 256 Atheneum Variety Theater, Pgh., burns Allen, Susie, 256 (1865), 53 Allen, Will S. (1867-1941), grandson of Atwood Street Sunday School, joins Union Joseph, funeral parlor in Allentown bor- School (c.1869), 217 ough, 256 Automobiles, Pgh. police use Model "T" Allen, William, 256 (1924), Willys Knight, "Blue Goose," 32 Allentown, Allegheny County borough Avenue Theater, burns (1905), 55 (1869-1874), 251; Allenfarm, 256 Axe factory, of John Holmes (1841), 101 3 B "Bellefield," Oakland farm of Neville B. Bailey, Francis, landowner, 98; m. Mary Craig (c.1850), 215 Beltzhoover, 254 Bellefield Church (1889), oldest of buildings Baird, Thomas, vice president and first en- in its neighborhood, 213; small picture, gineer of Vigilant Fire Company (1815), 224 41 Bellefield Dwellings, Pgh., designed (1905) Baker, Anna (Annie), 112, 112ai, 114, 116, by Carlton Strong, 222 124, 197, 202, 208 Bellefield Presbyterian Church, photograph Baker, Elias, younger brother of Elizabeth (1890), opp. 216; photograph opp. 217 Baker Clemson, 112, 199, 202, 203 "Bellefield's Tower: The Centenary of the Baker, Hettie ("Auntie"), 112, Win, 116, Bellefield Presbyterian Church," -by James 206 D. Van Trump, 213-225 Baker, Luly, daughter of Woods Baker, 112 Beltsville, Md., Clemson house (1864), 111 Baker, R. L., co-administrator of Economy, Beltzhoover, Daniel, 254, 255 Pa., 311 Beltzhoover, Eliza, m. Rodney Patterson, Baker, Sarah, Episcopalian, intelligent, kind, 254 112, 121, 197, 199, 203,208 Beltzhoover, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Mi- Baker, Sylvester, son of Elias, 112-126 pas- chael, mother of large family, 254 sim Beltzhoover, Elizabeth, daughter of Mel- Baker, Washington, jilted, 121 chor, 254 Baker, Woods, deceased son of Elias Baker, Beltzhoover, George, 254 208 Beltzhoover, Harriet, m. John Murray, 254, Baker House, Blair County, Pa., 112-126 255 passim Beltzhoover, Henry, 254 Bakewell, J. P., secretary of Firemen's Asso- Beltzhoover, Jacob, prominent in St. Clair ciation (1837), 46 Township, farmer, owner of tavern and Baldwin, Leland D., author, 100«, 101 tannery, 254 Banksville, Pa., 101 Beltzhcover, Mary, m. Francis Bailey, 254 Barker, Jeremiah, assistant engineer, Eagle Beltzhoover, Melchor, from Hagerstown, Fire Engine Co. (c.1794), 41 Md., buys (1794) large Ormsby acreage, Barker, Mayor Joseph, odd figure (1850), 254 23-25; mayor of Pittsburgh, lifeof, 171 Beltzhoover, Sarah, m. Dr. Frederick Baus- Barker-Williams Furniture Co., Pgh., burned man, six children, 254, 255 (1901), 54; second fire (1902), 55 Beltzhoover, Samuel, 254 Barkley, Prof. John M., author, 320n, 321 Beltzhoover, William, 254 Barnard, Gen. J. G., chief engineer, 331 Beltzhoover, Allegheny County borough Barr, James, Beltzhoover Borough burgess (1875-1897), 251 (1888-1889), 260 Beltzhoover Borough, enterprises such as Barton, Kate, 113, 119, 202 Reed's Saloon, Hummel's Beer Garden, Bausman, Dr. Frederick, m. Sarah Beltz- Koch's Drug Store, Klein's Grocery Store, hoover, 254; borough promoter (1800), Mathias' Dry Goods Store, Goodboy's 255 Barber Shop, not separately indexed, 258; Bausman, Henry, 255 burgesses (1875-1897), fifteen named, 260 Bausman, Jacob, South Side Pgh. German Benjamin Franklin: An American Man of innkeeper, ferry operator (1775) and Letters, by Bruce Ingham Granger (Itha- landholder, 254 ca, N.Y., 1964), rev., 80-83 Bausman, Jacob Beltzhoover, 255 Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania Poli- Bausman, Pressley Neville, 255 tics, by William S. Hanna (Stanford, Bausman, Sarah, daughter of Dr. Frederick Calif., 1964), rev., 80-82 Bausman, 255 Best Manufacturing Co., Pgh., brass fittings, Bausman, Virginia, 255 factory and warehouse, fire (1900), 54 Beatty, Smith, landowner, 98 Bethlehem, Pa., Moravian College, 219 Beaver Creek, several branches. See Beaver Bible: Biblical history, "one of the most River, 141 ancient of human records," the "Scrip- Beaver River, Pa., many crossings, 5, 141 tures," 281 Bedford, Dr. Nathaniel, m. Jane Ormsby, Bingham, Gov., Michigan delegate (1856), laid out Birmingham village, 254 295 Belfast, Ireland, the first "boom" town, 325- Birmingham, early name of Pgh. South Side, 326 254, 256 Belfour, Dr. Stanton, President, HSWP, ap- Black Horse Troop, mounted police patrol, proves publication of condensed reports, Pgh. (1906-1954), 32 172; In Memoriam of Stanton C. Craw- Blackmore, Mayor James (1868), 26 ford, 179; 228; address on Falk book, Bladensburg, Md., home of Clemsons, 1 11 272-276; tourist guide, on 1966 tour, 378; Blair,Francis P., Md. delegate (1856), pres- reviews thirty-six previous tours, 378 ident of convention, "Southern" Platform, Bell, Thompson, land lessee, 99, 104 292 4 Blairsville, Indiana County, Pa., 189, 190 148/1 Blazing Star Prairie, Butler County, Pa. 147n Brooke County, Va. (1819), John Craw- Blockhouse, at Erie (1760), description, 146, ford, 104 153/1 Brown, James W., and Hannah Brown sell Boat, French, on Lake Erie (c.1673), 128 land (1843), 104, 105 Boggs, George, member of Pittsburgh Fire Brown, John, built the Stone House Tavern Department (1823), 41 (1822), 147/1147/t Bon Homme, Dakota Territory, Hutterite Brown, Joseph Owen, Pgh. Director of Pub- settlement, aided by Economists, 312 lic Safety (1887/.), 28 Bonaparte, Napoleon, took scientists to Brown, Marvin L., Jr., author and editor, Egypt (1798), 283 see under Riedesel, publication, rev., 162- Books, published by HSWP, three named, 164 two in process, and one presented, 273- Brown, Capt. Samuel, Pgh., Squirrel Hill, 274 mansion burns (1913), 55 Borough system, in Pennsylvania, 253; forty Brown's Island, ferry site, 104 boroughs absorbed by Pittsburgh (1837- Brownsville Road, early main route south 1926), 253 from Pittsburgh, 251, 252, 253 Boston, financed W. Pa. lumber production, Bruce, Edward C, authority on Phila. Ex- 191 hibition, 340n, 342 Boston Spiritual Age (1858), 307 Buchanan, Capt. (at Presque Isle, 1795), Boundary Line of 1768, treaty