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The Western Historical The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine INDEX Volume 54 1971 Published quarterly by THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A American Place Names, A Concise and Se- lective Dictionary for the Continental "Account of the Pennsylvania Railroad Riots, United States of America, by George R. from a Young Girl's Diary," by Helen Stewart, rev., 426-427 Crombie, ed. by John Newell Crombie, 385-389 Amish, migrated from eastern Pennsylvania Acropolis Plan, design University to MifflinCounty (1790), then to Somerset for of and counties, 67; migra- Pittsburgh, Palmer and Hornbostel, archi- Lawrence reverse tects, 182 tion from Ohio to Lawrence County, Pa., Addendum, to provide agricultural land for children, concerning Mrs. Margaret P. ; County, Bothwell's contributions to WPHM, 123 74 remove fromOhio to Jefferson Akeley, village in Pine Grove Township, Pa. (1962), to obtain better prices for land, Warren County, named after Levi Akeley, Jr., 15 Amish groups move to Holmes, Wayne, Alcuin, Utopian settlement near Lander, Logan, and Champaign counties, Ohio, dur- Farmington Township, named for English ing 1800s, 67 scholar, devoted to crafts and agriculture Andrew Carnegie, by Joseph Frazier Wall, (1940) ;many drafted in World War IIor commentary on, 110-118 went into industry, 16 Andrews, J. Cutler, background forinterest in Alden, Timothy, New Englander, a Congre- writing about old newspapers, 1-2; "Writ- gational minister, who founded Allegheny ing History from Civil War Newspapers," College, 73 1-14; research experiences in writingabout Alexander, Dr. Thomas Rush, commemora- Civil War newspapers ;many lucky finds ; tion gift from Robert D. Christie, 384 philosophy for writing history, 3-5 ; The Allegheny County, earliest settlers in, were South Reports the Civil War, rev., 77-78; Pennsylvania Germans ;soon outnumbered rev. of In Pursuit of American History, by Scotch-Irish ;Germans retiring farmers, Research and Training in the United strong in lower St. Clair Township, 58 States, 85-87 Allegheny Valley and Rochester and Pitts- Armstrong, Mayor Joseph, Pittsburgh, burgh railroads, cooperation in overnight opened (1917), passenger service between Rochester and Polish Falcon Council 364 Pittsburgh (1883), 267 Armstrong County, early Pennsylvania Althom Station, Deerfield Township, railroad German stronghold (1780-1810); twenty- shipping point (Allegheny, plus "Thorn" three per cent of population Lutheran, 64 from Robert Thompson), 16 Arndt, Karl J. R., and Wetzel, Richard D., Alumni Hall, University of Pittsburgh, badly "Harmonist Music and Pittsburgh Musi- needed after W. W. I;classes on steps in cians in Early Economy," Part I,125-157; good weather, in furnace room in bad, 195 Part II,284-311; Part III,391-413 B Barton, Clara, worked at Johnstown for five months, 209 Babylon, Triumph Township, Warren Coun- Basse, Dettmar N. F., Pennsylvania German, ty, wicked town during oilboom, 16-17 founder of Zelienople (1802), on ten thou- Baer, George Frederick, president of Reading sand acre tract; home, "Bassenheim," 64 Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Coal Bauman, John F., rev. of The Revolution in and Iron Company, of Central Railroad of America: Documents on the Internal De- New Jersey, and president of Board of velopment inAmerica in the Revolutionary Trustees ofFranklin and Marshall College, Era, ed. by J. R. Pole, 423-426 of Pennsylvania German descent, 74-75 Beantown, Warren County, called Weldbank Baker, George, German, reputed to be the and usually Beantown after Bean family, 17 first settler in Beaver County, c. 1772, in Bear Lake, Warren County, named after Moon Township on Raccoon Creek ;family feeding and watering place for bears when taken as captives to Detroit for five years, big timber there, 17 62 Beaver County, 1802-1805 list of taxables in- Barber, Mary I., food consultant to Secretary clude many Pennsylvania German names, of War during World War II,of Pennsyl- 64 vania German descent, 75 Beechtree and Walston, coal mine locations Barnes, Warren County, named for Timothy owned by Rochester and Pittsburgh, ac- Barnes, pioneer, 17 quired company-owned towns, 269 Bartlett, Irving H., rev. of Andrews's The Beers Company history of McKean, Elk, South Reports the Civil War, 77-78 Cameron, and Potter counties shows few 3 Pennsylvania German settlers, 68 hushed subject, 377; introduced series of Behrend, Ernst Richard (1869-1940), later amendments German, to report, defended position, founded Hammermill Paper Com- 379-380; right of navigation came through pany, Erie, 73 France with Floridas ceded to Great Belfour, Stanton, commemoration gifts for, Britain (1763), recognized in treaty of 122 1783, 381; real potential of Philadelphia Bell, Lewis and Yates, experienced miners' and seaboard in West, 381 strike (1883); Rochester and Pittsburgh Brigham, Charles D., newspaper correspon- hired Pinkerton men to protect strikers dent and owner, 11 willing to return to work; railroad idle British government, favored Polish inde- about four days, 270 pendence ;granted allPoles in Alliedcoun- Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Company tries open recognition (1917), 368 near DuBois, best prospective customer for Brokenstraw, Warren County stream and Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron township; Indian name "broken grass," Company, 268 French name "cut straw," English Bucka- Bennett, Dr. Alice, first woman Physician-in- loons, 17-18 Chief at Pennsylvania State Hospital for Brooks Locomotive Works, built sixty loco- Insane (1880) ;lecturer, 255-256 motives for the Rochester and Pittsburgh Best, Wilhelm, Lutheran minister, pastor of railroad by 1884; by 1886, Rochester and original settlers inBeaver Township, 65 Pittsburgh had 4182 cars, 3028 to carry Betterment Committee of Trustees, Univer- coal and coke, 267 sity of Pittsburgh, distinguished names ; Brown, Walston H., bought Rochester and recommended move to Oakland, obtaining State Line Railway under foreclosure, 273 building funds, and curriculum improve- Buckaloons, present-day, Brokenstraw in ment ;added Frick, Carnegie, and Phipps as Warren County, 17 trustees, 181-182 Buhl, Henry, Jr., of nine generation Pennsyl- Bigler, William, Pennsylvania State Senator, vania German merchant family;with R. H. Governor, and United States Senator, his- Boggs, founded Boggs and Buhl Depart- tory of his family, 63 ment Store, Pittsburgh; created Buhl Bismarck, Otto von, tried to break Polish Foundation, 74 spirit by germanizing schools and replacing Byerly, Andrew, baker for Braddock Ex- Polish landlords ;laws stringent, 359 pedition, moved family to Fort Bedford, as Blankenburg, Mrs. Lucretia L., second presi- baker for garrison, 342; land grant at dent of Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage As- Bushy Run, for relay station for western sociation, 249 travellers, 342-343 ;messenger to Fort Pitt, Bloom, Albert W., rev. of Glanz's Studies in where family often took refuge, 343 ; led Judaica Americana, 323-325 advance guard for Col. Bouquet (1763), Borkowski, Joseph A., "The Role of Pitts- 343-345 ;buried in Lancaster County, 345 ; burgh's Polish Falcons in the Organization descendants, 345-346 of the Polish Army in France," 359-374 Byerly, Francis, born in Lancaster, Pa. (1754) in father's tavern, 340; private in Bowman, Chancellor John G., responsible for Westmoreland Rangers, 345 ; served on much early growth of University of Pitts- delegation demanding burgh; Department, 188; to General Irvine Fine Arts arrived punishment of Indian, and on expedition to in 1921 ; lonely genius ; character sketch, carry punishment, Learning out 345 ; first census 190-191 ; planned Cathedral of ; listings show him as resident of Plum school gained in quality but lost friendly Township, Allegheny County, 346 environment, 191 Byerly lands, traced from Warrantee Atlas Boyer, John, first minister in Mennonite of Allegheny County by Vera B. Ferree, settlement at Harmony, Butler County; opp. 340, 345 congregation extinct (1905), 65 Byerly Station, stopping place for many Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, Pittsburgher, famous people travelling over Forbes sponsor of Pittsburgh Academy; worked Road; cabin burned (1763), family es- for free navigation on Mississippi, 375 ; caped, 343 split radical slate as Westmoreland repre- Byrne, Frank L., and Weaver, Andrew T., sentative in Pennsylvania Assembly (1786- eds. Haskell of Gettysburg: His Life and 1787), 376; found Mississippi navigation a Civil War Papers, rev., 216-218 C ful, 8-10 California Furnace, specifications and cost Cadwallader, Sylvanus, Chicago reporter, (1849) in note of Charles L.Armor, 41 helped conceal Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Cambria Iron Company, history of; largest drinking from public prying; Grant grate- rolling millin country (1873), 199 4 Cameron County, early settlers, mostly from tracts, 19-20 eastern and middle Pennsylvania, New Clarinet, history of; Harmonists had one; Jersey, and New England, 69 rare at time, 142 Campbell, Jane, edited monthly Woman's Clarion and all state teachers colleges, Penn- Progress, and conducted column for Phila- sylvania planned to eliminate them to ease delphia Record; wrote for children; poet; budget, 354-355; rivalry between teachers president of Philadelphia County Society of colleges and liberal arts colleges, 355; Citizens' Suffrage Association (1872) ; several bills defeated, 355 popular speech "Unbiased Editor," 252 Clarion College, plans future of teaching, Carrier Seminary, used old academy building, diversified professional and technical pro- co-educational; Rev. Townsend,
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