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One hundred nineteen years after our founding, we are still here and still standing up for working families. After all the battles, strikes and lockouts, we are still here. After losing 100,000 killed in mine disasters and another 100,000 killed by black lung, we are still here. We’ve been shot, maimed, burned, beaten, thrown out of our houses, blacklisted, buried alive–but we’re still here. - United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts 2009
Brownfield Patch - Frank Malega
Click on the pic for information, you really can help
Pennsylvania Coal Town 1947 - Edward Hopper
Miners hand loading coal
Coal Town - Thomas J. Armour
Carbide Cap Lamp
Early Mine Safety Lamp
Unions - the people that brought you the 8 hour day and the weekend
Oil Wick Cap Lamps ( Sunshine Lamps )
Str. W.P.Snyder Jr. Whistle
Making Up Tow
Hooking A Ratchet
Deckhands Mon River 1950
Ten Mile Creek Below Mather Station
Ten Mile Creek Is Steeler Country
Monongahela Indian In Warpaint
Pete and Jack, bold and fierce neighbor cats
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This site may contain copyrighted material. I have posted it here for the purpose of education and commentary. I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. my original writing and / or images, as posted here, are considered by me to be copyrighted material, and I reserve all rights thereto. If you are a copyright owner of any image on this blog, send me an email and I will give you credit or remove it, whichever you prefer.
Images And Stories Of The Towns And People Along And Near Ten Mile Creek In Southwestern Pennsylvania
About This Blog
I was born at Clarksville in the house my grandfather built and in my parent's bed (thank you Doctor Cott, for making house calls back then) about 200 feet from Ten Mile Creek and I can see the creek outside my window as I write this. As many young people from this area have done, I left "as soon as I could" and stayed away for several years. I have always retained a great love for and interest in the area , it's history and it's people. Along my way I have collected old photos, artifacts and information that I intend to share here.
I am not an expert, only a student. If any thing posted here is found to be incorrect I would appreciate having it brought to my attention for correction. I try only to state positively that which I know to be true. I often update and add information on older posts so if one post has interest to you it may be worth your time to check it again occasionally. If you have any old photos I would love to see them and I may post them on here to share with others, with your permission. Any photos or images of artifacts of Ten Mile and surrounding areas will be gratefully considered for possible inclusion here. Especially desired are photos of stores, hotels, taverns, trains, boats, coal mines and bridges and photos of people working and playing.
Ten Mile Creek Country is meant to celebrate this area and especially the working people who dug and moved the coal and made the coke which made the iron and steel from which everything was made in this country.
Email me at Larrythekidman AT yahoo.com
I am not an expert, only a student. If any thing posted here is found to be incorrect I would appreciate having it brought to my attention for correction. I try only to state positively that which I know to be true. I often update and add information on older posts so if one post has interest to you it may be worth your time to check it again occasionally. If you have any old photos I would love to see them and I may post them on here to share with others, with your permission. Any photos or images of artifacts of Ten Mile and surrounding areas will be gratefully considered for possible inclusion here. Especially desired are photos of stores, hotels, taverns, trains, boats, coal mines and bridges and photos of people working and playing.
Ten Mile Creek Country is meant to celebrate this area and especially the working people who dug and moved the coal and made the coke which made the iron and steel from which everything was made in this country.
Email me at Larrythekidman AT yahoo.com
We're Stll Here
One hundred nineteen years after our founding, we are still here and still standing up for working families. After all the battles, strikes and lockouts, we are still here. After losing 100,000 killed in mine disasters and another 100,000 killed by black lung, we are still here. We’ve been shot, maimed, burned, beaten, thrown out of our houses, blacklisted, buried alive–but we’re still here. - United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts 2009
Brownfield Patch - Frank Malega
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Ten Mile Links Of Interest
- Virtual Museum Of Coal Mining In Western Pennsylvania - Find at least a little and sometimes a lot about every coal mine in the area
- Greene County Historical Society
- Coal Camp USA - see western Pa. coal patch towns as they are today, find your town
- Washington County Historical Society
- Linkpendium Washington County - genealogy and family history
- Linkpendium Greene County - genealogy and family history
- Greene Connections - genealogy, cemetery lists, links.
- Cornerstone Genealogical Society - Greene / Washington Counties
- Clarksville Pa. - about Clarksville by the lady who wrote the book on Clarksville
- The 140th. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Co. Civil War Re-enactors.
- SWPA Rural Exploration - Exploring and photographing southwestern PA's adandoned mines,industry,homes
- The Warrior Trail - Maps and History
- Afrolumensproject - Afro American history in Greene and Washington counties
- The Waynesburg & Washington Railroad
- Monongahela Railway Timetable Feb.14 1993
- The Mon Line Of the Norfolk Southern - Our local RR as it is today
- A Railroad History Of the Monongahela Coalfields
Area Links Of Interest
- •History of Navigation Improvements on the Monongahela River
- •The Steamboat Arabia - Built in Brownsville in 1853, sunk for a century and rediscovered with cargo intact - An amazing story and a beautiful website
- Stuff That's Gone - Trolleys, Coke Ovens , Industry - all gone !
- The Picture Box - A daily gallery from the archives of area historical societies and the O-R, and photos retrieved from boxes in basements and attics
- State Store Blues - my friend Dwayne scouts local state stores and vineyards for interesting wines
- Steamboat Building In Elizabeth Pa. - the most extensive site on Monongahela River Steamboats
- Lost Monongahela - Old and new images and stories of Mon City
- Coal Miner Training - Tom Shumaker provides certified training for those aspiring to work underground in the coal mines
- •US Army Corps Of Engineers Pittsburgh District History
Tourism Links
- Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - go there and ride a trolley
- Friendship Hill - Home of Albert Gallatin
- Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life
- National Pike Steam Gas And Horse Association
- Biking On The Greene River Trail
- Adventures On Magic River - enjoy a kayak tour on the Mon River with my old towboat buddy Tim, no experience is needed
- Discover Beautiful Greene County - tourist guide, events, festivals and more
- Washington County Tourist Promotion
- Humane Society Of Greene County
- Save A Horse Stable - they make old horses happy, so no more "long face"
Recommended Reading And Reference
Always In A Hole, Arthur Vincent Ciervo, Planks Suburban Press, Camp Hill PA. 1996 - mostly Richeyville Pa. and Vesta #4 Available in some local libraries, a very scarce book
Bugdust And Blackdamp, Thomas H. Goode, Comart Press 1996 - good general local mining study
The History Of Clarksville Pennsylvania, Randi Ross Marodi, Brodak Printing, Charmichaels Pa. 2009 - copies are available from the Clarksville Borough office
Cloud by Day: The Story of Coal and Coke and People, Muriel Sheppard, 1947 Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, New Edition 1991, Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press. - mostly Fayette County, very readable accounts of coal patch life, coke production, J.V.Thompson, much more
History of Greene County Pennsylvania, G. Wayne Smith Waynesburg, PA The Cornerstone Genealogical Society, 1996 - history of county by decade, mostly taken from county newspapers
Westward of Ye Laurall Hills, 1750-1850, Helen Elizabeth Vogt, McClain Print Co.,Parsons, WV 1974. - the most accurate and comprehensive look at aspects of Clarksville and Charmichaels, the Horn Paper scam, Hupp cabin, early stoneware makers, Redstone settlement, fox hunting and more.
Fredericktown 1790 - 1990 , W. Scott Bower and Louise Crowthers , Private Printing Tru-Copy Printing Brownsville Pa. 1991 - wonderfully done local history and a scarce book
Fredericktown Yesterday And Today, W. Scott Bower, Private Printing 1991 - Photo supplement to Fredericktown 1790 - 1990
Marianna & Mine No. 58 - The Big Mine, Lonnie L. Miller, , Rita Miller Press, Charmichaels Pa. 2008 - mostly official documents
A Bicentennial History of West Bethlehem Township and Marianna Borough 1776-1976 Lilian Potisek and Singadine Muchant, Marianna, Pa, privately printed, 1976 - an extremely scarce book
The Monongahela Railway - It's History and Operation 1903-1993 by David E. Gratz and Terry E. Arbogast, 2004
Ways Packet Directory 1848 - 1994, Capt. Frederick Way Jr. revised edition, Ohio University Press, Athens Ohio, 1994
The Tenmile Country And Its Pioneer Families : A Genealogical History Of The Upper Monongahela Valley (with surname index), Howard L Leckey, Closson Press Apollo Pa. 2001
Bugdust And Blackdamp, Thomas H. Goode, Comart Press 1996 - good general local mining study
The History Of Clarksville Pennsylvania, Randi Ross Marodi, Brodak Printing, Charmichaels Pa. 2009 - copies are available from the Clarksville Borough office
Cloud by Day: The Story of Coal and Coke and People, Muriel Sheppard, 1947 Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, New Edition 1991, Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press. - mostly Fayette County, very readable accounts of coal patch life, coke production, J.V.Thompson, much more
History of Greene County Pennsylvania, G. Wayne Smith Waynesburg, PA The Cornerstone Genealogical Society, 1996 - history of county by decade, mostly taken from county newspapers
Westward of Ye Laurall Hills, 1750-1850, Helen Elizabeth Vogt, McClain Print Co.,Parsons, WV 1974. - the most accurate and comprehensive look at aspects of Clarksville and Charmichaels, the Horn Paper scam, Hupp cabin, early stoneware makers, Redstone settlement, fox hunting and more.
Fredericktown 1790 - 1990 , W. Scott Bower and Louise Crowthers , Private Printing Tru-Copy Printing Brownsville Pa. 1991 - wonderfully done local history and a scarce book
Fredericktown Yesterday And Today, W. Scott Bower, Private Printing 1991 - Photo supplement to Fredericktown 1790 - 1990
Marianna & Mine No. 58 - The Big Mine, Lonnie L. Miller, , Rita Miller Press, Charmichaels Pa. 2008 - mostly official documents
A Bicentennial History of West Bethlehem Township and Marianna Borough 1776-1976 Lilian Potisek and Singadine Muchant, Marianna, Pa, privately printed, 1976 - an extremely scarce book
The Monongahela Railway - It's History and Operation 1903-1993 by David E. Gratz and Terry E. Arbogast, 2004
Ways Packet Directory 1848 - 1994, Capt. Frederick Way Jr. revised edition, Ohio University Press, Athens Ohio, 1994
The Tenmile Country And Its Pioneer Families : A Genealogical History Of The Upper Monongahela Valley (with surname index), Howard L Leckey, Closson Press Apollo Pa. 2001
Way's Steam Towboat Directory, Capt. Frederick Way Jr. with Joseph W. Rutter, Ohio University Press, Athens,Ohio 1990
Crucible,Val Moson, Cardinal Publishing Co. Hinckley, Ohio 1991 - scarce book
Local History Of Greene County And Southwestern Pennsylvania, Andrew J. Waychoff, McClain Printing, Parsons, W. Va. 1975
History Of Washington County Pennsylvania, Boyd Crumrine, L.H. Everts & Co. Philadelphia 1882
History Of Washington County, Pa. Earle R.Forrest, S.J. Clarke, 1926.
The Old And New Monongahela, John S. Van Voorhis Pittsburgh, Pa., Nicholson, 1893.
Nemacolin: The Mine and the Community, 1917-1950.Robert Korcheck, Nemacolin, PA. - another scarce book
The Monongahela, Richard Bissell, part of the Rivers of America series, Rinehart & Co., Inc., New York, 1952 - very readable river history with chapters about working on towboats on the Mon, steamboat builders, coal traffic, mining and more
Coal And Coke In Pennsylvania, Carmen DiCiccio, Pennsylvania Historical And Museum Comission, Harrisburg, 1996
Centre To Center, Susie Zebley, Editor, Private Printing, Centennial Edition, 1996 - Centerville Borough, Vestaburg, Denbo, Lowhill. a scarce book
More to come................
Help Save The Steamboat Delta Queen
Click on the pic for information, you really can help
Pennsylvania Coal Town 1947 - Edward Hopper
Miners hand loading coal
Coal Town - Thomas J. Armour
Carbide Cap Lamp
Early Mine Safety Lamp
Unions - the people that brought you the 8 hour day and the weekend
Oil Wick Cap Lamps ( Sunshine Lamps )
Str. W.P.Snyder Jr. Whistle
Making Up Tow
Hooking A Ratchet
Deckhands Mon River 1950
Ten Mile Creek Below Mather Station
Ten Mile Creek Is Steeler Country
Monongahela Indian In Warpaint
Email me at Larrythekidman AT yahoo.com
Pete and Jack, bold and fierce neighbor cats
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic License.
This site may contain copyrighted material. I have posted it here for the purpose of education and commentary. I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. my original writing and / or images, as posted here, are considered by me to be copyrighted material, and I reserve all rights thereto. If you are a copyright owner of any image on this blog, send me an email and I will give you credit or remove it, whichever you prefer.
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