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9 unusual facts about Allegheny


Alexander Hugh Macmillan

In September 1901 he traveled to Cleveland to attend a convention, after which he was invited by Russell to live at the Watch Tower Society's headquarters in Allegheny.

Allegany, Oregon

According to Oregon Geographic Names, a post office was established there in 1893, and it is unknown why this spelling was chosen rather than the more common form, Allegheny, used for many features in the eastern United States.

Allegheny Market House

It was built at a time when this area was part of the city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Allegheny Rugby Union

The Allegheny Rugby Union is a non-profit corporation whose objective is to promote, serve, and manage the game of rugby union in the Allegheny area.

David L. Clark

David Lytle Clark (26 September 1864 – 3 February 1939) was an American entrepreneur who came to the U.S. with his family when he was 8 years old, and who founded the D. L. Clark Company in 1886 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania now part of Pittsburgh.

Josip Marohnić

Marohnić founded the "First Croatian Bookstore" in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Orconectes obscurus

The Allegheny crayfish, Orconectes obscurus, is a stream-dwelling species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae found in Southeastern Ontario and the Northeastern United States.

Restored Government of Virginia

A movement for separate statehood had grown in the trans-Allegheny region of Virginia long before the outbreak of war.

Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples

At the time of the 1870 United States Census, Peoples was living with his parents and three siblings in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.


184 38th Street

On September 17, 1862, Catherine Burkhart, a 15 year old girl who lived in the home with her mother, was killed in an explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal, where she worked assembling munitions for the Union Army.

Alfred Kern

During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces (1942–46) and graduated from Allegheny College (1948) and New York University (1954).

Allegheny County belt system

Prior to its acquisition by the Chevron Corporation in 1980, the Gulf Oil Corporation, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, published a map of Allegheny County prominently displaying the Belt System.

Allegheny County Workhouse

The Allegheny County Workhouse was a prison that was located adjacent to the town of Blawnox, Pennsylvania.

Allegheny Image Factory

Allegheny Image Factory is a multi faceted production company founded by brothers Robert Tinnell and Jeffrey Tinnell.

Allegheny Technologies

In 2005, Allegheny Ludlum agreed to pay a US$2,375,000 penalty to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, which alleged that Ludlum had unlawfully discharged oil and other pollutants, such as chromium, zinc, copper, and nickel, into the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas rivers in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.

Boyce

Boyce Park, a 1,096-acre (4.44 km2) county park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Charles A. Pascal, Jr.

Among those he has represented in election matters are Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner, State Senator Jim Ferlo, State Representative Erin Molchany and Pittsburgh City Councilman and Mayoral candidate Bill Peduto.

Charles Reizenstein Company

The Reizenstein family business was used as a means for philanthropic work in Allegheny and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Climate of Virginia

Elevations in Virginia vary from sea level to Mount Rogers at 5,729 ft (1,746 m) above sea level, with major gradations occurring at the edges of the Atlantic Ocean, the end of the Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge and Allegheny chains of the Appalachian Mountains.

Denny McKnight

This then led Allegheny President, William A. Nimick, moving the team from the American Association to the National League.

East Creek

East Sandy Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Forward High School

Located just south of the city of Pittsburgh, the district lies between the Youghiogheny River and Monongahela River valleys in the southernmost region of Allegheny County.

Eugene Coon

He also ran unsuccessfully for Allegheny County Commissioner and Pittsburgh Mayor.

Genesee Valley Canal Railroad

However, by then, the Main Line of Public Works and Pennsylvania Railroad had been completed, opening up the interior of Pennsylvania without depending on New York, and there was no interest in improving the Allegheny River.

Girty

Girtys Run, a tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania

Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny Technologies has extensive steel mill facilities in Harrison Township, including its Allegheny Ludlum Brackenridge Works.

History of aviation in Pittsburgh

The first five airlines of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport were TWA, Capital Airlines (later part of United Airlines), Northwest, All American (later it become Allegheny Airlines, USAir, and finally US Airways), and Eastern Airlines.

John M. Snowden

Allegheny County's community Snowden (part of present day South Park Township) was named for John Snowden.

John Williamson Nevin

But under the influence of Neander he was gradually breaking away from "Puritanic Presbyterianism," and in 1840, having resigned his chair in Allegheny, he was appointed professor of theology in the (German Reformed) Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, Pa., and thus passed from the Presbyterian Church into the German Reformed.

He graduated at Union College in 1821; studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823-1828, being in 1826-1828 in charge of the classes of Charles Hodge; was licensed to preach by the Carlisle Presbytery in 1828; and in 1830-1840 was professor of Biblical literature in the newly founded Western Theological Seminary (now Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Jonny Gammage

The first trial of Mullholland and Albert ended in mistrial after Allegheny County Medical Examiner Cyril Wecht made what were ruled to be prejudicial statements during his testimony.

Lehigh Gorge State Park

By that time, the city father's of Baltimore were directly trying to compete for the trans-Allegheny trade by incorporation of the ambitious goals of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to surmount to the Monongahela and Ohio valleys via the Cumberland Narrows mountain pass, despite the early lack of power and speed in the untried Railroad technologies.

Lenny Seidman

A 75 minute solo piece performed by Seidman for tabla and frame drum approximately 12 times during 1994 and 1995 for Helmut Gottschild’s “Meet Mr. R” performed at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Allegheny College, Meadeville PA, University of the Arts Theater, Philadelphia PA, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA.

Lou Bierbauer

According to Spink, Allegheny's manager Ned Hanlon traveled to Presque Isle in the dead of winter to sign him, crossing the ice on the harbor during a snow storm.

Michael Domenec

Bishop Domenec was transferred to the newly created Diocese of Allegheny, and Father Tuigg of Altoona was appointed the bishop of Pittsburgh.

North Versailles Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Noted jazz drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts (Wynton Marsalis and numerous others) is a 1977 graduate of East Allegheny High School.

O. D. Thompson

A week later Thompson's ledger shows that Allegheny paid Sport Donnelly $250 for playing against Washington & Jefferson.

Paul Kazarian

From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Kazarian was Chairman and CEO of Sunbeam-Oster during its rejuvenation from Allegheny International.

Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district

Many of Allegheny County's southern suburbs of Pittsburgh are located in the district, which range from traditional wealth areas such as Mount Lebanon and Upper St. Clair, middle class communities such as Bethel Park, Brentwood & Scott Township, and working class labor towns such as Elizabeth.

Peter F. Flaherty

John Flaherty, a lawyer and also no relation to Pete, was elected a Judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and then Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Pierre Daura

Rockbridge Baths, Virginia is a small village in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, near Lexington, named after the warm springs once used as a spa there.

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

The Presenting Sponsor since 2001 has been Shop 'n Save, and funds raised by the event benefit the Autism Society of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Valley School, which care for individuals with mental and physical disabilities.

Potato Creek

Potato Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) downstream of the community of Coryville.

Schuylkill Canal

Near Gibraltar, the Allegheny Creek Aqueduct still exists along with a drained section of the canal prism.

The Fourth River

The Fourth River takes its name from a subterranean river beneath Pittsburgh, a city famously sited at the confluence of three rivers: Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio.

Tony Koester

It was Koester's exposure to eastern mountain coal railroading in the Appalachians that led him to develop the concept of the Allegheny Midland.

Veraldi

Dennis Veraldi, American CEO of the Port Authority of Allegheny County

Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit

Ollie Rafferty – Allegheny Athletic Association – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.

William Bentley

Bentley Hall on the Allegheny College campus is named in his memory.


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