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7 unusual facts about McKees Rocks


Cleveland Torso Murderer

Three headless victims were found in boxcars near McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, on May 3, 1940.

K. C. Constantine

C. Constantine (a pseudonym for Carl Constantine Kosak; born 1934 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is an American mystery author.

Norwood Incline

The Norwood Incline was a funicular railway located in McKees Rocks near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pearl Bergoff

In 1909, the Pressed Steel Car Company at McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania fired forty men, and eight thousand employees representing sixteen nationalities walked out under the banner of the Industrial Workers of the World.

Robert W. Lyon

He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in the west suburb of McKees Rocks.

Sto-Rox High School

It is the only high school of the Sto-Rox School District, which educates the children of Stowe Township and the borough of McKees Rocks.

West Park, Stowe Township

West Park is a residential and commercial neighborhood located in Stowe Township, Pennsylvania, United States, and partially in the borough of McKees Rocks.


Queen Alliquippa

Note: In 1752, Conrad Weiser reported visiting Queen Aliquippa, at “Aliquippa's Town” located on the Ohio at the mouth of Chartiers Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River near McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh.


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