by Roger J. Applegate
Beaver County, Pennsylvania has a long and interesting history that is filled with a rich assortment of historical characters and events. “Strolling Through Time” attempts to take as many of those documented historical dates, events and people as possible and puts them into an easy to use chronological order allowing anyone from the serious historian to the casual history fan to learn more about what happened here. In compiling this timeline, over one hundred and twenty sources were consulted, including history books, newspapers and web sources, some of them containing surprising and little-known information that ranged from the ordinary to the fascinating.
DID YOU KNOW:
The father of one of the First Ladies of the United States was from Hookstown? • A young man from Beaver accompanied Admiral Byrd on his Antarctic Expedition in 1939? • The United States Army Air Force had a secret aviation fuel storage facility in Potter Township? • The “World’s Strongest Upside Down Man” was from Midland? • Daylight Savings Time was invented by a Center Township resident? • An Aliquippa native became the first African-American president of the NCAA? • A future President of the United States nearly drowned in a local canal accident? • The legendary “Johnny Appleseed” planted trees in the county? • The town of Koppel was seized by the Federal Government and sold during WWI? • The date that your town, township or borough was established?
1st. Ed. (September 29, 2016)
