Product Description
by Sandy Davis (Author)
This is Volume II of the two volume collection of information beginning in the 1700s on the Borough of Monaca, once known as Phillipsburg. In each of volumes of Monaca aka Phillipsburg, A Beaver County River Town, readers will find information Sandy has collected from the archives of local newspapers, older publications, along with many personal and shared memories. She did not discard local folklore either. She has randomly included tidbits of facts throughout the book; some are amusing, others a bit more serious. This two volume collection includes: -Hundreds of images of people, ads, maps, and buildings - some comparing "then" and "now".-Numerous listings and facts of steamboats, railroads, bridges, trolleys, schools, doctors, postal services, trades, churches, cemeteries, athletics/athletes, forgotten and current businesses.-Information on ways of life, families, people, buildings, and street names.
