Last Tuesday, I made some time to visit the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. None of the center associates knew the borough of Georgetown, PA. So I have provided a MapQuest view of Georgetown’s relationship to Ohio and WV and other river towns, such as Beaver, Aliquippa, Sewickley, and Pittsburgh.
Until the end of the packet era, Georgetown was a “rivertown”. It had a buzz of activity associated with packets and riverboats. Today it has an old-fashioned charm. Compared with the fast pace of the info age, it has an unusual quietness in a pleasing way.
- Georgeotwn, Beaver CO, PA MapQuest 2009
Tags: capt george w ebert, capt jackman t stockdale, capt thomas w poe, ft benton, george poe, georgetown, jacob poe, steamboat, thomas s calhoon
Can i get a one small pic from your site?
Eremeeff
Which photo interests you? If it is an image from the Nash or Finley collections, the answer is yes. If it is a photo from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County or the Murphy Library Special Collections University of Wisonsin – La Crosse, I must respond no. Both libraries have conditions of reproduction rights which granted one time use. You can acquire the image from either library directly.