To Good People Who Keep Our Town Walkable, Except…

Just wanted to give a shout out to the folks who have been diligent in keeping their sidewalks shoveled this year. I appreciate it because I've been walking more, not only for the health benefits but because it just feels great to get out of the house for some fresh air. I'm also finding that...

Even Trains Can Struggle On A Snowy Day

I was killing time on Youtube this snowy Tuesday morning and came across this video of a Norfolk Southern train ascending a hill. The video caught my eye because if you live anywhere near the tracks in Monongahela; you see Norfolk Southern trains every day. At first you can barely see the train through the...

The Little Tower That Could

My last post was about the railroad tracks being built across East Main Street back in 1899. While doing research for that post I kept coming across all kinds of interesting stories related to the area between First Street and the tracks at Pigeon Creek. In this post I'll discuss why this area was such...

Throwing stones at birds will NOT be tolerated

MONONGAHELA CEMETERY. - Notice is hereby given that all persons who visit the Cemetery are forbidden from pulling flowers, throwing stones at birds, injuring the fences, or enclosures in any way, hunting on any of the cemetery grounds, or using fire-arms thereon. I am instructed to make information against any persons violating any of the...

A Painting, Conestoga Wagons And Monongahela

Lost Monongahela is springing back to life! Longtime followers of this blog know that it goes dormant from time however dormancy doesn't mean that it’s dead (at least as long as I'm is alive)! I may have mentioned before that I work in construction so I tend to write more in colder months when the...

Mid-Mon Valley towns of Charleroi, Monongahela and Donora featured in a national publication.

A professor at the University of Pittsburgh posted a link to his Twitter feed Thursday that caught me by surprise. It's a positive story about the Mid Mon Valley by Laurent Belsie of the Christian Science Monitor. The article mainly focuses on Charleroi but also mentioned are Donora, the City of Monongahela and Washington County....

Lost Monongahela Celebrates its 8th Anniversary

I was looking back in the archives and realized that February 10th, 2016 will be Lost Monongahela's 8th birthday! It all began with this post about the D.E. Gamble grain elevator on 7th street. Back then online information about Monongahela history was sparse. The best resource I had at the time was the Historical Magazine Of...