Mon Valley History

    The following is a transcription of the 1894 Pittsburgh, Brownsville,  and Geneva Packet Steamship List of scheduled landings on the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh to Morgantown, WV.
     It would be nice to know where some of these locations are situated and
on what side of the Monongahela River, east or west.
     Any comments would be appreciated.  Will try to plot these locations.
     Would be a good idea for historical markers along the river and river  access points.
     I am certainly interested  in the Mid-Monongahela Valley landings since my great-grandmother, Grace M. CARSON-COPENHAVER arrived at Dunlevy's Landing a short time previous to 1894.
 
Dave Copenhaver Sr.
Monongahela, Washington Co., PA
[email protected]
 
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  (FRONT COVER)   OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY PRESIDENT ISAAC C. WOODWARD   GENERAL MANAGER S. S. GRAHAM Brownsville, Pa.    DIRECTORS  I. C. WOODWARD,  M. A. COX,  G.W. LENHART,  R.R. ABRAMS,  WILLIAM PARKHILL,  C. L. SNOWDEN,  M. R. JACOBS    Z. W. CARMACK, Agent, Pittsburgh, Pa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  STEAMERS COMPRISING THE LINE    ADAM JACOBS,    M.A.Cox, Master...  JAMES G. BLAINE, Adam Jacobs, Master...  GERMANIA, R.R. Abrams, Master... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT.   Since the completion of the Government locks and dams above Greensboro, making Morgantown, West Virginia, the head of navigation on the Monongahela River, the people of Pittsburgh and vicinity are offered an opportunity of enjoying a very pleasant trip by water, not equaled by any other city in the Union, viz. :from Pittsburgh to Morgantown, a distance of 105 miles, through a rich and beautiful valley, dotted here and there with flourishing towns and scenery unsurpassed by any other river in the world.    The Packets of this company are noted for their superior accommodations and safety, and are commanded by courteous and efficient officers who study the comfort of their passengers, thereby making the trip a very enjoyable one.   Another popular feature of this Line is the reasonable rates charged, making it possible for all to avail themselves of a few days' recreation at trifling cost.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME OF DEPARTURE from Pittsburgh......   -Sunday at 8.30 A. M. for Morgantown. -Daily except Sunday at 3 P. M. for Morgantown.   TIME OF DEPARTURE from Brownsville......   -Daily at 6 P. M. for Pittsburgh. -Daily except Sunday at 11 P. M. for Morgantown. -Sunday at 5 P. M. for Morgantown.   TIME OF DEPARTURE from Morgantown......   -Daily at 8 A. M.  for Pittsburgh. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIST of REGULAR LANDINGS AS ADOPTED BY THE PITTSBURGH, BROWNSVILLE & GENEVA PACKET COMPANY, JANUARY  1st 1894.   DISTANCES FROM PITTSBURGH     LANDINGS                             MILES.   Pittsburgh..............................0 Brady Street............................2 Twenty second Street....................2 Hazelwood...............................5 Blossomville............................6 Glenwood................................6 Homestead...............................8 Nine Mile...............................9 City Farm...............................10 Packer's................................12 Lock No. 2..............................12 Blind Lane..............................14 Demler's................................15 McKeesport..............................16 Dravosburg..............................17 Camden..................................18 Pine Run................................19 Robbin's & Jenkins......................19 1/2 Bellevue................................21 Caird's.................................21 1/2 West Elizabeth..........................23 Elizabeth...............................23 Jones'..................................24 1/2 Lock No. 3..............................25 Sunnyside...............................26 Bunola..................................27 Bentley's...............................27 Coal Bluf...............................28 Huston's Run............................30 Garfield................................30 1/2 Old Eagle...............................30 1/2 Riverview...............................31 Monongahela City Glass Works............31 1/2 Monongahela City........................32 Fort Pitt...............................33 1/2 Victory.................................34 Rankin's................................34 Milesville..............................35 Fulton's................................35 Gilmore's...............................36 North Webster...........................36 Columbia................................37 Manown's................................38 1/2 Lock No. 4..............................41 No.4 wharf (for freight only)...........41 Rostraver...............................41 Charleroi...............................42 Gibsonton...............................43 Speer's.................................44 Belle Vernon............................44 Dunlevy's...............................45 Tremont.................... ............45 1/2 Dinsmore................................45 1/2 Donaldson's Bar.........................46 Allenport...............................47 Fayette City............................47 Corondolet..............................47 1/2 Martin's................................48 Tumbull's...............................48 Troytown................................48 1/2 Roscoe..................................49 White Pine..............................49 Wood's Run..............................50 Stony Run...............................50 1/2 Merchant's..............................52 Coal Centre.............................52 California..............................52 1/2 Dixon's (for freight only)..............52 1/2 Crescent Works..........................54 1/2 Climax..................................55 Snowden & Hogg's (for freight only).....55 1/2 Albany..................................56 Brownsville.............................57 West Brownsville Wharf..................57 Axton's (for freight only)..............57 Jones' Distillery (for freight only)....58 Knob Works (for freight only)...........58 1/2 Lock No. 5..............................59 Rush Run................................59 1/2 Crawford's..............................61 Maple Glen Bar..........................63 Vandegrift's............................64 Opp. Frederictown.......................65 Fredericktown...........................65 Millsboro...............................67 East Millsboro..........................67 Strickler's.............................70 Lock No.6...............................71 Rice's Landing..........................71 Davidson's..............................74 McClelland's............................74 West Riverside..........................75 East Riverside..........................76 Brown's.................................80 Port Fremont............. ..............80 Parker's Bar............................82 1/2 Brown's Run.............................82 1/2 Jenning's...............................83 McCann's................................83 Hatfield's..............................84 McLane's................................84 Big Whiteley............................85 Gray's..................................86 Poundstone's............................86 Lock No. 7..............................87 Crawford's..............................88 Greensboro..............................89 Geneva..................................89 Province's..............................90 Lock No.8...............................91 Winstead................................92 Crow's Ferry............................93 Protzrnan's.............................93 1/2 Dewing's Mills..........................94 Point Marion............................94 1/2 Vanzant's...............................95 1/2 Stone's.................................96 McElroy's...............................96 Lock No.9...............................97 Coburn's................................98 Laurel Run..............................98 Everly's................................98 1/2 East Collins'...........................100 Maidsville..............................100 Yeager..................................102 Randall.................................102 Granville...............................103 Morgantown..............................105