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Award-Winning Books, Publications and Prints

Throughout its long history, the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation has been an active publisher of award-winning books, pamphlets and newsletters available for purchase as gifts or for your home library.

Chief among these is our Foundations newsletter, which is printed several times a year to give updates on the myriad activities of the Heritage Foundation and Museum. We provide copies free of charge for our members and friends of the organization who share a love of local history. Back issues.

Among our other leading publications are the award-winning Beaver Town coffee table book, recipient of the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums’ Certificate of Achievement honor. The story of Beaver is exquisitely told in more than 200 pages in easy reading prose, filled with fascinating information about the history of the town. More than 125 beautiful illustrations include photographs, paintings, maps, drawings and documents, many in full color, all in a beautiful hard cover binding.

Also, visit our Museum Shop for other high quality collectibles reflecting historical themes.

How to Order: To order one of the titles listed on this page, print this page, mark your selections, and send a check payable to the “Beaver Area Heritage Foundation” c/o P.O. Box 147 Beaver, PA 15009. For our coffee table book Beaver Town, you also may order via eBay for fastest service.

Postage & Handling: For each item priced less than $10, please add $1.00. For items between $10 and $20, add $3.00 for shipping. For each print, and for any item over $20.00, please add $5.00.

 

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eBay HomeBeaver Town - award-winning Beaver Town 2002, a beautifully printed, 158-page, coffee table quality book, including a substantial hardcover and colorful dust jacket that will endure as an heirloom for generations. The design and rendering of the book jacket is the work of Pittsburgh artist Dan Bridy, who also painted the timeline mural within the heritage museum. The front cover pictures the replica of the clock tower from the 1877 Beaver County Court House, while the back cover depicts the ambience of the rejuvenated streetscape in the business section of Beaver’s Third Street. Both scenes are reminiscent of the Victorian flavor of this historic community. Authors include Robert A. Smith, Robert R. Firestone, Mark A. Miner, Norman S. Faulk Esq., Dolores McIntosh and Robert England.

43.00
     

The Saints At Rest, a Story of Beaver Cemetery – by Robert R. Firestone, with editing by Robert A. Smith and Mark A. Miner, photography by Kevin R. Cooke (Graule Studios) and Tom Dowlin, and printing by Baker Printing & Graphics. Second printing, May 2005. 20 pages plus covers, including a cemetery map tipped in to the inside back cover. 23 photographs and maps. A self-guided walking tour of significant grave sites in Beaver Cemetery, including John Ubalto, Lewis Taylor, Jacob Weyand, John F. Dravo, William Henry, Michael Weyand, Judge Henry Hice, Samuel B. Wilson, William B. Dunlap, Col. James P. Leaf, Philip J. Davidson, Mayor Robert P. Linn, Lewis G. Moselener Jr., Deborah Hart Darragh, Col. Richard P. Roberts, Johnstown Flood Victim, Rev. Joseph Bausman, Senator Matthew Stanley Quay and Chief Justice Daniel Agnew.

3.20
 
     

Indian Days in Beaver County – by W. Sutherland Campbell, 3rd printing, 1998. 44 pages. Introduction by Harry Phillips. Volume 4 of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation publications series. Story of the very early history of the area and the white and Indian people and events. Chapters about Arnout Viele (Baron de Louqueuil), Pierre Joseph Celeron deBlainville, Conrad Weiser, Christopher Gist and George Croghan, Barbara Leininger and Marie LeRoy, Hugh Gibson and Hugh Breckinridge, Beaver County and the French & Indian War, Christian Frederick Post, General Forbes, General Henry Bouquet, Indians Leave Beaver County, Origin of Pennsylvania’s Indians, Introduction to Indian Chiefs, Famous Indians of Pennsylvania.

3.20
 
     

A Do It Yourself Walk Around Historic Beaver – 18 pages including cover. 23 photographs, illustrations and maps. Includes chapters on Beaver’s Oldest House, Beaver Area Heritage Museum, Reconstructed 1802 Log House, Fort McIntosh Site, Beaver Area Memorial Library, Home of U.S. Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, Beaver Street Map and Guide, Replica of 1877 Court House Clock Tower, Fort McIntosh Club, Michael Weyand House, James Allison House, Sam B. Wilson Law office, McIntosh Square War Memorial, Irvine Square Gazebo, Beaver Volunteer Fire Department, Beaver’s Bicentennial Streetscape, Historic Spring House and Reservoir, and Historic Water Fountains.

4.25
 
     

A Brief History of the Churches of Beaver – a condensation of 8 local church histories originally presented on the Historical Walking Tour of Beaver on July 4, 1981. 26 pages plus cover. Eleven photos and sketches. Featured churches include First Presbyterian (by Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes), Beaver United Methodist (by Richard Pow), Saints Peter and Paul (by Pamela Mundo), Park Presbyterian (by Mary I. Campbell), First Christian (by Mrs. Roberts Holt), Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran (by Dr. Kenneth Carlson), Trinity Episcopal (by Lona Hart) and Beaver Christian and Missionary Alliance (by Rev. David L. Bowland).

2.50
 
     

About an Hour’s Worth of Minutes – by James H. Murray, June 1982. 18 pages plus cover. Based on the author’s presentation to the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation on March 14, 1978. Informative and entertaining selection of noteworthy if not humorous business conducted by Beaver Borough Council, taken from archival minutes of council meetings.

2.50
 
     

Captain Sam Brady, Indian Scout – by Marie McClure – and Indian Trails in Beaver County – by Wilbert Sutherland Campbell, second printing, 1998. 26 pages. 5 maps and illustrations. Story of a legendary figure and hero of the early days of Beaver County. In his story of Indian trails, Campbell points out that most of the main trails through the county are still in use today as highways.

 

2.50
 
     

A Brief History of Early Beaver County – by Daniel Agnew, LL.D., December 1972. 15 pages. Introduction by Frank Carver, Marie McClure and Harry Phillips. Volume 9 of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation publications series. Reprint of a speech delivered by the author at the dedication of the new Beaver County Courthouse, May 1, 1877.

 

2.50
 
     

Fort McIntosh: Its Times and Men – by Daniel Agnew, LL.D., 3rd printing, 1998. 36 pages plus covers. Introduction by Robert A. Quay. Volume 5 of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation publications series.

 

2.50
 
     

The Public Squares in Beaver – by Daniel Agnew, LL.D., 2nd printing, January 1969. 22 pages plus cover. Preface by Norman Faulk. Volume 2 of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation publications series. A legal treatise on ownership of the public squares, whether by Beaver Borough or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

2.50
 
     

Bridgewater, Beaver County, Pennsylvania – by Harry Phillips, April 1969. 12 pages plus covers. Includes a facsimile signature of Phillips, the founder of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation.

 

2.50
 
     

Matthew Stanley Quay – based on remarks by W. Scott Moore at the Historical Walking Tour of Beaver on July 4, 1968. 12 pages plus covers. Includes two photographs. Volume 6 of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation publications series. An insight into the life and times of one of Beaver’s most noted citizens who was Treasurer of Pennsylvania and later Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

 

2.50
 
     

The Ghost of Fort McIntosh – by John R. Morrison, project coordinator, 1976. 20 pages. 8 pen and ink drawings. Zack Wallover, story creator. Lawrence F. Novak, artist. Priscilla Morrison, calligrapher. Fictional tale about David McKeehan and the abandoned Fort McIntosh.

 

2.50
 
     

History of the Water Supply of the Borough of Beaver – by Harry Phillips, 1972. 28 pages plus covers. 6 illustrations. Volume 8 of the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation publications series, published jointly with the Beaver County Tourist Promotion Agency. Includes chapters on Water: A Definition, The Nature of Water, People, Water and History, the Borough of Beaver and Water, Judge Alexander Addison, Early Reservoirs, Dr. Joseph H. Bausman, Beaver Borough Municipal Authority, the Distribution System and Total Investment, Per Capita Water Consumption, the Sewage Treatment Plant and Who Owns the Water Lot?

 

2.50
 
     

Fort McIntosh: The Story of Its History and Restoration of the Site– by Frank F. Carver, 2nd edition, May 1993. 101 pages. 25 illustrations. The definitive story of its history, archaeology and restoration. From the time of his retirement as Athletic Director at the University of Pittsburgh in 1969 until his death in 1982, Carver's life was almost entirely devoted to the fort. He was an active member of the "diggers" who worked for 4 years to rediscover and restore the original foundations. He also spent thousands of hours in research, writing and working out the countless arrangements that were part of creating the restored site that now exists on River Road.

10.60
 
     

The Mohawk-Sagamore War – 2nd printing. Originally published April 1, 1879. 48 pages plus cover. 14 chapters. Advertisements from local businesses at the bottom of each page. Facsimile signature of previous owner Mr. Charles W. Graham, Brush Creek, Beaver County, Penn., on the cover.

3.15
 
     

 

A History of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Ohio River Bridge - by Valentine J. Brkich, September 2005. 12 pages plus cover. 17 photographs and illustrations. Chapters include a history of the P&LE Railroad, the Ohio River Bridge and Construction.

4.25
 
     

Righteous Might: Recollections of War – produced by Tom Dowlin and Eric Cooper, 2008. Compact disc (CD) containing videotaped interviews with 21 World War II veterans in connection with the Beaver Area Heritage Museum’s 2008 exhibit, “Beaver’s Greatest Generation.”  Premiered at the Heritage Foundation’s Charter Day Dinner in October 2008.

5.00
 
     
Print of Fort McIntosh Sketch
5.30
 
     
Print of Beaver, 1900
10.60
 
     
Print of Beaver-Bridgewater
10.60
 

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