DARE Interview: Washington, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA070
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- Created Date
- 1968
- Description
Informant Data:
PA070: White; male; age: 83 (old); education: 7th grade; community type: small city
Media Files:
Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA070 (4:01)
Full Interview (Tape 1370-S1).
Content:
00:20 Travel—West Finley Ridge—described, Old Store at Route 10, Old Quaker cemetery
04:00 Community description—date town was founded, previous names of town, organization of town, size
05:55 Local history—town was an Indian camp, location of first hangings
09:40 Story about a man who was hung
11:15 Local crematory—first in United States
12:10 Transportation—history of S. Bridge, description of National Road, Blackhorse Road, stagecoaches, railroads, local roads
19:30 Trolley museum
21:15 Transportation available to Pittsburgh
22:00 Narrow Gage Railroad
27:35 Job history—carpenter
27:55 Arthur the Rat
32:00 Tape end
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Publisher
- Dictionary of American Regional English
- Subjects
- Travel
Local history
Community description
Local people
Transportation
Museums
Job history
Washington County (Pennsylvania)
Washington (Pennsylvania) - Type
- sound
- Language
- English, English
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- DARE Interview: Washington, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA070. 1968. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LGL3P7RDAUGNN8M. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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