PRINTER'S NO. 2166
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
413
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY COOK, JUNE 18, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 18, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the City of Monongahela
from August 8 through 11, 2019.
WHEREAS, The city of Monongahela dates its origin from April
17, 1769, when William Nowland, Peter Froman and James Linnes
purchased tracts of land at the mouth of Pigeon Creek on the
Monongahela River, from a land office in Philadelphia on the
strength of a 1768 treaty with the Indians; and
WHEREAS, Originally called Parkinson's Ferry, then
Williamsport and finally Monongahela City, the town is the
oldest settlement in the Monongahela Valley; and
WHEREAS, Monongahela thrived as a transportation center
supporting thousands of river journeys to the west; and
WHEREAS, In 1771, Joseph Parkinson and the DeVore brothers
built and operated competing ferries on opposite sides of the
Monongahela River; and
WHEREAS, Monongahela is an Indian word for "falling banks"
and the city includes two Native American burial mounds; and
WHEREAS, During the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, Monongahela
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was the location of a meeting of 226 whiskey rebels held on a
bluff overlooking the Monongahela River, now known as Whiskey
Point; and
WHEREAS, Many buildings in Monongahela, such as the Longwell
House and the Bethel AME Church, were used as part of the
Underground Railroad; and
WHEREAS, Monongahela is the hometown of famed NFL quarterback
Joe Montana; and
WHEREAS, Monongahela native, the late Alvin Helfer, is being
honored as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for
excellence in broadcasting at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown
during the Baseball Hall of Fame's 150th anniversary on July 20,
2019, in Cooperstown, New York; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives celebrate the
250th anniversary of the City of Monongahela from August 8
through 11, 2019.
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