Little Beaver Historical Society
Northern Beaver County
Farming & Agriculture
Photos
These local farming and agriculture related photographs are from the Little Beaver Historical Society online collection and other sources.
| IMAGE | CAPTION | DATE | CATEGORY | KEYWORDS | SOURCING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0001 | CAPTION Farm of Rev. Samuel Patterson, Darlington, Pa. Image from 1876 Caldwell Beaver County Atlas. Samuel Patterson was for 40 years pastor of Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church, later known as the Galilean Presbyterian in New Galilee Borough. He was also on the Board of Greersburg Academy. He is buried in Rocky Spring Cemetery in the spot where his pulpit once stood. Bedroom furniture from this home is on display in the Greersburg Academy. The farm buildings once stood on the hillside just northeast of Darlington on Route 551, but they were torn down in the 1960s. | DATE 1876 | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS farm Samuel Patterson Darlington Borough Greersburg Academy Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church Galilean Presbyterian Church New Galilee Borough | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL 1876 Caldwell Beaver County Atlas |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0015 | CAPTION Watts Mill. Destroyed by fire in 1915. | DATE 1900 | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS business feed mill South Beaver Township | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0002 | CAPTION Farming at the home of Ira Mansfield, Cannelton (Darlington Township), Pa. | DATE 1900, circa | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS farm Ira Mansfield steam tractor Cannelton (Darlington Township) | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0010 | CAPTION Theiss Brothers grain elevator and mill in Enon Valley. | DATE 1910 | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS business grain elevator mill Enon Valley Borough | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0003 | CAPTION Threshing at White Farm, Cannelton (Darlington Township), Pa. | DATE 1915, circa | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS farm White Farm Cannelton (Darlington Township) | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0008 | CAPTION Invoice from John Young's Dairy Farm of Chippewa Township to Providence Hospital in Beaver Falls. On back, accounting showing John Young's daughter Margaret's hospital bill, paid using two bushels of pears and 60 bushels of potatoes | DATE 1927 | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS Chippewa Twp. farm dairy invoice/bill Providence Hospital | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0007 | CAPTION John Young's Dairy Farm located near the present day "19th Hole" restaurant on Blackhawk Rd. in Chippewa Township. | DATE 1930s - 1940s | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS Chippewa Twp. farm dairy | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Dave Young |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0004 | CAPTION Threshing service, Big Beaver Borough, Pa. Bob Davenport: Steam tractor looks similar to my grandfather's (George Barclay). He used to travel from farm to farm to do their threshing. If you look in the background of the picture, you can see the old Owens Farm, and you can see Shenango Road where it turns and goes up the hill. The picture was taken on the old Dusty Patterson Farm. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS farm Big Beaver Borough Owens Farm Dusty Patterson Farm | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Bob Davenport |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0005 | CAPTION Owens Farm. Showing Elmer and Ed Owens, younger brother Russell near Summit Cut. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS farm Big Beaver Borough Owens Farm Dusty Patterson Farm Summit Cut trains | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Bob Davenport |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0006 | CAPTION From LBHS Facebook page: "Watt’s Mill in South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1798 and operated continuously until it burned on January, 14, 1916. Frank Steele, who grew up in the area during the early part of the century, recorded the following recollections of Watt’s Mill. "In the winter of 1912, my father and I went to Watt’s Mill with 10 bushels of buckwheat and two bushels of corn to get ground. [We had] to go down to the Little Beaver Creek, which we had to ford. The horses did not want to cross as the water was real deep, about two inches from the bottom of the spring wagon. Tom Watt and his brother Jim operated the mill. They also had a sawmill [although] I never saw it in operation. They would not grind buckwheat when the weather was damp, as the buckwheat would not grind well on a damp day. They did not like to change from grinding buckwheat to corn, as they had to operate the mill [empty] a short time to get it cleaned out. Stone grinding wheels were used, turned by a water wheel laid on its side, called a tub wheel. They left the water wheel operate continuously in real cold weather so it would not freeze. In winter there would be pieces of ice come through the water wheel. It would sound like a lot of glass being broken, [or] a bunch of rocks in the wheel. The door of the mill was higher than the wagons, [so] they had a plank to leave down to the bottom of the wagon. You would fasten a rope around two or three sacks of grain and they would pull the sacks up the plank to the mill floor. The rope was fastened to a revolving shaft operated by the water wheel. The Watts Brothers would take part of the flour as toll. I believe it was one eighth. They would rather have flour than cash, as there was a great demand for the flour. Mr. Jim Watt told us about being to the Klondyke (sic) gold rush in Alaska [and] showed us the gold watch and chain made from the gold he had panned. He smoked a corn cob pipe [and] would reach in one chute where the buckwheat hulls came down from the screen and filled his pipe with hulls and smoked it. It did not smell very good to me. In 1915, Frosty Cook and I would take 15 bushels of buckwheat and two bushels of corn in the sled and we had to leave it because there was so many grists ahead of us. We would go back in a week taking 15 bushels more. That year my father raised 120 bushels [of buckwheat]. He sold the flour in Beaver Falls at the Grand Hotel [and] also at a lot of restaurants. We would have buckwheat cakes every breakfast and mush fried every weekend." | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS South Beaver Twp. mill bridge Little Beaver Creek | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0036 | CAPTION Phyllis Byrne (2nd great grand daughter): Jacob Young with the milk wagon on his dairy farm in Chippewa Twp. He was a farmer and milkman who came to the US from Germany in 1864. Part of his farm is where the present day Chippewa shopping centers are located. The farm extended as far as Brady's Run, to Darlington Rd. and Blackhawk Rd. Jacob and his wife, Molly Erkel, had 10 children. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS Chippewa Twp. dairy farm | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Mike Young |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0009 | CAPTION Watt’s Mill in South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1798 and operated continuously until it burned on January, 14, 1916. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS South Beaver Twp. mill bridge Little Beaver Creek | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0024_Darlington Brick Company_picnic at Watts Mill | CAPTION Catherine Ann Garrett: The Watts Mill property was owned by Bill Kenny of Darlington. Bill was the general manager of Darlington Brick. He had many picnics at Watts Mill over the years. This picnic shelter was located below the ruins of the stone home. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture Stores & Businesses | KEYWORDS Watts Mill South Beaver Twp. recreation company picnic | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0025_Frank Fry Roller Mill_New Galilee | CAPTION Frank Fry roller mill located on Washington Avenue. Image from the original glass negatives with a rare photo of the inside of the roller mill power house. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture Stores & Businesses | KEYWORDS New Galilee Borough roller mill agriculture | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Bill Bittner |
View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0036_Young's Dairy_Chippewa | CAPTION Phyllis Byrne (2nd great grand daughter): Jacob Young with the milk wagon on his dairy farm in Chippewa Twp. He was a farmer and milkman who came to the US from Germany in 1864. Part of his farm is where the present day Chippewa shopping centers are located. The farm extended as far as Brady's Run, to Darlington Rd. and Blackhawk Rd. Jacob and his wife, Molly Erkel, had 10 children. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture Stores & Businesses | KEYWORDS Chippewa Twp. dairy farm | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Mike Young |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0010_CW-Reed-Dairy-Truck | CAPTION C. W. Reed dairy truck. Farm located on Dutch Ridge Road, Brighton Township, Pennsylvania. Rural milk delivery included Darlington area. Child may be Mary Reed Cochran. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS dairy farm Brighton Township | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Not documented |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0011_Earl-Wagoner-Farm-1952 | CAPTION Earl Wagoner's farm near Route 51 and Cannelton Road, Darlington Township, Pennsylvania. Thrashing wheat with a thrasher owned by Sam Swick. | DATE September 17, 1952 | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS wheat thrashing farm equipment Cannelton, Darlington Township | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Bill Bittner |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0012_Logging-at-Alex-Hunter-Farm-Industry-Pa | CAPTION Logging activity at Alex Hunter Farm on Six-Mile Run near Industry, Pennsylvania. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS logging Industry Borough horses | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Clyde Piquet |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0013_Jim-Springer-and-plow-horses | CAPTION Jim Springer with two plow horses. Springer was farming superintendent at the Beaver County Home, Potter Township, Pennsylvania. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS plowing Beaver County Home Potter Township horses | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Charles Townsend Collection |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0014_Farming-at-Beaver-County-Home | CAPTION Horse drawn farming at the Beaver County Home, Potter Township, Pennsylvania. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS plowing Beaver County Home Potter Township horses | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL Charles Townsend Collection |
 View This Image ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0015_Threshing-day-in-Marion-Twp-Pa | CAPTION Threshing day at Steinbach Farm near Burry's Church, Marion Township, Pennsylvania. | DATE Unknown | CATEGORY Agriculture | KEYWORDS community threshing Marion Township horses | SOURCE LBHS Facebook page ORIGINAL LBHS Collection |