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. 

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0001
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0015
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Watts Mill. Destroyed by fire in 1915.
DATE
1900
CATEGORY
Agriculture
KEYWORDS
business
feed mill
South Beaver Township
SOURCE
LBHS Facebook page

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Not documented

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0002
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0010
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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

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Not documented

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0003
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0008
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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

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Not documented

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0007
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0004
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0005
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0006
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0036
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-A-0009
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0024_Darlington Brick Company_picnic at Watts Mill
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0025_Frank Fry Roller Mill_New Galilee
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2022-B-0036_Young's Dairy_Chippewa
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0010_CW-Reed-Dairy-Truck
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0011_Earl-Wagoner-Farm-1952
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0012_Logging-at-Alex-Hunter-Farm-Industry-Pa
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0013_Jim-Springer-and-plow-horses
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0014_Farming-at-Beaver-County-Home
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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

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ACCESSION: LBHS-2023-A-0015_Threshing-day-in-Marion-Twp-Pa
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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