Beaver County Genealogy and History Center

08/30/2026

08/18/2026

REMINDER
Weds., Aug. 19, 7 p.m.
Eric Lidji to present the lives and rivalry of Moe Rubenstein & Nate Lippe

08/06/2026

News Story 102 Years Ago Today!

Brighton Five Athletic Club news was found randomly while doing research for a patron.

Does anyone out there know more about this club, have a photo or other material for the file?


Source: BCG&HC “Sports – New Brighton” Vertical File

07/22/2026

Beaver County train enthusiasts & historians remember seeing this
locomotive traveling the rails.

Here is P&LE Locomotive #1501 sporting Bicentennial colors as it crosses into Beaver in May of 1976.

Painted in black & gold again, P&LE #1501 completed its last passenger commuter run on July 12, 1986.

BCG&HC Railroad Vertical Files

07/14/2026

REMINDER
Weds., July 15, 7 PM
Fort McIntosh & the Protection of the Western Frontier

07/13/2026

Moving nice and slow after departure from Conway Yard. Rochester Flag Plaza in the background.

View from Rochester-Bridgewater bridge over the Beaver River @ 9:40 AM July 12, 2026

07/10/2026

Historic Conway Yard Welcomes Union Pacific BIG BOY No. 4014!

In celebration of the America250 coast-to-coast journey of Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive through Beaver County, PA, we’ve pulled a fantastic piece of ephemera from our files! This 8-panel foldout brochure provides a look at the Pennsylvania Railroad (Norfolk Southern predecessor) Conway Yard as the “World’s Largest Push-Button Yard”. Completed in 1957, the PRR touts a $35M post WWII investment in automated rail car classification in the strategic Conway location. The tip of the iceberg in our railroad files & library collection …


BCG&HC Vertical Files – Railroads: General

07/10/2026

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT!

Add to your America250 celebration by joining us for a look at the dangerous life here during frontier times!

Along the Ohio River in present day Beaver, Fort McIntosh played an important part in our Revolutionary War history.

Admission is free, see you at the meeting!