We at Ellwood City Memories felt that our little town has such a great past, it needed to be celebrated rather than only remembered by a select few. We started this web site to post great pictures of Ellwood City, PA past and present along with the stories behind them to share with other generations the grand history of our town. Ellwood City Memories is a place where we can share our fond memories and photos and maybe even learn something we did not know before. If you have any pictures or stories about any of the pictures posted that you would like to share please email us at info@ellwoodcitymemories.com All pictures and stories will be credited to the owner.
If you have any questions about the history of Ellwood City, please email us and we will post the question under History’s Mysteries. Thank you Please sign the Guestbook
Grimm Bridge: Thank you to Bruce Wells at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and Wayne Cole formerly of Ellwood City and author of Ghost Rails VI: The Harmony Route for helping us identify the old Harmony Line Bridge that crossed the Connoquenessing into Ewing Park after running along the East side of the Tube Mill. However, we are still looking for anybody that might have a picture of this bridge. We originally thought the Interurban Bridge was the bridge in question, but that bridge was a quarter mile downstream from the current railroad bridge in Frisco and also called the Knox Bridge.
Friday’s Dairy:Thank you to the many people who helped with this mystery. It seems that the actual farm was located on Friday Hill off of Rt 65 across from Mt Hope Road. But thanks to Kirk Zikeli we discovered the actual Friday Dairy’s shop was located in the alley between Todd Ave and First Ave in the 700 block. Sometimes if you look at the right angle the name is still visable.
Blue & White Restaurant: It was located on 6th Street across from the current ESB bank between Lawrence Ave & Beaver Ave. There was a drugstore on the corner and then the Blue & White Restaurant. They were not exactly positive about the dates but believed it to be open late fifties and early sixties.
Past Mysteries Thank you to Bob Stevenson for his information on the roundheads and the Sons of Veterans.
Ellwood City Memories is not a complete history as much as it is meant to be a collection of memories of Ellwood City. If you would like to read more about the HISTORY of Ellwood City, we recommend the following books…
A History of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania / compiled by A. E. Whittaker, edited by the Ellwood City Historical Association. Imprint Butler, PA. : Printed by Record-Ziegler Printing Co., 1932-1942.
Ellwood City Houses and the People Who Lived in Them / Charles R. Moser ; produced by Steve Shinsky ; photos by Buquo Studios ; c1994.
Ellwood City’s Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Booklet and Program : Ellwood City — 75 years of progress.
Imprint Ellwood City, PA : Ellwood City Ledger, 1967.
100 Years of Memories: Centennial 1892-1992 Ellwood City’s Pennsylvania
Imprint Ellwood City, PA : Ellwood City Ledger, 1967.
Steeltown / Charles R. Walker / Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York / 1950. A book-length study of Ellwood City and its National Tube Co. mill by social science researchers from Yale University in 1946-1948, a time when the mill was threatened with closing.
Infantryman Petitt – By William Gavin
Hack – Bob Boone (story of Hack Wilson, click HERE for an exerpt)
Ellwoodian – Lincoln High School yearbooks, Ellwood City
Pathfinder - Riverside High School yearbooks, Ellwood City
History of the 100th Pennsylvania Roundheads – By William Gavin
History of the 10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Its Forebearers and Successors in the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean Emergency.
Imprint Allentown, PA : Lithographic Service, Inc.
175th Anniversary Book of Wampum PA –
