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Welcome to Brownsville

Brownsville played an important role in the settlement of America's first frontier and in the industrial development of western Pennsylvania.The site where Brownsville now stands, home to Native Americans, was known as 'Redstone Old Fort'. A road connecting Maryland to the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains followed Nemacolin Trail (blazed by the Indian ChiefNemacolin); was the first road paid for by the Government; and was known asthe 'National road' or 'National Pike'.  The road was later improved and
used for pioneer and military use by the British.
       Brownsville situated, at the western most point of Fayette County, onthe National Road and overlooking the Monongahela River was the gateway to the west. Thomas Brown, realizing that pioneers would be drawn to theBrownsville area to get to the Ohio Valley and the state of Kentucky, purchased land in the 1700's and by mid 1700's a town was being mapped out. It was then, that the town of Brownsville (named for Thomas Brown and formerly known as Redstone Old Fort) became a "keel-boat" building center
as well as other businesses for travelers. The businessmen from Brownsville supplied transportation and supplies to the traveling pioneers, and the town became very prosperous. The steamboat industry soon took over to facilitate traffic along the Monongahela River. The very first steamboat, the Enterprise, to travel to New Orleans and return by its own power was designed and built in the Brownsville boatyards and launched from the Brownsville Wharf in 1814.
      The town began to decline in the mid 1800's due to the completion of a railroad designed to connect Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Brownsville's transportation system wasn't able to surpass the fast track of the railway. 
       The steel industry soon appeared and shortly after that in the twentieth century, Brownsville's rich coal veins provided the necessary product for making steel and became an important railroad and commercial center. This boom lasted until the mid 1900's when many changes in industry affected the atmosphere of this twice prosperous town and many other communities in this Monongahela Valley.



PAVILION RENTAL FEES FOR PATSY HILLMAN PARK

2010 RENTAL FEES FOR THE PATSY HILLMAN PARK.

 
HILLMAN   PAVILION $150.00  + $100 DEPOSIT
 
LUZERNE PAVILION , BROWNSVILLE PAVILION, COMISSIONERS   PAVILION $75.00  + $50.00 DEPOSIT.
 
ROTARY  $PAVILION 50.00 + $50.00 DEPOSIT
 
 
CALL FRANK RICCO AT 724.785.3600 FOR PAVILION RESERVATION

Plans for this site!!

I am going to try and show the history of events that made Brownsville what it is today. If anyone would like to help in this endeavor with me as for a class project or just as a local interest please feel free to email me with your input. Here are some of the events that I have come up with and if you have more just email this site.

1. Thomas Brown
2. Nemacolin Castle and it's significance to Brownsville
3. Steamboat building
4. Railroads and coal mines
5. Three Boroughs
6. Krepps bottom

Snow Removal for Market Street and High Street

Penn Dot has taken back High Street and Market Street  for winter maintainence and the phone number to call for any problems about snow and ice removal on those streets is to be directed to 724.439.7470

Statistical Data for Brownsville

http://www.city-data.com/city/Brownsville-Pennsylvania.html

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US4209432&_geoContext=01000US%7C86000US15417&_street=&_county=brownsville&_cityTown=brownsville&_state=04000US42&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=

     www.greatschools.net/city/Brownsville/PA

Building Brownsville

I am the artist facilitating the project, the workshop is free to the public
and funded by the PA Council on the Arts, administered by the Community
Foundation of Fayette Co.  The Brownsville Area Revitalization Corp. is
giving permission to hold the workshop on their property.  I've attached a
copy of the poster, and the details are following:

*Building Brownsville:*
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
10am - 4pm - drop by anytime to create your own 3-D model celebrating the
architecture of Brownsville.
Gazalie Building 165 Market St. Brownsville, PA
For All Ages


A hands-on, public art workshop celebrating the Borough's rich architectural
gems.
A free, family-friendly, educational art activity.  Create your own 3-D
model !
This workshop is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts,
a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

For further information, please contact:
art2go.mail@gmail.com
www.barcpa.org
www.brownsvillepa.org

Thank you so much for your kind attention, Helen

Art 2 Go
Helen Marish
221 Shell St.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
310-658-0219
art2go.mail@gmail.com

View Schedule at:
http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/#/pages/Art-2-Go/120436029564

http://www.linkedin.com/in/art2go

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