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Re: RE: Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by Pogo The Clown » Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:02 pm

phatmatress777 wrote:
Pogo The Clown wrote:Do any of you guys know anyone who has worked at Assan Motors in Hadleyville?

Just ol Stevenson aka Keaton

I didn't know if anyone would get the reference. :mrgreen:


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Re: RE: Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by phatmatress777 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:45 pm

Pogo The Clown wrote:Do any of you guys know anyone who has worked at Assan Motors in Hadleyville?


Pogo
Just ol Stevenson aka Keaton

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Re: RE: Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by phatmatress777 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:40 pm

Five Felonies wrote:
phatmatress777 wrote:If you have any specific addresses or specific towns you would like to see let me know.
i know this is unrelated and a good distance away, but i've always been fascinated with centralia! 8-)
I have been there I will dig up the pics it's a strange place I was there in the early 2000s and people were still refusing to move from there they made a deal with the govt that they could stay there until death then the state over took there property


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Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by Pogo The Clown » Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:45 pm

Do any of you guys know anyone who has worked at Assan Motors in Hadleyville?


Pogo

Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by Five Felonies » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:43 pm

phatmatress777 wrote:If you have any specific addresses or specific towns you would like to see let me know.
i know this is unrelated and a good distance away, but i've always been fascinated with centralia! 8-)

Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by phatmatress777 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:07 pm

If you have any specific addresses or specific towns you would like to see let me know. I was in Penn hills yesterday right down on rodi rd. If you want a real feel of things Johnstown is the place to take pics of. The abandoned steel mills still stand in alot of places a non working railroad in the middle of town and the houses haven't been updated since 1950. I hate the ride to Johnstown from Indiana when you get there it's just such a depressing place and you can't but help feel bad for the town and townspeople. When Bethlehem steel was the third largest producer of steel (Pittsburgh was number one Youngstown was 2 Gary Indiana was 3) Bethlehem steel employed around 20,000 people in the Johnstown area through its company and satellite and shoot off companies. Now it's doubtful that 18,000 even live in the entire city. Out of all the rust belt cities Johnstown was hit the worst and truly never ever recovered. But if you guys have anything in mind let me know. Sorry about the Johnstown rant lol

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Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by JCB1977 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:55 pm

I hear ya...I had great uncles that worked at Bessemer Limestone Quarry in Hillsville, PA where most of my Mom's family settled after coming here from Reggio Calabria. I had other Uncles who owned trucks and hauled limestone and one of my Mom's uncles was arrested with the Rocco Racco group in Hillsville, PA in 1907 and he got the stiffest sentence imposed out of all the Black Handers.

Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by phatmatress777 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:38 pm

JCB1977 wrote:
phatmatress777 wrote:
JCB1977 wrote:
phatmatress777 wrote:I'm going to a funeral tonight in heilwood it's a real back water little town


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LOL. It was a serious hotbed for the early days of the Black Hand. If I'm not mistaken, there were quite a few mines in the area that employed the early Italians. John LaRocca was originally from that area.
There were many many mines all over Indiana co there was an operating mine in heilwood up until a few years ago it operated under rosebud mining which was the last large operating company in the area. There still maybe a few small independent mines in that area.


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Very interesting.
This area was once was thriving with jobs.. No longer. I paid 300 bucks to get my under ground mining certifications. Most expensive Toliet paper I ever bought lol. But that's what people did in this area worked... My dad was a union miner for 30 years. It gave us a decent life. We always stayed in the middle class comfort.


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Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by JCB1977 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:54 am

phatmatress777 wrote:
JCB1977 wrote:
phatmatress777 wrote:I'm going to a funeral tonight in heilwood it's a real back water little town


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LOL. It was a serious hotbed for the early days of the Black Hand. If I'm not mistaken, there were quite a few mines in the area that employed the early Italians. John LaRocca was originally from that area.
There were many many mines all over Indiana co there was an operating mine in heilwood up until a few years ago it operated under rosebud mining which was the last large operating company in the area. There still maybe a few small independent mines in that area.


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Very interesting.

Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by phatmatress777 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:44 am

JCB1977 wrote:
phatmatress777 wrote:I'm going to a funeral tonight in heilwood it's a real back water little town


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LOL. It was a serious hotbed for the early days of the Black Hand. If I'm not mistaken, there were quite a few mines in the area that employed the early Italians. John LaRocca was originally from that area.
There were many many mines all over Indiana co there was an operating mine in heilwood up until a few years ago it operated under rosebud mining which was the last large operating company in the area. There still maybe a few small independent mines in that area.


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Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by JCB1977 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:19 am

phatmatress777 wrote:I'm going to a funeral tonight in heilwood it's a real back water little town


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LOL. It was a serious hotbed for the early days of the Black Hand. If I'm not mistaken, there were quite a few mines in the area that employed the early Italians. John LaRocca was originally from that area.

Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by phatmatress777 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:05 am

I'm going to a funeral tonight in heilwood it's a real back water little town


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Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by JCB1977 » Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:43 am

phatmatress777 wrote:I'll be posting some of my own pics soon I've been putting some stuff together


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Looking forward to them. The early days Italian hotbeds were:

Turtle Creek, Homewood, Hill District, Hazelwood, Braddock, East Liberty

Suburbs: Indiana (Heilwood), Beaver, Aliquippa, New Castle, Hillsville, Sharon, Farrell, Butler

Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by Nicholas » Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:29 am

Awesome read

Re: Pittsburgh's Italian/ Ethnic Neighborhoods

by phatmatress777 » Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:46 pm

I'll be posting some of my own pics soon I've been putting some stuff together


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