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Law Enforcement Endures

Pete Harmon — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:49:42 +0000

To Survive Is To Continue To Live These are two historical accounts, plus a memoir to my brothers in law enforcement. Never assume anything is routine. Constable William Hill and I share a common bound together as Law Enforcement Agents in our little town of Kittanning that few others do. Together we carried out our [...]

Edgewood, Then and Now

Pete Harmon — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:20:59 +0000

EDGEWOOD Mention the name Edgewood Intersection and most drivers from around the Kittanning area will most likely identify it as the traffic intersection at the bottom of the Indiana Pike hill. The present day configuration of the Edgewood Intersection was not its first. During the initial relocation of the Edgewood Intersection in 1934, several houses [...]

Baseball Star of a By-Gone Era

Pete Harmon — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:50:38 +0000

Sometimes I just come across a picture that takes me on a journey. On a visit to the Armstrong County Historical Society I noticed an old baseball team picture on display. This picture was labeled “Mohawk” with a 1918 date. Two things that drew my interest were old time sports teams and Mohawk, which was [...]

Another Addition to Kittanning

Pete Harmon — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:24:35 +0000

What was once here is back again! This isn’t Dunkin Donuts first appearance in Kittanning and it is actually in the same spot. The old Boron Gas Station below has went through many transformations. Located at this building after the Boron Gas Station was Mister Donut, Dunkin Donut, and then Subway. There may have been [...]

New Bridge for Kittanning (1931)

Pete Harmon — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:26:17 +0000

Besides the Courthouse, one of the main focal points for Kittanning is the bridge. At one time to easily reach Kittanning from the west, the Kittanning Bridge was needed to reach the destination of town. Very few options existed upstream or down the river. There were a few ferrys at various spots, but the loading [...]

Downtown Kittanning Eatery

Pete Harmon — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:53:19 +0000

With the population nearing its peak in Kittanning and before corporate restaurants took over, plenty of Kittanning families provided home-cooked meals to the busy downtown area. One such place was G. F. Walker’s Restaurant. This would be one of the first business that you would’ve seen as you came across the Kittanning Bridge. It was [...]

Very Seldom Seen View

Pete Harmon — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:17:32 +0000

Being tucked in the valley, there are a lot of great advantages to view Kittanning from above. The most common place viewed and photographed is from West Kittanning looking at the bridge towards the courthouse. I stopped to visit Howard at Howard’s Gold in Kittanning. He was kind enough to share with me an unusual photo of [...]

New registration procedure

Kathy Graff — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:23:44 +0000

Note: People who registered before July 2012 do not need to register again. These instructions are only for new members. Visitors are more than welcome, but if you want to participate more fully, please send an email message using the temporary contact form here including the following registration information for your new account: user ID [...]

New Sedwick Building is Thrown Open

Pete Harmon — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:03:35 +0000

Sedwick Brothers threw open the doors of their fine new three story building on South Jefferson St. this morning and a large number of people have already been pleasantly surprised at the completeness of this latest improvement to Kittanning’s growing number of modern business structures. Late in March of this year(1926) a plot of ground [...]

Merry Christmas….

Christopher Anthony — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:19:51 +0000

On behalf of the entire staff, how small it may be, I want to extend a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to each and everyone. I wish for save journeys, wonderful memories with family and friends during the holidays. kittanningonline looks forward to offering many new and great stories, little known facts, and cherished memories about our [...]