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[Harold Geissenheimer]

Thank you for the dates
  Mt Oliver while an independent municipality, is part
of the Pittsburgh School Board.  It is alone in this.
I believe that they have their own police and fire.
Harold Geissenheimer

Donald Galt wrote:

>Has anybody answered this part of Harold's question?
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>On 18 Aug 2004 at 14:48, Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
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>>Greetings    another question.  What year did Beechview
>>join the city of Pittsburgh?   Was Carrick one of the last
>>to combine? 
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>West Liberty Boro joined Pgh on 6 Jan 1908
>Beechview Boro on 4 Jan 1909
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>Not too much help, perhaps, but in 1910 the boroughs of Carrick, St. Clair & 
>Knoxville were still independent. All three had been absorbed into the city by 
>1931.
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>Which prompts another question: why did Mount Oliver hold out? And in what ways 
>does it remain independent?
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>Don
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