[PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> McKeesport had a daily newspaper...Is it still there?

Daily News; Still at the corner of Lysle Boulevard (Jerome St) and Walnut
St.

> They had rail commuter service and it was a stop on mainline B&O trains.

They had commuter rail service until 1989, and Amtrak service until a few
years later.

> PRC trolleys connected to downtown PGH via two routes

56C and 61C buses still approximate those routes.

> They had a good downtown.  A Sgt in my National Guard unit
> operated a family owned rug business...Sam Dougherty on 5th Ave
> It was still there two years ago.

It was still there the last time I was through and paying attention, but
my wife doesn't live in Versailles anymore, so it's not that frequent
anymore.

> A good hospital...and lets not forget Dr Hunt

The hospital is still there.

> What is the current population?  Used to be about 65 K I believe.

I'd guess under 30k.

The author of that site, incidentally, was a student at CMU a year behind
me. He's now Pitt's webmaster (so he told me earlier today)