East McKeesport High School - East Port Yearbook (East McKeesport, PA)

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SEHUUL PHESENTS THE 1949 EAST PUHT EAST MEHEESPUHT PENNSYLVANIA

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UUH TUW East McKeesport. situated on cx beau- tiful plateau overlooking the Turtle Creek Valley. is very dear and close to all our hearts. Early records show that East Mc- Keesport was a part of a tract called Scanderoon, an Indian name. At its early stage ol growth, there were no good roads nor exceptional means of travel. The old Greensburg Turnpike lnow the Lincoln Highway? gave ac- cess to the outside world. It was com- mon to see a herd of sheep or oxen being driven along the highway which was then a sea of mud. Travel- ers passing through East McKeesport would change horses here at the crossroads and then go on with their journey. Life was very simple then, but the simplicity of it all has made our town a typical American town. Today our town has grown into a residential dis- trict, housing families of industrial workers. Here the early inhabitants lived and shared their joys and sorrows, and here we live to carry on the yester- days, todays, and tomorrows ot OUR TOWN.