Rochester High School - Mirage Yearbook (Rochester, PA)

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--Zifzsfott, of Rochester-rgfg ,, 3 U: VA! X ...Liz ,fl gf, fl 1 I lfgljl QWQ. , A . . nh., 'J X---Y kv' A A 1 li , 'i, l J... ri l' U., - . At the confluence of the Ohio and Bea- ver Rivers, bounded on the south side by the Ohio and on the west side by the Beaver lies the borough of Rochester. During the eighteenth century it was an important ren- devous for the Mingo Indians, and was known as Logan,s Town because the famous Indian chief, Logan, had his lodge here. It was formerly part of Beaver, but as early as 1845 the name East Bridgewater was used to designate that part of the town op- posite Bridgewater, and Fairport was the section farther east. The honor of giving this town the name of Rochester belongs to Mitchell Hammond, who kept a grocery store on Water Street, sometime between 1837 and 1840. He purchased some gro- ceries in Pittsburg', and had them shipped to him at Rochester, hence the name. Early after the opening of the north side of the Ohio to the settlement of the whites jk .sf .X 2. gg., it QVfP.f2.9 C- fi, . B its 6 1 E fi Wifi, ..-ff-W .- 1 7 we find a few log cabins being built. Who built the first one is not known, but we do know that in 1799 Francis Reno built a log cabin just below where the Passavant Me- morial Home now stands. Industry began to develop here as early as 1806. Amasa Brown built a fleet of boats for Aaron Burr, and it might also be men- tioned here that it was his son, Perry Brown, who was the author of the school house flag bill, which resulted in the present display of the American flag on public school buildings throughout the United States. But the real growth of the village did not begin until the building of the Pittsburgh and Erie divi- sion of the Pennsylvania Canal. Freight 3 V 9, V., 3 lA 'J X wig Boi' 1 fav. F fu 1-as cv .-- Sy 1- . as Ng t ,glli fl .gi . RM-is O 1. ' -. 1 . L. f xi- 4111. -J ii was brought by canal boat from the Great Lakes section and transferred here to river boats and carried down the Ohio and Mis- sissippi Rivers. A ferry boat was also for many years operated between Rochester and Philipsburg fnow Monacaj by Captain Joseph R. Campbell. In 1836, a man by the name of Ovid Pinney invested 530,000 in land here and prepared to build a large town. He sent Marcus T. C. Gould here to look after his interests and the sale of his land. Among the early citizens no one did more to ad-