Carnegie and surrounding areas

			In 1765, Major William Lea-an English Army office, built the Old St Luke's Episcopal Church in Woodville, 
		the church is the oldest church west of thh Allagheny mountains.

			The first white pioneers to settle in what is know known as Carnegie was John and James Bell 
		from Virginia in 1768, in the following year they constructed permanent cabins.

			The first post office was established in 1853, with Mansfield have churches and schools, 
		the next natural step was the post office

			The first church erected was the First Presbyterian Church built in 1852-53.  United Presbyterian 
		Church organized their congregation in 1856, and built the Church in 1858. Then came the Methodist Church 
		in 1859 and the Baptists organized in 1868.  1876 the German Catholics built St Joseph's Church and 
		in 1880 St Luke's Church was erected.

			Mansfield was incorporated into a borough September 6, 1872, the same day Chartiers incorporated 
		as a borough also.  Large employers at that time were, Mansfield Coal and Coke Co., Steen and Sons 
		Colliery and Grant Mining co.  

			In 1883 J C Kirkpatrick and Company  built the Chartiers Iron and Steel Co, bringing many new 
		families in to Mansfield and surrounding areas.

			By 1891 Mansfield boased having four churches, seven doctors, a school, a bank and other 
		businesses.  There were 2 wooden covered bridges crossing the Chartiers creek, connecting Mansfield 
		and Chartiers.  Chartiers bring the first ward and Mansfield the second ward. Gas lines were laid out 
		on Main st and Washington ave in 1885-89, and Chartiers st was the first to be paved in 1888.

			February 20, 1894 residents voted to consolidate the two boroughs by a vote of 670 to 125.  
		The new Carnegie government consisted of a Burgess and a 6 person council.

			Andrew Carnegie allowed the new town to be named in his honor and in return he donated $200,000 
		for the build of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library which open May 1, 1901

			The first high school built in Carnegie was erected in 1899.

			Carnegie continued to grow and by 1916 there were three railroad lines and 14 metal industries 
		together they employed 6,270 people.  Carnegie's population grew every year until about 1950, then 
		with he closing of Superior Steel in 1960's.By 1970 the population had dropped to 1,023 people.

Updated on ... January 28, 2002
Collected by Terry Hutchison Cook