McKees Rocks

For Further Reading: 1904-1983

"Great Future Is Predicted for Bustling McKees Rocks."

Pittsburg Leader, [1904].

"Proposed M'Kees Rocks Bridge Second Costliest in County:

Lengthening of Span across the Ohio Raises Expense to $1,596,562."

Pittsburg Dispatch, 27 March 1915.

[McKees Rocks Indian Mound.]

Oliver H. Brady.

Pittsburg Dispatch, 30 November 1919.

"Your Neighbors:

McKees Rocks, Once Indian Land, Becomes Industrial Center."

Kay Ryall.

The Pittsburgh Press, 6 November 1932.

"McKees Rocks."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 September 1936.

"McKees Rocks Boys' Club Aims Fight on Delinquency."

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, 20 April 1939.

"McKees Rocks Mound Site Urged as Park:

Fulton Offers Bill to Acquire Ancient Burial Ground."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 27 July 1946.

"Physician, 90, Promises to Provide for Library:

McKees Rocks, Stowe Township School Boards

To Get Bulk of Doctor's Estate."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 28 January 1948.

["$6,200,000 Project Announced by Redevelopment Authority."]

Edwin Beachler.

The Pittsburgh Press, 21 October 1951.

"Modern Industrial District Dedication at Noon Monday:

New McKees Rocks Trucking Terminal Called

Most Up-to-Date in Tri-State."

The Pittsburgh Press, 16 December 1951.

"McKees Rocks Looks Over $10,000,000 Face-Lifting:

Borough Told How to Avoid Becoming Ghost Town."

The Pittsburgh Press, 1 March 1953, 4.

"Diplomacy Saves Renaissance;

'Rocks' Business Foes Soothed:

Hazlett 'Lays It on the Line.'"

The Pittsburgh Press, 1 February 1957, 1, 10.

"McKee Is an Old Name Here:

Early Settlers' Descendants Are Living in City Today."

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, 9 January 1959.

"Hershman 'Curbs' Big Face-Lifting:

He Blocks Job in Bid for Power."

William Pade.

The Pittsburgh Press, 7 September 1959, 1, 6.

"McKees Rocks Changes Must Have Hershman OK:

Won't Permit Redevelopment, Burgess Says,

And Leave Citizens Holding the Bag."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12 September 1959.

"Burgess 'Rocking' Redevelopment Boat:

Hershman Brands Bids 'Grossly Low'

Calls Authority's Plan 'A Farce.'"

William Pade.

The Pittsburgh Press, 8 May 1960, 1, 20.

"County 'Sure' Rocks Project Will Go Ahead:

Ruffin Confident Hershman Clash Won't Block Plan."

William Pade.

The Pittsburgh Press, 12 May 1960.

"Hershman, Authority Trade Verbal Punches:

McKees Rocks Action Sought."

William Pade.

The Pittsburgh Press, 4 December 1960, 10 (Section 2).

"'Rocks' Renewal Job Goes to Ohio Firm:

Columbus Shopping Center Specialists

Selected over Six Other Applicants."

The Pittsburgh Press, 29 March 1961.

"McKees Rocks Project Gets County Okay:

Action Paves Way for Submitting Facelifting to U. S."

William Pade.

The Pittsburgh Press, 30 January 1963.

"Final Hurdle Cleared by McKees Rocks Plaza:

Approval of $2,041,869 Federal Grant

To Start Long-Delayed Project."

Thomas P. Snyder.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12 April 1963.

"Injunction on Plaza Refused:

Judge Price Denies Plea to Halt Project in McKees Rocks."

Joseph P. Browne.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4 January 1964.

"McKees Rocks Facelifting Delay Blasted:

County Probe Due:

Authority Faces Quiz."

William Pade.

The Pittsburgh Press, 27 May 1964.

"McKees Plaza Plan on Rocks:

Shopping Center Project Stalled in Developer Search."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 29 May 1965.

"Developer Signs Up in M'Kees Rocks:

$2 Million Shop Center Planned on 18-Acre Site."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 16 October 1965.

"Major Renewal in McKees Rocks Starts Next Week:

County Redevelopment Authority Sets Groundbreaking

Wednesday for $2 Million Shopping Center."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 23 July 1966.

"Foerster Maps Peace in McKees Rocks Poverty War."

Robert Johnson.

The Pittsburgh Press, 16 July 1968.

"Emergency Poverty Unit Proposed."

Thomas P. Snyder.

The Pittsburgh Press, 19 September 1968, 3.

"Hershman May Yield Reins in McKees Rocks: 'Overlord' for 25 Years."

Ralph Z. Hallow.

The Pittsburgh Press, 16 February 1969.

"Rocks OKs Probe of Hershman:

Council to Check Mayor's Handling of Fines, Fees."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 29 April [1969].

"The Bottoms:

Nostalgic Neighbors Recall McKees Rocks Ups, Downs."

Jerry Byrd.

The Pittsburgh Press, 23 October 1983, K1.

"The McKees Rocks Story."

George Swetnam.

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Last updated: 8 June 1999.