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7 THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Historical Magazine EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Robert C. Alberts John Kent Folmar Frederick A, Hetzel John Opie Frank A.Zabrosky Paul Roberts, Editor Agnes L.Starrett George Swetnam Joel A.Tarr Edward G. Williams Volume 70 Pittsburgh The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania 1987

9 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 70 Fighting "Civic Smallpox" :The Civic Club of Allegheny County's Campaign for Billboard Regulation, Kristin Szylvian Bailey 3 The Allegheny City Water Works, Bruce W. Jordan 29 The Historical Accuracy of the Captivity Narrative of Doctor John Knight Parker B. Brown 53 Patterns of Ethnic Settlement inlate Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania Thomas L. Purvis 107 The Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812: An Anonymous Journal of Service for the Year 1814 John C. Fredriksen 123 Homewood-Brushton: A Century of Community-Making Steven W. Sapolsky and Bartholomew Roselli 159 Oil Fever: Letters by Timothy W. Kelly from the Pennsylvania OilFields Elaine Kelly Pease 211 From Pickup to Passengers: The Transformation of AllAmerican Aviation, W. David Lewis and WilliamF. Trimble 231 The Historical Roles of Pittsburgh's Research Universities in Regional Economic Development Annette L.Giovengo 257 Diversity WithinUnity: Regionalism and Social Relationships Among Slovaks inpre-world War IPittsburgh June Granatir Alexander 317 Duquesne Light and Shippingport: Nuclear Power Is Born inwestern Pennsylvania William Beaver 339

10 The Early Experience of Polish Jewish and Christian Immigrants inpittsburgh After World War II Barbara S. Burstin 359 Book Reviews 69, 179, 279, 383 Notes and Documents &7, 191, 291, 395 Blythe's Trolley: "Pittsburgh and Glenwood" Arthur C. Riley 87 The Shinplaster Prosecution of 1862 Wayne K. Homren 91 Zenas Leonard, Perspective on a Mountain Man Dan G. Studebaker, Jr. 95 A Lost Landmark: A Study of the Fate of the Allegheny Arsenal James Wudarczyk 191 An Interview with Al Marsico, Pittsburgh Musician Pamela Grabowski 200 Branch Rickey, College Football Coach John Hanners 291 Charles Langlade and Braddock's Defeat Paul Trap 300 "The Day Is Injustice": Letter from General Arthur St. Clair J. Martin West 307 A Turn of the Century Man and His Account The Honorable Eunice Ross 395 Signpost Mercedes Cunningham Monjian 400 Forrest C. Pogue: In Awe of Marshall Richard Robbins 401 Additions to Collections 103, 205, 313, 407 Index Volume

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12 1987 by The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Secondclass postage paid at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. POSTMASTER: Send address change to 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE (ISSN ) is published quarterly by The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Telephone 412/ ). Membership $25.00 (vary); regular subscription $ The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine publishes articles and documents on the history of Western Pennsylvania. This region isbroadly defined as the western portion of the state and the headwaters of the Ohio River system. Manuscript articles on topics outside this area are considered only ifthey are of special historical importance. Atleast two outside readers referee each submission (please allow twelve weeks for review). Authors should follow the University of Chicago's A Manual of Style (1982 edition). Photographs and other illustrations are welcome. Please submit two copies of the manuscript witha stamped, self-addressed envelope. The manuscript must be typed doublespaced (pica type preferred), with footnotes double-spaced at the end. Itshould not exceed 30 pages. Persons wishing to review books should submit a vita indicating fields of interest and current position. Recent Ph.D.s and graduate students are particularly encouraged to contribute. Unsolicited reviews willnot be accepted. The Society does not assume responsibility for statements made by contributors. Letters to the editor and allother correspondence should be addressed to Editor, Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA

13 THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Historical Magazine JANUARY 1987 VOL. 70, NO. 1 \u25a0 EV THIS ISSUE Fighting "Civic Smallpox": The Civic Club of Allegheny County's Campaign for Billboard Regulation, By Kristin Szylvian Bailey 3 The Allegheny City Water Works, By Bruce W. Jordan 29 The Historical Accuracy of the Captivity Narrative of Doctor John Knight By Parker B. Brown. 53 \u25a0 BOOK REVIEWS ALDERFER, The Ephrata Commune: AnEarly American Counterculture, By Timothy Kelly 69 DAVIES, The Anthracite Aristocracy: Leadership and Social Change in the Hard Coal Regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania, , By Thomas H. Coode 71 SORIN, The Prophetic Minority: American Jewish Immigrant Radicals, , By Richard Oestreicher 73 JOHNSON, The Davis Island lock and Dam, , By John Kent Folmar 76 MAROTTA, ed., Washington County: The Second One Hundred Years, By George Swetnam 79

14 SOSIN, English America and Imperial Inconstancy: The Rise of Provincial Autonomy, , By Paul E. Doutrich 80 GAZELLA,Venn State: An Illustrated History, By John Mennell 82 GALEY,"The Anticlinal Theory of Oiland Gas Accumulation in the Inception of the Natural Gas and Modern Oil Industries innorth America/ 7 By Ralph H. Demmler 83 \u25a0 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS Blythe's Trolley: "Pittsburgh and Glenwood," By Arthur C. Riley 87 The Shinplaster Prosecution of 1862, By Wayne K.Homren 91 Zenas Leonard, Perspective on a Mountain Man, ByDan G. Studebaker, Jr 95 Additions to Collections 103 Pamela Holcomb Oestreicher Editor EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Robert C. Alberts, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania John Kent Folmar, California University of Pennsylvc Pennsylvania Frederick A. Hetzel, University ofpittsburgh Press John Opie, Duquesne University Agnes L.Starrett, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Agnes L.Starrett, Historical Society of Western Penns\ George Swetnam, Pennsylvania Historical Association Joel A.Tarr, Carnegie-Mellon University Edward G. Williams, Historical Society of Western Per Pennsylvania Frank A.Zabrosky, University of Pittsburgh

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Pennsv vania. Historv. W: il- 3 -( TiobO Pennsv vania Historv W: il- 3 -( TiobO PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY (ISSN 0031-4528) Quarterly Journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association Editor Francis J. Bremer, Millersville University Associate Editor