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MOKEES ROCKS

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 251 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOKEES ROCKS  , a

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borough of
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Allegheny
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county,
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Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the
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Ohio
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river, about 3 M . N.W. of
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Pittsburg . Pop . (189o) 1687; (1900) 6352 (1264
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foreign-
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born); (191o) 14,702 . McKees Rocks is served by the Pittsburg &
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Lake
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Erie and the Pittsburg, Chartiers & Youghiogheny
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railways, the latter a
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short
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line extending (13 m.) to Beechmont . Bituminous
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coal and natural
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gas are found in the vicinity, and the borough
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ships coal and
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lumber, and has various important manufactures . There is an
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ancient
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Indian
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mound here . The first
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settlement was made in 1830, and the borough incorporated in 1892 .

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