Right you are! I found this short after the original post MCKEESPORT, a city of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Monongabela and Youghioglieny rivers (both of which are navigable), 14 m. S.E. of Pittsburg. Pop. (1890), 20,741; (1900), 34,227, of whom 9349 were foreignborn and 748 were negroes; (1910 census) 42,694. It is served by the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pittsburg & Lake Erie and the Pennsylvania railways. The city has a Carnegie library, a general hospital, and two business schools. Bituminous coal and natural gas abound in the vicinity, and iron, steel, and tir and terne plate are extensively manufactured in the city, thi tin-plate plant being one of the most important in the Unitec States. The total value of the city's factory products was $36,058,447 in 1900 and $23,054,412 in 1905. The municipality owns and operates its water-works. The first white settler was David McKee, who established a ferry here in 1769. In 1795 his son John laid out the town, which was named in his honour, but its growth was very slow until after the discovery of coal in. 1830. McKeesport was incorporated as a borough in 1842 and chartered as a city in 1890. McKEES ROCKS, a borough of Allegheny county, Pennsyl-. vania, U.S.A., on the Ohio river, about 3 m. N.W. of Pittsburg. Pop. (1890) 1687; (1900) 6352 (1264 foreign-born); (1910) 14,702. McKees Rocks is served by the Pittsburg & Lake Erie and the Pittsburg, Chartiers & Youghiogheny railways, the latter a short line extending (13 m.) to Beechmont. Bituminous coal and natural gas are found in the vicinity, and the borough ships coal and lumber, and has various important manufactures. There is an ancient Indian. mound here. The first settlement was made in 1830, and the borough incorporated in 1892. from an online version of the 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica http://87.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MC/MCKEESPORT.htm James > -----Original Message----- > From: kathy@ring.com [SMTP:kathy@ring.com] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:49 AM > To: CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Pittsburg and St. Louis industries? > > Actually, Pittsburgh would also be for mining - soft coal. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Birkholz, James" <James.Birkholz@usa.okmetic.com> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:30 AM > Subject: [CROATIA-L] Pittsburg and St. Louis industries? > > > > Many of the Ellis Island immigrants whose name we are researching, all > from > > the Lokve, Ravna Gora area, immigrated to McKeesport, PA (and Mc Kees > Rocks, > > Ambridge and Pittsburg itself) as well as St. Louis and the east St. > Louis > > area in Illinois. > > > > Does anyone have specific knowledge of the probable industry/employer > for > > these locations? I presume the Pittsburg area would be steel mills. > > > >