When I googled "pleasant valley" +"euphonious" in google books, I got a hit for a book called Recollections of 70 years & historical gleanings of Allegheny, Pa., by a John E. Parke, published 1886, in case anybody is interested. Nancy Karns -----Original Message----- From: paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Norm Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:11 PM To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALL] Pleasant Valley in Allegheny Co We have a Pleasant Valley area -- east/northeast of Pittsburgh -- not far from Sharpsburg. The area is in what one might call a "hollow", and today, many of the older homes have been destroyed to make room for a roadway, however, several remain. The reference to "Mail" appears to me to indicate the comment(s) were sent to them via US Mail and not from a publication of that name. Norm 1anniesquest4me wrote: > Looking for description and location of Pleasant Valley-- have heard of it in > old family papers and now stumbled across mention of it in a Nov 30, 1868 Pitt > Gaz article - "....Pleasant Valley is the euphonious title given to a rookery > of shanties up a stinking hollow.- Mail > > Messrs. Editors: The gentleman who penned the euphonious article on Pleasant > Valley in Saturday's Mail should remember one fact. Whoever carries a bad smell > always with him will not fail to smell something whereever he goes. Let the > purification begin at the right place- Citizen > Our neighbor of the Mail is sadly mistaken in his description of Pleasant Vally, > as there are few more delightful places about our city, and the residences along > it are as neat, handsome and elegant as those found in most neighborhoods." > > > So- what was the Mail? Would like to see that article--- > > > annie > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ============================================================================== This communication, including attachments, is confidential, may be subject to legal privileges, and is intended for the sole use of the addressee. Any use, duplication, disclosure or dissemination of this communication, other than by the addressee, is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete or destroy this communication and all copies.
I would imagine that there were many "hollows" throughout Allegheny County that might have been labeled 'Pleasant Valley." That said, the reference to it being within "the city" in 1868 would lead me to think it was either in Pittsburgh or Allegheny City. The section of Allegheny City that was called Pleasant Valley was the "hollow that is presently called the Charles Street Valley. It was an area served by one of the early trolley lines called Federal Street and Pleasant Valley RR. It connected Brighton Road (formerly the toll road called the New Brighton Road ie. the road to New Brighton on the Ohio) with the Perrysville Road, now called Perrysville Ave. The lowr section of the present Charles Street was Taggart Street. Taggart was a tanner and there was probably some nasty oders associated with that business. The tolley connected , whet we North Siders called PV with that part of Perrysville Ave that was the campus of the Western University od PA (Pitt) before it moved to Oakland. "Peasant" must have been a moniker of the areas romantic rural past where cows grazed rather than where they were slaughtered. > From: NKARNS@travelers.com > To: paallegh@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 15:14:57 -0400 > Subject: Re: [ALL] Pleasant Valley in Allegheny Co > > When I googled "pleasant valley" +"euphonious" in google books, I got > a hit for a book called Recollections of 70 years & historical gleanings > of Allegheny, Pa., by a John E. Parke, published 1886, in case anybody is > interested. > Nancy Karns > > -----Original Message----- > From: paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Norm > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:11 PM > To: paallegh@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALL] Pleasant Valley in Allegheny Co > > We have a Pleasant Valley area -- east/northeast of Pittsburgh -- not > far from Sharpsburg. The area is in what one might call a "hollow", and > today, many of the older homes have been destroyed to make room for a > roadway, however, several remain. > > The reference to "Mail" appears to me to indicate the comment(s) were > sent to them via US Mail and not from a publication of that name. > > Norm > > 1anniesquest4me wrote: > > Looking for description and location of Pleasant Valley-- have heard of it in > > old family papers and now stumbled across mention of it in a Nov 30, 1868 Pitt > > Gaz article - "....Pleasant Valley is the euphonious title given to a rookery > > of shanties up a stinking hollow.- Mail > > > > Messrs. Editors: The gentleman who penned the euphonious article on Pleasant > > Valley in Saturday's Mail should remember one fact. Whoever carries a bad smell > > always with him will not fail to smell something whereever he goes. Let the > > purification begin at the right place- Citizen > > Our neighbor of the Mail is sadly mistaken in his description of Pleasant Vally, > > as there are few more delightful places about our city, and the residences along > > it are as neat, handsome and elegant as those found in most neighborhoods." > > > > > > So- what was the Mail? Would like to see that article--- > > > > > > annie > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ============================================================================== > This communication, including attachments, is confidential, may be subject to legal privileges, and is intended for the sole use of the addressee. Any use, duplication, disclosure or dissemination of this communication, other than by the addressee, is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete or destroy this communication and all copies. > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message