Pleasant Valley is outside of Sharpsburg on Kittanning Pike. Part of it was destroyed when they built the RT28. My great aunt lived there in the early 1960's and my mother always called it Pleasant Valley, not Sharpsburg. Denise Schram On May 4, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Sue Lupinacci wrote: > There definitely is a place called Pleasant Valley in or around > Sharpsburg, > It may just be called that by the "old timers". My late father-in- > law's > family of 12 (family of Frank and Mary Lupinacci) lived in the > hollow at > Pleasant Valley back around the time of the Depression. Over the > years I > have often heard it spoken of by the family. I know I have been in > the area > (and past where they lived many years ago) when going up to St. Mary's > Cemetery on what I believe is called Sharp's Hill. I'm struggling to > remember what I have heard over the years. > Sue Lupinacci > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:03 PM, 1anniesquest4me < > 1anniesquest4me@bellsouth.net> 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