In Memory of My Mother
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Mrs.
Rose J. Fink
Birth Name:
Rosa Domenica Plocido
(aka Rose Joann Overholt)
b. September 17, 1929,
Pittsburgh, PA
d. April 6, 2010, Tampa, FL
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~~ InterOverholt Memoranda ~~
InterOverholt Memo
(4-28-2000)
Discovery of My Uncle's
Family
April 14th Visit to West Overton
Proposal For a Future Project
InterOverholt Memo
(5-12-2000)
Unclaimed Property in
Pennsylvania
InterOverholt Memo
(8-4-2000)
Busy Summer Months
News of Two Family Reunions
Upcoming Events at West Overton
InterOverholt Memo
(8-13-2001)
So Much to Do . . . and So
Little Time!
A New Look for the Old Web Site
New Web Pages Added
Regarding Old Overholt Whiskey
Controversy Over Frick Archives
First Contact With the Riffle Family
Highlighting The Oberholtzer Book
Endangered Trees in Pennsylvania
InterOverholt Memo
(11-10-2003)
Autumn
Greetings
Falk School Loses Its Theater Arts Program
Actors Civic Theater Does Godspell, Junior
Becoming A Playwright
New Web Pages Now Online
A New Look For Some Old Pages
First Contact! With Linda & John
Lipman
Update for Lion Found Bottle (In A Portrait)
Two Updates for Balach Found Bottle
Future Plans For Karen's Branches.2
InterOverholt Memo
(1-5-2005)
Critchfield
Family Portrait
From Season's Greetings to Happy New Year
Evaluating the Past Year in Light of Past Years
Ghosts of Christmases Past
Changes for Karen's Branches
Fire at Broad Ford Overholt Distillery
Meeting John & Linda Lipman
Meeting Rick Sebak
New Web Pages & Those On the Way
A Belated Christmas Card to Everybody
InterOverholt Memo
(12-26-2005)
Best
Wishes to All & Happy New Year 2006
My, How Time Flies!
Registering A Trademark
Background Story
Going Into the Whiskey Business
Letter From the PA Liquor Control Board
The Story Continues On the American Whiskey Trail
The Samuel Dillinger Distillery
Living With Scleroderma
Creating The Extended Overholt Family Foundation
Conversation at West Overton
Spilling the Beans About the "Original
Recipe"
Spilling the Beans About My Trademark Application
A Quick Tour of Abraham's House
David C. Overholt & The National Trust For
Historic Preservation
My Plan to Start a Small Family Foundation
Hoping All Goes Well
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~~ Our Stauffer Cousins ~~
Our Stauffer Cousins
Written in
collaboration with Thomas Ridenour
Drawing of Stauffer Farm & Mill
Drawing of Dexter Coke-Works
The Stauffer Family Tree ~~ Thomas Ridenour's
Branches
Map of West Overton Area
Stauffer Family History in Pictures
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Updated * Stauffer Family
History in Pictures * Updated *
Old Photographs of Stauffer Properties
Antique Photographs of Stauffer Family
Charcoal Portraits
Joseph R. Stauffer Obituary
Abraham K. Stauffer Obituary
Stauffer Generations
The Story
of the Rev. Abraham Stauffer
Christian Stauffer Generational Chart
Stauffer Family Tree Web Sites
The Stauffer
Homestead House
Introducing
the Stauffer Homestead House
A Few Stauffer Generations
The Stauffer House in Pictures
Photos From June 18, 2005
Photos From May 17, 2004
Arranging a Visit
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~~ West Overton ~~
Reflections on West
Overton
Thoughts, Hopes &
Dreams
West Overton in the
News
Introduction
West Overton News
2007
News Stories from December
22 Back to July 20
West Overton News
2007b
News Stories from July 27
Back to January 17
West Overton News
2006
News Stories from December
17 Back to January 18
West Overton News
2005
News Stories from December
14 Back to January 2
West Overton News
2004b
News Stories from December
18 Back to June 29
West Overton News
2004
News Stories from June 29
Back to January 4
[plus special article from November 2003]
West Overton News
2003
News Stories from November
16 Back to January 16
West Overton News
2002
News Stories from December
8 Back to January 11
West Overton News
2001
News Stories from December
8 back to August 16
West Overton News
2000
News Stories from December
17 back to October 28
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~~ Karen as Author ~~
Photos of A
Tale of Stone Soup
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~~ Jacobs Creek ~~
Winifred Paul and Along
the Banks of Jacobs Creek
Highlighting
Author Winifred Paul and Her Book
A Letter From Winifred Paul
Contacting John B. Roose
The Town of Jacobs Creek, PA
The Jacobs Creek Watershed Association
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~~ NPS Report on West Overton
(1985) ~~
West Overton Ranks as
a Landmark in 1985
This National Park Service
Report led to
West Overton's rank as a Landmark (1985).
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~~ HABS Report on West Overton
(1990) ~~
Introduction to HABS
Report on West Overton
Illustrations from HABS
Report
Photographs of Pertinent Individuals
HABS Report, Page One
Excerpts from HABS Report,
pp. 1-12
Karen's Notes
HABS Report, Page Two
Excerpts from HABS Report,
pp. 12-26
Karen's Notes
Timeline
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~~ HABS/HAER Report on Broad
Ford (1990) ~~
HABS/HAER-Broad Ford
America's Industrial
Heritage Report on
The Overholt Distillery at Broad Ford (1990)
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~~ Broad Ford Safari ~~
Broad Ford Safari
Introduction
Photographs & Notes
Changing the Course
of History
Nomination of Broad Ford
for Endangered Status
Notification Letter from Preservation
Pennsylvania
Broad Ford in the
News
News Stories from December
18, 2004 back to October 16, 2004
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~~ Broad Ford Seasons ~~
Broad Ford Geocacher
Photographs by
Geocacher "JimBat"
Living Green
Old Overholt Distillery Swinging Bridge Cache
Geocaching - A Short Introduction
Broad Ford Autumn
Photographs by
Jeffrey Antol
Brittle Leaves Underfoot
When Yellow Brick Looks Burnt Orange
Off the Beaten Path
Broad Ford Winters
Classic
Photographs
Frozen Hush of Winter
Broad Ford's Youghiogheny River
History in Black and White
Brian Krummel's Forgotten Bridge
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**
NEW ~~ Broad Ford Aerial
Photographs ~~ NEW **
Broad Ford Views 2
Bird's
Eye Views from Virtual Earth and Penn
Pilot
Broad Ford Views 3
More
Bird's Eye Views from Penn Pilot
Broad Ford Views 4
Some
More Bird's Eye Views from Penn Pilot
Broad Ford Views 5
Even
More Bird's Eye Views from Penn Pilot
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**
NEW ~~ Broad Ford Past &
Present ~~ NEW
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Broad Ford Aerial
History
Historic
Aerial Photographs from Penn Pilot
Aerial Photographs from 1939
Photo of A. Overholt & Co.
Distillery Complex, c.1942
Aerial Photographs from 1959
Aerial Photographs from 1967
Thinking Over Lost Time and Times
So, How Much Is Left?
Graphic Showing Lost & Existing
Buildings
Exerpts from HABS/HAER
Report on Broad Ford (1990)
Afterthought: The
Conveyor Engine?
Broad Ford Aerial
History, Page 2
Aerial
Photos of Broad Ford Terrain from Penn Pilot
More Penn Pilot Aerial Photography
History and The Overholt Family
Curious Terrain, or Hey! What IS that?
See More Photos
Broad Ford Dismantled
Pictures
by Flickr Photographer cjb19772009
Flickr Photographer Visits Broad Ford
Bonded Warehouse D
Not A Perfect Rectangle
Warehouse Damage Exposed
When Walls Were Still Standing
Demolition Rubble
Overholt Distillery Row
Little Information from Shallenberger
Construction
Ages of Overholt Distillery Bricks
Lest We Forget the History
Broad Ford Distressed
Pictures by
Flickr Photographer cjb19772009
Flickr Photographer at Broad Ford
Study of the Granary Building
The Building Has Two Faces
Granary Interiors
The Bonded Bottling House
Report of 2004 Fire in "Cafeteria"
Bottling House Interiors
Future Location of Karen's Old Farm
Distillery?
New Fermenting House
Drying House & Machine Shop
New Fermenting House Interiors
Mystery of the Abandoned Sewing Machine
Broad Ford Distressed
2
Pictures by
Flickr Photographer cjb19772009
More From Flickr Photographer at Broad
Ford
Distillery Building Interiors
Studying The Fermenting Tubs
Mounting For A Copper Still?
Free Warehouse A -- aka, Machine Shop-Fabricating
Shop
Free Warehouse A Interiors
The Office Building
Office Building Interiors
The Grain Elevator
Trespassers Beware!
Broad Ford Distressed
Summer
Pictures by
Flickr Photographer cjb19772009
Summer Shots From Flickr Photographer
Studies In Gold
On A Bright Summer Day
Distillery Road Warehouse
Free Warehouse A
The Bonded Bottling House In Summer
Distressed Bottling House
Study Of A Bridge Support
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**
NEW ~~ Broad Ford Forsaken ~~ NEW **
Inside Looking Out
Pictures by
Flickr Photographer cjb19772009
Inside Looking Out
Inside The Office Building
A Track Runs Through It
Looking Toward The Light
Light & Shadow Inside Free Warehouse A
Inside The Granary Doorway
Inside The Water Tower Supports
New Fermenting House & Attached Buildings
Inside The Glow Of Past Glory
Inside The Ruins Of The Tax Paid Case Warehouse
The Window As Art
Inside Looking At The Outside Green
Real Eye-Openers
Outside Looking In
Pictures by
Flickr Photographer cjb19772009
Outside Looking In
Outside At The Office Building
Still Outside Looking In
Outside Free Warehouse A
Outside The Grain Elevator
Outside The Granary
Outside The Water Tower Supports
Outbuildings
Outside New Fermenting House Closet
Outside The Bottling House
Looking In A Distillery Hallway
Graffiti At Hallway's End
Outside A Tunnel Looking In
Outside The Stack
RE: Temple Bricks
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~~ Aerial Photographs ~~
Broad Ford Views
Aerial Photograph of
Broad Ford Overholt Distillery
Aerial Photograph of
Samuel Dillinger Distillery
Aerial Photograph of
West Overton Village
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~~ Samuel Dillinger ~~
The
Overholt-Dillinger Connection
Was
Dillinger Whiskey Another Overholt Whiskey?
Samuel Dillinger
The Dillinger Obelisk
Sam Komlenic Discovers the Dillinger Monument
The Overholt-Stauffer-Loucks-Dillinger Connection
The Loucks-Dillinger Connection
From Public Squares to Pike Journeys: The Story
of the Wagoners
The Hixson-Dillinger Connection
The Baer-Dillinger Connection
The Dillinger Connection to Coal Mining &
Coke Works
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~~ Our Family Cemeteries ~~
Alverton Cemetery
30 Photographs &
Genealogical Data
Mount Pleasant
Cemetery
8 Photographs &
Genealogical Data
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~~ Deep Run ~~
Last Remains &
Family Plots
Reading Headstones at Deep
Run
Deep Run Photographs by John Lipman
Drawing of Old Mennonite Church of Deep Run, PA
Searching the Pages of A. J. Fretz & Barbara
Ford
Excerpts From the Rev. A. J. Fretz
A Tale of Two Churches
Map of Deep Run Churches
The Lipmans Visit Deep Run ~~ And Take Pictures!
Marking the Passage of Time
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Special Feature Article
~~ Sons & Grandsons ~~
Sons & Grandsons of
Westmoreland County, Part 1
Articles & portraits
from old history books, newspaper articles, etc.
Abraham Overholt - Henry Stauffer Overholt
Jacob Stauffer Overholt - Christian Stauffer
Overholt
Abraham Overholt Tinstman - Benjamin Franklin
Overholt
Abraham Carpenter Overholt - Ralph Overholt
Martin Overholt Overholt - James E. Tinstman
Henry Vinton Overholt
Big Fire At The Overholt Distillery
(1905)
Sons & Grandsons of
Westmoreland County, Part 2
Articles & portraits
from old history books, featuring:
Samuel Dillinger - The Overholt Family
The Stoner Family - The Fox Family
The Kline Family - The Loucks Family
Peter Stauffer Loucks - Col. Israel Painter
John W. Painter - Joseph Lippincott
William J. K. Kline, M.D.- Dr. Nicholas L. K.
Kline
The Markle Family
Sons & Grandsons of
Westmoreland County, Part 3
Articles & portraits
from old history books, featuring:
Gen. Joseph Markle - Cyrus Painter Markle
Shepard B. Markle - Shepherd Brown Markle
Cassius Clay Markle
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~~ Overholser Family
Association ~~
August 5, 2006 - Overholser
Family Association 100th Anniversary
Tales of Last Year's 100th
Family Reunion
From July 26, 1906 to the Present
Photos From the 100th Reunion
The Upcoming 101st Family Reunion of the OFA
(August 4, 2007)
Maps For Finding Your Way There
Updated ** Purchasing The Oberholtzer Book
** 1-14-08
Postscript
Memoir: Barbara Babst
Ford
The Life and Times of
Barbara Babst Ford
Contributions by Stephen Ford
Photographs from Barbara's Life
Contributions by Jack Sholl & Dennis L.
Oberholtzer
Perspective by K. R. Overholt Critchfield
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~~ Research Articles ~~
Research Entry #1
Beginning My Internet
Search
Overholt Family Origins
Research Entry #2
Researching Henry Clay
Frick.1;
Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait,
by Martha Frick Symington Sanger
Henry Clay Frick: The Gospel of Greed,
by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.;
Triumphant Capitalism: Henry Clay Frick and
the Industrial Transformation of America,
by Kenneth Warren;
URL to autobiography of radical Emma Goldman
Research Entry #3
The
Overholt-Stauffer-Critchfield Connection
Three Checks From Henry Clay Frick
Along the Banks of Jacobs Creek, by
Winifred Erb Paul
Research Entry #4
Two Books by Kenneth
Warren:
Wealth, Waste, and Alienation: Growth and
Decline in the Connellsville Coke Industry
and
Big Steel: The First Century of the United
States Steel
Corporation, 1901-2001
Research Entry #5
Highlighting Authors
Mellon, Sanger and Perez
Thomas Mellon and His Times, by Thomas
Mellon;
The Henry Clay Frick Houses,
by Martha Frick Symington Sanger, Wendell
Garrett;
Breaker, by N. A. Perez
Research Entry #6
The Famous Case of Heiner
v. Mellon
The Text of the 1938 U.S. Supreme Court Case
Plenty of Questions & Notes on the Side
1867 Atlas Drawing of West Overton
How to Order a Copy of the 1867 Atlas Drawing
Text of Letter from R. B. Mellon to H. C. Frick
Documents From Historic Pittsburgh
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~~ Found Bottles &
Artifacts ~~
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Renovated 10-22-08 ~~
Balach Found Bottle
Updated ** Borghoff Found Bottle ** 3-22-08
Broad Ford Overholt
Distillery, c. 1942
Burfield Found Bottle
Critchfield Bell
Updated ** Fred & Ralph
Overholt, c. 1949 ** 6-14-06
Karen's Quilt Square
Lion Found Bottle (In
a Portrait)
Martin Overholt
Headstone
Old Overholt Clock
Overholt's Orchestra
Ridenour's Frick
Checks
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~~ Be sure to check back for
new pages! ~~
E-mail
I would be happy to hear
from you! Thanks!
(new e-mail address)
karen@karensbranches.com
(old e-mail address)
kroverholtcritchfield@yahoo.com
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