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00 HERITAGE

PRESIDENTS REPORTBy: Mary Kay Geary

I am so proud of the work that the Bullskin Township Historical Society has done before me becoming President.Man; projects have been done in the Township, starting with the work at the Artesian Well on Ore Mine Hill Road, theJdl and Plaque at the Bullskin Elementary School, the Plaque on the Hemminger Crist Mil l on Keefer Road and all ofthe work at the Iron Furnace and the Stone Cabin. Thank you everyone who helped!

It is now time for the Society to become a place of information in the future I would like to see the Societyhave the resources available to help people to research their heritage. My goal for this year is to gather informationfrom the prayer cards of deceased family members of Bullskin Township. 1 am asking for anyone who has extra prayercards to send them to our Society. Also, any newspaper articles or stories that you may want to share, please passalong to our Society. Your family stories and life is our history.

What happened yesterday is history today and today will become history tomorrow History Happens inBullskin Township! Let's make History!

« OUR HERITAGEis published quarterly for members of the Bullskin TownshipHistorical Society to provide area information from the past

and present and to keep everyone updated on what oursociety is doing, Extra copies of this issue are available at the

• Stone Cabin for SI a copy, We welcome submissions of1 manuscripts and photos of our area, however, we reserve (hei right to edit all articles. Our Heritage is published in March,

' June, September, and December and is mailed to all membersof the Bullskin Township Historical Society.

OFFICERSMary Kay Geary ~ President

Kimberly Brown - Vice PresidentBonnie Brougher - Corresponding Secretary

Renee Caruso - Recording SecretaryBeverly Quinn - Treasurer

Bill Geary-Auditor

DIRECTORSRandy Brown-Cliff toson

Bill Geary- Jim WhetselConnie Rhodes - Tammy Ross

This WPA Keystone was donated to the society by WileyMiller. Witcy will be giving a talk about this item at our

Heritage Day Festival in October. Thank you for thiswonderful donation. Our society appreciates it greatly!

Winter Issue DeadlineAll submissions for the winter issue of

"OUR HERITAGE" must be received no later than November 1.Please contact Kim Brown at 724-787-0853 or at

bullskinhistory@aol.comWe want to thank everyone who contributed to this issue, Itis greatly appreciated! More photos and articles are needed!

FALL 2012 -

Bonnie Brougher - Chairperson

It's that time again! Out Heritage Day Festival will take place on SATURDAY - OCTOBER 20th from 10am till Dusk (Rain or Shine)at the Mount Vernon Furnace Grounds in Wooddale. Admission and Parking is FREE! You can park in the upper lot of the BullskinTownship Fairgrounds and take the shuttle or take a short five minute walk on the Iron Furnace Trail.

We will be having historical talks and displays, a Circuit Riding Preacher and his horse, live entertainment, demonstrations byartists, children's activities, and colonial costumed vendors and artists. This year we will be having a Pet Photo Contest for kids. Seeour website for rules and entry form. We will also have on hand the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from our area. All this and LOTS ofdelicious foodl So mark your calendars and plan on attending this fun and educational event!

•For more information about the Heritage Day Festival see our website at www.bullskintownshiphistoricalsociety.org OR call

Bonnie Brougher at 724-887-4322

,3JRobert G. Mull

1925-2012

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SEP 20 - Monthly Meeting. 7:00 PM at the Mount Vernon Stone Cabin

OCT 18 - Monthly Meeting. 7:00 PM at the Mount Veinon Stone Cabin

OCT 20 - Heritage Day Festival. 10:00 AM till Dusk. Held at the MountVernon Furnace Grounds. For more information call Bonnie Brougher at724-887-4322

NOV 7 - Field Trip to Berlin Area Historical Society in Somerset County. Formore information call Kim Brown at 724-787-0853

NOV 15- Monthly Meeting. 7:00 PM at the Mount Vernon Stone Cabin

DEC 20 - Annual Christmas Banquet. 6:30 PM at Brady's Restaurant

2012 New Members

Tim 4 Shelly Auer Mount Pleasant. PA

Jarod & Christina Brougher Scottdale, PA

Dennis Fait Mosherville. MI

Bill & Katie Fultz Mount Pleasant, PA

Chelsey Hall Mount Pleasant. PA

Donald 4 Thelma Ritchey Uniontown, PA

Job 4 Bonnie Slezak Connellsville, PA

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Old Mudd Schoolhouse To Be Demolished

Trustees of the Paradise United Methodist Church haremoved from its present site.

indicted that the old Bullskin Township landmark, the Mudd School, will soon be

The age of the Mudd School is not actually known. It is thought that it might have been built sometime in 1831, for it was shortly afterJacob Stouffer purchased the farm at Greenlick Creek in 1831 he gave land for the Paradise Church and the schoolhouse. The originalSchoolhouse was constructed of logs or stone and was coated with mud or clay, and that is how it got its name.

The present building now standing on the Paradise Church property was constructed out of brick about 1880 - 1881. The 40' x 50'classroom was furnished with desks nailed to the floor. The desks in the early days accommondated two pupils. The larger desks were at therear of the room and became smaller as they continued to the front of the class room. The boys were seated on one side and the girls wereseated on the other. The room was heated in the winter by two potbelly stoves, one in the front of the room and one in the rear.

In the 120 years that the school was open, it is estimated that about 1,000 students attended. From the timSchool until 1956, the last classes, one teacher taught all the subjects in the one room school house.

of the first classes in Mudd

Mudd School, or as some called it, the country school, served the community in many ways. It served as an educational center and a socialcenter. Spelling Bees and festivals, debating societies, singing schools, and occasional church services were held. It served also as a votingprecinct. Behind the schoolhouse were many free-for-all fights and baseball games. Many young lovers also spent their time together in theshadows of the old Mudd School.

This typical one room, country school, Mudd School will soon be gone, but will long be remembered by many people throughout the ages tocome. The Paradise United Methodist Church trustees will erect on the present site of the school, a memorial, the Mudd School Bell, withappropriate information concerning the school, in memory of the past educational institution and social center.

As Published In The MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL - July 11, 1968

FALL 2012 - 5

The Race Is On!Ray Poorbaugh rode a bull and Sherrick Rhodes

rode a horse. They each tired to ride their animals upthe ore mine dumps. Ray's bull made it to the top,but the girth of his saddle broke and left Ray at thebottom of the hill!

These two also raced on the horse and bull. Thebull was afraid of the horse, so they left Ray get ahead start on the bull. Sherrick would come up frombehind on the horse and that would cause the bull torun even faster!

Submitted By: Ed Poorbaugh

*1912*News From 100 Years Ago

*William Howard Taft is President.

*Federal Spending for the year stood at 69 BillionDollars.

*New Mexico and Arizona are admitted as states#47 and #48.

*The unsinkable oceanliner "Titanic" sinks on itsmaiden voyage. 1517 drown.

*The "First Lady" Helen Nellie Taft planted thefirst cherry tree in Washington DC.

*Juliette Gordon Howe founds the Girl Scouts ofAmerica.

*Box seats at the World Series cost $5. TheBoston Red Sox win.

*Woodrow Wilson is elected President of the USA.

*America's Favorite Cookie - the OREO wasintroduced.

Local Trivia Quiz1) In what year was Bullskin Township formed?A) 1761 B)1784 01768 D) 1780

2) In 1830 what was the townships population?A) 1,073 B) 1,231 C) 1,435 D) 1,786

3) Which two villages are the oldest in thetownship?A) Wooddale B) PennsvilleC) Laurelville D) Pleasant Valley

4) How many one room schoolhouses were oncelocated in the township?A) 18 6)11 C)21 0)24

5) How many Iron Furnaces were once operated inthe township?A)l B)2 C)3 D)4

6) In what year was the Bullskin TownshipHistorical Society formed?A) 1994 B)1995 C) 1996 D) 1997

(ANSWERS ON BACK PAGE)

OUR HERITAGE

Don I Miss Oul - Mark Your Calendars!

Plan To Join US On Our

Field Trip

A field trip is being planned for WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 7th. We will be traveling to the BerlinArea Historical Society in Somerset County. This is a must seel We will be getting tips on how todisplay donated items and how to categorize and file important documents for researchers. We will alsobe touring their Heritage Haus Museum and Barn.

We will be leaving the Mount Vernon Furnace Grounds at 8:30am sharp! We will be car pooling foryour convenience. AND we will be having a late lunch at Oakhurst Tea Room!

Please join us for this fun day of history and fellowship! For more information, please contact KimBrown at 724-787-0853.

2012 Heritage <&ay Queen

JCendall lookerJCendall is ihe 17 year old daughter

of\-Kenny and Tonya <&ooher. Sheattendsjflchievement House CharierSchool where she is in her senior year.In her spare time she enjoys ridingquads, hunting, and trail riding withher horse "Showgirl".

^Kendall plans on taking guitarlessons this fall. She helps on theWiggle tlairy .farm and in the wintermonths assists her father in theirbutcher shop.

^-Kendall plans to attend college tostudy nursing and hopes to one dayown her own farm. Congi-atulationsXendattmn

Sul'iniiltii By: TlieHarilagf, &ay Queen Committee•flutta %_• Jarkie Xeefer

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Oreo Cookies ~ WO years Old ~ Introduced in 1912

Please Help The Society

Hew Members Wanted!!!!

If you know someone that might tajof Muga member of oar Historical Society

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A membership to our society also makes Igreat gift for tint "turd to tif for" person!

fterf membership receives ourtaarterlf Newsletter!

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONSend this form with SIO annual per person or $20 per couple for dues to:

BULLSK1N TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETYP.O. BOX 724

MOUNT PLEASANT, PA 15666

Men From The Mudd DistrictTaken in front of the old Mudd School - Late 1890's

SEATED: Aust in Rhodes, Norman Lyons, Rev. Wcyant, Jacob Zundall, Homer Hokc, Edward KuhnsSECOND ROW: Elmer Smith, Joseph Spaugy, James Kinneer, Roy Cooper, Albert Wiltrout, James Mul l , John Bowser, Ellsworth Dick, Robert Washabaugh.

Clarence Beyer, Homer Kinnccr3ACK ROW: Harry Kuhns , Irwin Walker , Cleveland Washabaugh, James Gilber t , Charles Wadsworth, Abraham Grccnawalt, Ri icy Ncdrow, Louis Yothers,

Lafayette Brothers, Norman Washabaugh

Bullskin Township Heritage DaySponsored by: Bullskin Twp. Historical Society

www.buUskintownsfaipbistoricalsociety.org

When: October 20th- 10:00am until DuskWhere: Mt. Vernon Furnace Area

Located offRt. 982, Wooddale (Map enclosed)

This event is geared toward the Iron Furnace Era and is set in a woodland area onMt. Vernon Furnace grounds. All spaces are outdoors (10x10). We are asking that youdress in colonial attire and demonstrations of your arts are requested.

I. There is no electricity available at sites.II. Must supply your own tent, table and chairs.IE. Free registration -Report to Furnace area between 7:00am-9:00am.

A. You must unload at Furnace area.B. Then park vehicle at Bullskin fairgrounds upper lotC. Then walk approximately 5 minutes(8GO yards) to the Furnace area and

begin to set up your space.IV. Free parking and Free admissionV. Due to limited spaces, please respectfully contact the Heritage Day

Committee if you are unable to fulfill your obligation.

-Keep this portion- Any Donations will be accepted.

-Return this portion by October 1st

Name:Art (Please describe):

Phone:Address:

For questions or concerns please call 724-887-4689 or 724-887-4322Return bottom registration portion to: Connie Rhodes

317 Gimlet Hill RoadMt. Pleasant, PA 15666