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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Beaver People Paddle to Park

Tuesday, July 24, 1906

Merchants Picnic held at Rock Springs Park.

Wednesday, July 24, 1907

Over twenty-one hundred people attended The Beaver County General Hospital Benefit and Merchants' picnic at Rock Springs Park. The front page headline in the Daily Times boasted, "It took Four Trains to Carry Crowd." Read more at http://rockspringspark.blogspot.com/2011/08/1907-merchants-picnic-made-front-page.html.

Wednesday, July 24, 1907

Beaver People paddle in canoes downstream to Rock Springs Park. The canoes were shipped back by freight train. Read more at http://rockspringspark.blogspot.com/2010/08/beaver-people-in-canoes.html.

Wednesday, July 24, 1918

“The Two Generals,” a vaudeville show featuring Adams and Guhl’s Musical Comedy Company begins twice daily shows at Rock Springs Park. The New York Clipper Vaudeville News and Reviews said of Adams and Guhl, “They scored a laughing hit. Their talk is funny and well put over. The bits of business are well handled and got many laughs.”

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