Who Killed Local History?
The Legion Ville Story
Resources & References
Congressional Record – Legionville National Historic Site (1976)
Legionville supporters hear good news (Beaver County Times, May 5, 1999)
Legionville: Then and Now, by Regina Morrow Riley. Milestones Vol 21 No 2 Summer 1996.
“More History to be Created at Legionville” – Beaver County Times Op-Ed (1978)
Sewickley Valley American Legion Post 4 – In support of Legionville (1978)
Legionville National Historic Site: Report to Accompany S. 1104
Pennsylvania SP Legionville (National Registry of Historic Places)
Wayne’s Legion Rides Again in Bower Hill (Rachel Weaver, TribLive, 2011)
NOTABLE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS (1ST AND 2ND MOVEMENTS)
Past Key Supporters, historians, activists in support of Legion Ville national preservation efforts:
See Veterans Federation-Legionville list of supporters (c. June 1979)
ORGANIZATIONS
Legion Ville Historical Society (archived website, 2004-03-20 to 2022-03-08)
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
VFW Auxiliary
American Legion
Marine Corps League
Knights of Columbus
Pennsylvania Sons of the Revolution
LOCAL HISTORIANS
J. Blaine “Buzz” Griffith, Jr. (Anthony Wayne Historical Society, Inc., chair of Legionville National Park Committee)
Karl W. Bohn (Anthony Wayne Historical Society, Inc.)
Betty Back (Anthony Wayne Historical Society, Inc., fmr. president)
William J. Wewer, Pa Historic and Museum Commission
J. Blaine “Buzz” Griffith, Jr. (Anthony Wayne Historical Society, Inc., chair of Legionville National Park Committee)
Karl W. Bohn (Anthony Wayne Historical Society, Inc.)
Betty Back (Anthony Wayne Historical Society, Inc., fmr. president)
POLITICAL AND CIVIC LEADERS
Senator John H. Heinz (R-Pa)
William Snyder, office of Sen. Heinz
Senator Richard Schweiker (R-Pa)
Rep. Eugene V. Atkinson (D-Aliquippa, 25th Dist.)
State Sen. James E. Ross
Anthony Rigano, office of Sen. Ross
Sate Rep. Charles Laughlin (Conway)
Charles Campbell (American Legion, 26th Dist.)
Louis Greco (American Legion, 25th Dist.)
David McKim (American Legion, 25th Dist.)
William Anderson (VFW Post 1821)
Eli G. Corak, Beaver County Commissioner, c. 1979
James G. Camp, Beaver County Commissioner, c. 1979
George T. Pettibon, Beaver County Commissioner, c. 1979
NOTABLE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF LEGION VILLE PRESERVATION EFFORTS(CONTEMPORARY)
ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Travis W. Jeffries (Logstown Associates Historical Society)
Jlyn Jones (Logstown Associates Historical Society)
Jeffrey Snedden (independent local historian)
Brenda Applegate (Executive Director, BCHR&LF)
Patrick Riley (independent local historian)
Andy Janicki (independent local historian)
Jay Paisley (Little Beaver Historical Society)
Charles Townsend (Little Beaver Historical Society)
RELATED HISTORICAL SITES AND MOVEMENTS
- Historic Designations Are Ruining Cities
- The Future Of The Historic Preservation Movement: Connecting People With Places
- The Loss—and Law—That Gave Life to the Modern Preservation Movement
- What’s Wrong with Historic Preservation
- What Historic Preservation Is Doing to American Cities: Laws meant to safeguard great buildings and neighborhoods can also present an obstacle to social progress.
- Fixing Historic Preservation: A Constructive Critique of “Significance” [Research and Debate]
- Historic preservation is a political movement
- Encouraging Historic Preservation
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
- National Park Service: Take Action in Historic Preservation
- Fund a Preservation Project
- Preservation Through Partnership
- State Historic Preservation Office Grants
- Historic Preservation Planning Program
- Historic Preservation Fund Grant Programs
- Historic Preservation Fund Grant Manual
- State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division
- Preservation Planning Standards
- Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science Directorate
- Certified Local Governments (Pa)
LAWS, LEGISLATION, RULES, REGULATIONS
LOCAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, PLANNING
- Borough of Sewickley Historic Review Commission
- Borough of Beaver Historic Preservation Plan
- Preservation Planning in Beaver Borough
- Beaver Historical and Architectural Review Board Preserves and Protects Historical Sites
- Historic preservation plan adopted to protect Beaver Historic District (Beaver County Times)
THEORETICAL ANALYTICAL, INTERPRETIVE, AND HISTORICAL CONCEPTS
- Anthony Wayne: A Name in Arms by Richard C. Knopf (1960)
- Bausman, Joseph Henderson. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania: And Its Centennial Celebration, vol. II. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1904.
Learning “The Dreadful Trade of Death” – Training the U.S. Army at Legionville, 1792-1793
Legionville, by Eliot Johnson. Milestones Vol 24 No 1 Spring 1999.
List of European archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Papers of the War Dept (1784-1800 (references to Legion Ville)
Tribes want to rename Ohio’s Wayne National Forest. Sen. JD Vance does not
HISTORICAL MARKERS
MORE ABOUT LEGION VILLE
LOGSTOWN
- Tour Locations | Drive PA Indian Paths: Logstown-Meadowcroft (mentions Legion Ville)
- Logstown on the Ohio: A Historical Sketch (Agnew, 1894)
2019 Reconnaissance Survey The Washington Trail – 1753 (References Logs Town)
“Native Americans shaped Beaver County, from its land to its politics,” (Beaver County Times, 2015)
ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS & HISTORIANS
Legion Ville on Podcasts
On episode 4 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we talk with master model builder Andy Janicki about his historic 1792 rendition of Legionville, the first established basic training facility of the United States military, located near Baden, Pennsylvania.
On episode 9 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we talk with Beaver County history author Jay Paisley about his current book project documenting Legionville—the nation’s first military training base established by Major General “Mad” Anthony Wayne in 1792.