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East Beth Twp. Fire Dept. |
Fredericktown's Public Library |
Coal Miners' Memorial |
Hardware Store | ||
& Assocs. Optical Drs. | ||
Cleaners | ||
Church | Post Office |
Abbotts Taxidermy |
Continental Conveyors |
Dolly's Paint & Decorating
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| Prophecy of Destruction
| OverTime on the Mon |
On October 13, 1905, a fire broke out in Fredericktown's Clyde Mine killing six people |
In January 1970, the F.B.I. searched up and down the Mon River in Fredericktown looking for the gun that was used in the Yablonski family triple murders. This shockening crime also led the way to a movie |
During the mid-70's Fredericktown joined the rest of Americans and waited in line for hours to get gas for their cars. Lines were often over a mile long in Fredericktown. For those who are not familiar with Fredericktown, downtown Fredericktown is not even a mile long. |
The Mon River dried up and people could have literally walked aross the river. The locks and dams had to be open to refill the river. |
Fredericktown became totally emerged underwater from the flood of the November 1985. All businesses were effected by this flood including the ones that sat away from the river as they also were "several feet" under water. In Millsboro, the little town next to Fredericktown, water levels were as high as 12 feet destroying every item in the Shop and Save. |
Hollywood came to Fredericktown as parts of the movie Maria's Lovers was filmed there |
Beth Center Bulldogs won the W P I A L AAA championship in football. |
The Frederick, the ferry, reopened and today it is the only existing operating ferry on the Monogahela River. Read more & see picture |