Talk:Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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[edit] Reverting RensiM

I don't think that RensiM really belongs on the list of famous people from Aliquippa so I've reverted his edits as a vanity edit. If someone disagrees, please let me know. ClarkBHM 14:51, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

yes i disagree i think that he should very well be apart of the famous people seeing as he is famous in and around aliquippa and is apart of aliquippa's most known people... even though he dose not go by Rensim anymore he is still popular and deserves to be in this article he is also part of the group L4L

I have lived in Aliquippa all of my life and never heard of Rensim. Instead, you deleted a paragraph about a well-known Aliquippa person. Mel

[edit] Moving Flight 427 to Hopewell Township

This issue gets complicated, because Aliquippa is both a mailing address and city. This article deals with the city. The crash occurred in Hopewell Township, which is in the Aliquippa mailing address area but not Aliquippa city proper.

RE: Hopewell and Center are Aliquippa.

[edit] Aliquippa and Queen Alliquippa

This is a referenced statement, taken from a cited source, the History of Beaver County - the railroad picked names for its stations without regard to historical accuracy. Check the Queen Alliquippa page as well. Squamate 03:53, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Here is some relevant material from the article, "Aliquippa's Beginnings", by Denver Walton, which appeared in Milestones, Volume 17, Issue Number 1 (Spring 1992)[1]:

"Why is West Aliquippa northeast of Aliquippa? Was Aliquippa named for an Indian Queen? No, despite the fact that every history of the town starts with Queen Aliquippa [sic], who met with George Washington near McKeesport. The Aliquippa story starts with the completion of the P&LE Railroad through Beaver County in 1879. Iidian [sic]names were used for stations at rural locations where there were no towns or villages. There were, from the south, Shannopin station (South Heights today), West Economy (connected by ferry to Economy village), Woodlawn station at Woodlawn village, Aliquippa station at Jones Run, Kiasola station at Moon Run. Monaca station at what is now called Colona, and Philipsburg station (today's Monaca)."

And further on:

"So much for the Queen Aliquippa [sic] legend. There is no record that she ever set foot on the land in the town that bears her name." Squamate 04:00, 12 June 2007 (UTC)