A history of Boswell,
since 1901
Postcards, papers and photographs of Boswell from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Boswell was settled in 1901 and incorporated as a borough on February 22, 1904. The community's founder was Thomas Taylor Boswell, the first president and supervisor of the Merchants Coal Company. Mr. Boswell's company purchased 14,000 acres (57 km2) of mineral rights under local farmland and laid out 1,600 lots for coal company houses to house the miners for its new deep coal mine just to the north. Merchants Coal, and the related Orenda Coal, were subsidiaries of Hillman Coal and Coke Company of Pittsburgh, the same firm that built the neighboring town of Jerome, Pennsylvania.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Boswell’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
4 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGENERAL VIEW OF MAIN (SOUTH AND E…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Boswell
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Boswell, decade by decade
CommonsBRICK CONSTRUCTED COMPANY HOUSES ON JUNIATA STREET, LOOKING…1992
CommonsEAST (MAIN) FACADE OF COMPANY OFFICE, LOOKING NORTHWEST - M…1992
CommonsGENERAL VIEW OF STONE-CONSTRUCTED POWERHOUSE, LOOKING NORTH…1992
CommonsSOUTH AND EAST (MAIN) FACADE OF COMPANY STORE, LOOKING NORT…1992
CommonsSTONE-CONSTRUCTED COMPANY HOUSES ON QUEMAHONING STREET; THE…1992
1 historic place in Boswell
Boswell has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 90 historic buildings, because Boswell Historic District alone counts 90.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as GENERAL VIEW OF MAIN (SOUTH AND EAST) FACADES OF SCHOOL, LOOKING NORTHWEST (For a brief history of Boswell and a descri… (1933) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.