Coraopolis’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Coraopolis. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On April 3, 1769, Andrew Montour, an Indian interpreter who had provided service to English settlers during the French and Indian War, was granted a land patent for approximately 350 acres (1.4 km2) of what would later become the borough of Coraopolis and Neville Island. However, there is no evidence that Montour ever lived on this tract. The first permanent white settler in Coraopolis was Capt. Robert Vance, who settled in the vicinity of Montour's tract around 1773, just prior to the beginning of the American Revolution. Vance, a Virginian, had been a member of the regiment commanded by George Washington at the Braddock expedition during the French and Indian War. For the protection of himself and his neighbors, of whom several arrived within a few years, Vance had a log stockade built with a stone blockhouse to protect the area against Indian raids. This was known as Vance Fort (or F…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Coraopolis’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coraopolis’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCoraopolis PA Presby PHS149, 1923: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Coraopolis
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Coraopolis, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Coraopolis PA Presby PHS149 (1923) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.