M’KEES ROCKS

Adair's New Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 18
borough in Allegheny County, Pa., on the Ohio River, three miles from Pittsburgh. It is served by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and the Pittsburgh, Char tiers and Youghiogheny Railroads. Iron and steel are the chief manufactures, and these have the advantage of abundance of natural gas and bituminous coal in the immediate vicinity. Lumber, wall plaster and concrete industries also furnish employment to many. The town was settled in 1830 and incorporated in 1892. There are good schools, churches, four banks and one newspaper. Pop. 1920, 16,713. (1869), United States Senator; b. in Richmond, Dallas County, Ala. He graduated from the University of Alabama, 1890 (LL.B., 1892), and then moved to Memphis, Tenn. Democratic Presidential Elector, 1904. Delegate to the National Democratic Convention, 1908. Congre , November 9, 1911, to fill the unexpired term of General George W. Gordon; re-elected to the 63rd and 64th Congre . U. 8. Senator for the term 1916-1923.
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