Ray Rieser stories, Page 2

The late Ron Barth of Lower Burrell was best known by many as the pilot of a hot-air balloon that was a familiar sight in Alle-Kiski Valley skies for more than 25 years until the mid 1990s. Barth purchased his first balloon in 1971 for less than $6,800. He took...

Before the 1940s, Lower Burrell was primarily a farming community. The Leslie family was one of the earliest to settle there. Many of the streets in Lower Burrell bear the first names of their family members and several of their farmhouses still exist. One of them is located where Edgecliff...

Old-timers in the Alle-Kiski Valley might have heard stories of a cave high above the riverbank in Lower Burrell that was used as a lookout post by Native Americans in their war against settlers and later as a vantage point to spy on the Orr’s Blockhouse at the mouth of...