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A Brief History of Butler County, PA.

The village of Maple Furnace was founded in 1844, by George and James BOVARD, and it may be said was abandoned in 1865, when the furnace fires were put out, though the ADAMS store was carried on until 1868. The grist mill of 1846, below the furnace, is still grinding. P. BULLMAN's house now stands on the site of the furnace, and the mounds of slag, evidences of a past industry, are overgrown with grass.

Kensington Furnace, in the northeastern corner of the township, dates back to 1846. In 1852 the industry ceased and the forest grew up on its site. In 1846 John MILFORD located a few miles directly south of the old furnace. The school house is converted into a Union Sabbath school on Sundays.

The Six Points postoffice was established in February, 1866, with James McMAHON postmaster. David VANCE succeeded him; then Addison CROSS; then J.C. KISKADDON, who served until 1882, when E.C. PARKS was appointed. Mrs. M.A. PARKS was appointed in 1886, and Mrs. Mary BOOZEL in 1893.

Sandy Point was founded in 1878, on Adam BRITTAIN's farm. Its founding followed the oil developments of 1877. Flynn BROTHERS' and J.H. THOMAS' general stores were the only mercantile houses there. The postoffice of Alexander McQUISTION is the only business interest remaining.

Byrom Centre was surveyed in 1879, on the KOHLMEYER farm, or the old JACK tract, purchased in 1836, by H. KOHLMEYER, from E. ROBINSON, who had bought it from Samuel HALDERMAN, who purchased it from the JACKs. J.D. SCHELL's store and four cottages now make up the town.

Register City, a part of Sandy Point, was a village of great expectations in [p. 674] the fall of 1879. In September fifteen houses were erected, including an opera house, and a Methodist house of worship. The town is now a reminiscence, the church building having been taken down and converted into Charles CRAWFORD's dwelling.