A Time Line of Upper St. Clair (1736–1945) 1736–1818 Arthur St. Clair— The Township was given his name.
1794 The Higbee School was the first school house west of the Alleghenies. The school was located on the Higby Farm on Upper Road. 1830 The Log House was built for farm hands but called home by many.
1783 Alexander Gilfillan’s log cabin (photo by Margaret Smith Furen in 1893). Gilfillan owned 400 acres called Cato.
1736
1871 The Boyce Railroad was the first railroad to the Township.
1783 1762
1794 1788
1839 The Township was divided into Upper and Lower St. Clair.
1830 1806
1839 1834
1871 1859
1859 The Township had nine school houses costing a total of $600.
1806 The Seegar House is the oldest house in Upper St. Clair.
1762 John Fife’s well (Cauld Well—cauld in Scotch means cold). John Fife is the first known settler. He claimed 1000 acres called Cremona.
1788 Allegheny County was formed and St. Clair was one of the seven Townships formed in the new county.
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UPPER ST. CLAIR TODAY
1794 Fort Couch was the site of the last of the Indian raids after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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1834 This one-room public school house cost only $200 to build.
