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CHAPTER III. FALLSTON PAPERS. Among the early papers of the county, were those in operation at the falls of the Beaver, in the period from 1835 to 1841. They were started shortly before the panic that prostrated this whole section, but managed to keep in existence in some form through the worst of it. One of these papers, the "Chronicle" of Rochester, re- moved in 1839 to Beaver Falls, was the only one outside of Fallston, and with its death, a long period elapsed be- fore any one had the courage to start another paper at the falls. The Fallston papers were edited and controlled by four of the best known and ablest men of the county, two lawyers, one physician and one clergyman; and they all covered themselves with journalistic honor, but with an entire absence of financial success. This section was then forging to the front in in- dustrial development, and the time seemed ripe for a newspaper to be successful, but all attempts ended in failure, despite the ability and reputation of the gentle- men who had charge of the successive ventures. On March 18, 1796, John McKee of McKeesport, exe- cuted an article of agreement with one Levi B. Stuart,