Peters Creek Stone to be explored
“The Mystery of the Peters Creek Stone and Its Local Connection” will be discussed at 7:30 p.m. April 24 when the Peters Creek Historical Society meets at Wrights United Methodist Church, 788 Venetia Road, Venetia.
Leonard Marraccini, vice president of the historical society and curator of the Mine History Room at the Enoch Wright House, will speak. Marraccini is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in physics and post-graduate work in acoustics. He retired after a 40-year career with the U.S. Bureau of Mines and Mine Safety and Health Administration.
His research into the “Mystery of the Peters Creek Stone” has been a focus directed to unfolding the mystery that surrounds it. The strangely carved stone was found in 1894 by a railroad crew working near the mouth of Peters Creek. The stone was taken to Monongahela and changed ownership several times.
Where is the stone’s final destination? Who were its owners? Why did it travel, and what are the numerous theories surrounding it?
For more information, call 724-746-3203.