[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 114 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CELEBRATING THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOROUGH OF BADEN

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                         HON. KEITH J. ROTHFUS

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 2013

  Mr. ROTHFUS. Ms. Speaker, I rise to honor the Borough of Baden on the 
175th anniversary of its founding. I join residents of Baden and 
citizens from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in celebrating 
this historic event.
  The Borough of Baden has a rich history. Long before Christian 
Burkhardt founded it in 1838, settlers and Native Americans gathered 
there to draft early treaties and hold councils. The area also welcomed 
many French, English, and colonial traders as they traveled to 
Pittsburgh to sell their wares. Baden grew from a small village with 
only two boat-building yards and quarries into a bustling town with 
steel mills, coal mines, and oil and gas wells.
  Today, more than four thousand hardworking men and women call the 
Borough of Baden home. It is also home to an exceptional volunteer fire 
department, a thriving American Legion Post 641, and the Sisters of St. 
Joseph who continue to serve folks in need in the greater Pittsburgh 
area.
  Mr. Speaker, fellow Members, please join me in extending warm regards 
to residents of the Borough of Baden on the historic occasion of its 
175th anniversary.

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