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Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, United States
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Police chief's big retirement bonus has Beaver County leaders asking questions
• Oct. 18, 2024, 8:06 AM ET (CBS)
Beaver County controller raises questions about real estate deal involving former solicitor
• Oct. 15, 2024, 3:20 AM ET (CBS)
Beaver County man accused of using 2-year-old daughter as "human shield" during hours-long SWAT standoff
• Oct. 10, 2024, 4:00 AM ET (CBS)
Farmers donate new steer to Beaver County boy after the one he was raising went missing
• Oct. 10, 2024, 3:57 AM ET (CBS)
Beaver, county, western Pennsylvania, U.S., bordered to the west by Ohio and West Virginia. It consists of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau drained by the Ohio and Beaver rivers. Other waterways include Ambridge Reservoir, Brush Creek, and Raccoon Creek, which runs through Raccoon Creek State Park. The county was created in 1800. After founding utopian communities in nearby Butler county (1805) and in the state of Indiana (1814), George Rapp and his Pietist sect of Harmonists (Rappites) created an agricultural and manufacturing centre called Economy (1825–1906). The thriving community dwindled in the late 19th century. The American Bridge ...(100 of 171 words)