Library Staff & Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees and Current Terms
MARCY BOGDANICH: Jan 2018-Dec 2020
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LINDA LEES: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
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Library History
In 1798, Isaac Covert built a log cabin in what is now Mars Borough. Gradually, he accumulated 400 acres.
Thomas Kennedy worked on his farm to the east of Crowe Avenue. The James Davidson farm nestled south of the Covert's farm. All these farms met at the corner of Pittsburgh Street and Crowe Avenue, then a crossroad of the Valencia-Evans City Road and a street which cut from Old Plank Road (Rt. 8) to Perry Highway on the west. |
Matthew Parks and Thomas Kennedy built water-powered grist mills on the Breakneck Creek. In 1873, Matthew Park's son Samuel, along with the Honorable Samuel Marshall, established the Mars Post Office.
The Post Office's name is a controversial topic. Some say that Mrs. Parks was a student of astronomy and suggested the name. Others say it was named in honor of Samuel Marshall. Either way, the connotation of outer space stuck. Above photographed are people wearing martian costumes used by the British Broadcasting Company in 1976 for the filming of The Vikings Trip to the Planet Mars. The photograph was taken in Mars, Pennsylvania. |