Library Staff
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CAITLYN
Director cboland@marslibrary.org SARAH Collection and Programming Librarian sboyce@bcfls.org JEN Children's Librarian jford@bcfls.org ELISABETH Website |
ELIZABETH
Circulation Desk & Ongoing Book Sale DIANE Circulation Desk AVERY Technical Librarian CURTIS Circulation Desk |
Library Board of Trustees
MARY BOBURCZAK
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*The Board of Trustees governs the Mars Area Public Library, hires staff members, sets objectives, controls its finances, and formulates its operating policies. Meetings are generally held the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00p.m.
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Library History
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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. |
