Maris W. Mullen
1908-1982

A personal collection of Parkesburg
photographs and documents.

Click here to visit the Maris W. Mullen Historical Collections at the Parkesburg Library.

Are you aware that a race horse
was named for Parkesburg?

  You will soon be able to get more
  information about "Parkesburg"
  from this site or in the library.

Were you aware that Parkesburg had
a mobile radio station in the early 1920's?

  Horace A. Beale Jr. was the owner/operator
while he was president of the Chester County
Radio Association.

Horace A. Beale Jr. takes
his father, H.A. Beale Sr. for a ride
around the Parkesburg area.

The Beale family operated the
Parkesburg Iron Company which manufactured
locomotive boiler tubes for many years.