The Warner Brothers pose in front of their first theatre on South Mills Street, New Castle in 1906.

1901

American Car and Ship Hardware organized by George Johnson (became Johnson Bronze and Shenango China organized  Universal Sanitary Manufacturer Company founded (Universal Rundle)

1901

 U. S. Steel formed by J. P. Morgan

1902

Standard Engineering opens in Ellwood City

1906

Furnace men strike at local mills. Labor leader Eugene Debs speaks at Cascade Park

1906

Warner Brothers open first theatre in New Castle

1907

Game Warden Sealey Houk found dead in the Mahoning River

Mahoningtown was devastated by the Flood of 1913. The PA Railroad "Round House" smokestacks are visible in the background.

1908

St. Francis Hospital opens in former T. W. Phillips mansion

1909

Bitter tin mill strike erupts in violence

1909

Black Hand Trials begin in New Castle, Rocco Racco sentenced to death for the murder of Sealey Houk

1910

Ellwood City Hospital opens &  Ellwood City Forge opens

1910

Billy Sunday revival held in downtown  New Castle

1911

New Castle elects Socialist Mayor, Walter Tyler

1911

New Castle Senior High School opens

1911

Overlook Sanitarium in New Wilmington opens

1913

Great flood devastates county

1915

Koppel Bridge opened linking Ellwood City to route 18

Lawrence County "Dough Boys" served valiantly in World War I.

1917

The 18th Admendment to the Constitution  passed. (Prohibition)

1918

United States enters World War I.  3,200 Lawrence County men and women  served.   98 did not return

1919

Bond issue of $1,000,000 for roads passed  by County

1919

New Castle Hospital opens in current facility

1922

Ben Franklin Junior High School and  Arthur McGill School open in New Castle

1923

Quality Tools in New Wilmington organized

1923

Lincoln High School in Ellwood City built

1926

Scottish Rite Cathedral completed in New Castle

1929

Jameson Memorial Hospital opens

1929

Stock market crashes.  Worldwide depression begins