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Munhall Borough 125th Anniversary Celebration at the Steel Valley School Campus | June 13th, 2026 DETAILS TBA - You can stay in touch with updates here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583124584239 Munhall's story spans nearly two centuries, beginning the late 1700s with early settlers and the formation of a community. The area progresses due to the massive investment in the late 1800s by a handful of industrialists, then has decades of both prosperity and decline. Homestead's legacy provides us with important lessons about the fortunes of industrial development and organized labor in America. Amity Homestead was the name given by John McClure to a quaint county seat which he built in the bend of the Monongahela a mile or so below Braddock's Crossing and ten miles from Pittsburgh in Mifflin Township. John passed the picturesque place on to his son John and through him to his grandson Abdiel. At one time, the area of Homestead was generally bounded by Ann Street to the west and McClure Street to the east, the riverfront to the north and East 12th Avenue to the south.  This made up the estate of the McClure family. The huge McClure home stood approximately between East 9th Avenue and East 10th Avenue, with a large […]