Racing Horses for Sale near Beaver Falls, PA

About Beaver Falls, PA

Originally called Brighton, Beaver Falls was chartered as a borough in 1868. It adopted the commission form of government in 1913. In the 1870s, Beaver Falls was home to a Chinatown and had up to 225 Chinese residents, brought in to work at Beaver Falls Cutlery Company. Travelers would often stop in Beaver Falls while traversing Western Pennsylvania, since there were many modes of transportation through the area (railroad, highway, canal). The city was also linked to Ellwood City in 1914 by the Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, an interurban trolley line.