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Main Page From Jump to: navigation , search Contents 1 Important Notice 2 Feel free to browse the information here! 3 Historical Maps of Pittsburgh can seen by clicking here. 4 Pittsburgh Celebrates 250 years of History 5 Pittsburgh House Histories 6 WELCOME TO CARRICK 7 CARRICK HISTORY CLICK HERE 8 WELCOME TO OVERBROOK 9 OVERBROOK HISTORY CLICK HERE 10 Historical society gives voice to lives of regular folks 11 [Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/07/05/Historical-society-gives-voice-to-lives-of-regular-folks/stories/201407050050#ixzz376QNjyXN Read More Click Here] Important Notice Questions or inquiries can be directed to carrickhistory@gmail.com If you are new to the Carrick Overbrook History web site and wish to be a contributor, as a courtesy please contact carrickhistory@gmail.com. We would like to meet with you to discuss our website and instruct you on how to contribute photos, files or information. Thank you for your interest and contributions to our website and Carrick Overbrook history. Use this link for calculating the worth of some amount of money then and now.... Click Here The 2018 calendar on sale beginning November 1, 2017. The Carrick Library is closed. Calendars may be purchased at the Carrick Blockwatch, Carrick Community Council Meetings $8.50. Purchase includes membership to the society and entrance to the Sen. John Heinz History Center for up to 4 people PER VISIT. Feel free to browse the information here! We are constantly in the process of setting up the Wiki (in terms of look and feel and overall navigation). Historical Maps of Pittsburgh can seen by clicking here . Pittsburgh Celebrates 250 years of History As Pittsburgh celebrates 250 years of history it is also Carrick’s and Overbrook’s history as well. Listen and view our history here with a Happy Birthday Pittsburgh song by Mike Stout Pittsburgh House Histories For the link on Facebook Pittsburgh House Histories click here == Pittsburgh’s Inclines == Compilation of inclines click here Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Blog compilation of 22 Pittsburgh inclines click here WELCOME TO CARRICK Carrick is located on the southeastern edge of the City of Pittsburgh with Brownsville Road serving as the main commercial thoroughfare and the backbone of the community. In 1853, Dr. John H. O’Brien received permission from the U. S. Postal Service to establish a post office in the area; for his hard work he was given the honor of naming it, and he chose Carrick” after his home town, Carrick-on-Suir , Ireland. Carrick became a Borough in 1904 and in 1926 voted to become part of the City of Pittsburgh. In 1927 it officially became known as the 29th Ward. Located between the suburbs of the South Hills and downtown, Carrick is well-served by public transportation. Once home to prominent mansions and wealthy families, the neighborhood currently has an affordable, solid housing stock and remains family-oriented. The Carrick section of Brownsville Road is approximately 2.2 miles long; it is generally comprised of three discrete business districts with residential areas in between. Carrick prides itself as having two fine elementary schools, Concord Elementary School and Roosevelt Elementary School as well as Carrick High School . Along with well-kept modest and large grand homes, the neighborhood boasts of numerous parklet playgrounds, the Carnegie Library of Carrick, historic Phillips Park (comprised of walking paths, a disc golf course, a recreation center and swimming pool) and Volunteers Field (comprised of an expertly maintained baseball only field and a multipurpose athletic field.) Carrick includes many places of worship, including Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Jehovah Witness, Lutheran and Catholic Orthodox. In 1997, Carrick was named the first Cool Community” in the northern United States by the U.S. Department of Energy. Cool Community” is a national recognition program for strategic tree planting for energy conservation purposes. Partnering with conservation organizations, community groups worked to weatherize homes and businesses, plant trees and flowers, and add elements of green building” to the renovation of Carrick High School . CARRICK HISTORY CLICK HERE WELCOME TO OVERBROOK Originally called Fairhaven , the name was changed to Overbrook when breaking away from Baldwin Township to become a borough. Overbrook is located at the edge of the city, south of Downtown, and is surrounded by the city neighborhoods Brookline and Carrick and the boroughs of Castle Shannon and Whitehall. Historically Overbrook Borough was one of the last annexed into the City of Pittsburgh. The historic Overbrook Community Center retains its borough origins and is still used by the community. Overbrook is convenient to both Phillips and Brookline Parks, as well the Brownsville Road and Brookline Boulevard business districts. It is an easy trip on the South Busway to Downtown, Station Square, and Century III and South Hills Village Malls with a light rail and busway stations. Overbrook residents maintain solid, family homes on quiet, tree-lined streets. Housing is very affordable for moderate income buyers, and the variety of architectural styles means that there’s something for every taste. Overbrook has experienced an influx of young families with children in recent years. The Overbrook Center and ballfield provide recreation for youth. These families have discovered a friendly neighborhood of 4,400 people, with good schools, lots of green space and neighbors who care about each other and their community. Welcome to our community. OVERBROOK HISTORY CLICK HERE Historical society gives voice to lives of regular folks July 5, 2014 12:10 AM By Diana Nelson Jones / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Paul "Moke" Goettler was a grunt in the infantry during World War II and says he probably survived several close calls because he was so skinny. Honorably discharged, he returned to Carrick in November 1945, a 21-year-old who would go on to work hard for little money and raise six children in a three-bedroom house with a wife he has outlived for eight years. He turned 90 Wednesday, still skinny, with a booming voice, keen eyesight and savant-like memory. Now his story is preserved for posterity, the first oral history of the . John Rudiak, a founder of the society, initiated the project to preserve something of the lives of people who remain grunts through life, who work hard, collectively carry the bulk of the load and don’t have famous pall bearers. Oral history project: John Rudiak interviews Paul Goettler John Rudiak interviews Paul Goettler to initiate the ’s oral history project, with video by Chuck Christ. The society will begin outreach to add to its oral history archive. (7/5/2014) Videographer Chuck Christ, owner of Memory Maker, a video and editing business, is donating his time to the project. . Mr. Goettler warns that he is "a talking machine" before launching stories with details that are unique but strike a tone of universality. No one knows him as Paul, he said. When he was 2, his father was looking for his cigarettes, and little Paul ran in with one of them dangling from his mouth. "I said, ’Me moke, me moke.’ I’‍ve been Moke ever since." Mr. Goettler got his first job while in high school, delivering telegrams for Western Union. "I made $13.60 a week, and my mother got $10" to support her and his stepfather, who had been hit by a car and disabled. His father had died when the boy was 7. People would go "wildcatting," scratching coal from seams they found, and his father was endeavoring to do that when a shaft caved in on him, burying him alive. "I don’t know why he was digging coal," Mr. Goettler said. "He was a rolling engineer for J&L making $90 a week. That was good money then." At 18, Mr. Goettler got a job with Oliver Iron and Steel on the South Side then joined the Army a year later. He served in the 88th Infantry Division, the Blue Devils, in Italy. He brings out memorabilia...