The Homeville Apparitions
The West farmhouse in Homeville Founded in 1898 on the spot of a historic picnic grove in West Mifflin, Kennywood Park has delighted generations of Allegheny County residents. By 1903, the park had expanded to include a carousel, dance pavilion and a roller coaster. But it was another nearby attraction, which once stood a few hundred yards west of Kennywood, that drew crowds of thousands in the fall of 1903-- a large, old farmhouse known locally as the West House. It was November of 1903 and Mr. and Mrs. James Kemerer were annoyed beyond words. For several weeks, curiosity seekers had descended upon their property, a few miles south of the steel town of Homestead, in a picturesque, peaceful little community known as Homeville. The daily stream of visitors even caught the attention of one of the Steel City's largest newspapers, the Pittsburgh Press, which wrote: "Property throughout the neighborhood has been trampled down, and the vicinity looks as though it had been passed ove...
