Download or read book Living It Up written by George Burns and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 1980-12 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Altoona written by David W. Seidel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated in 1846 and immediately began the task of finding an all-rail route to connect Philadelphia with Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad surveyed possible routes and arrived on a valley floor at the base of the Allegheny Mountains in 1849 that was primarily occupied by the David Robeson farm. As people arrived for employment opportunities, the railroad company purchased the Robeson farm, laid out the plan of a town, and named it Altoona. Shops were established, and crafts were needed as locomotive and car design and building evolved, all with increasing population and prosperity. Altoona grew from farmland to 75,000 people in 75 years.
Download or read book Penn State Altoona written by Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1939, Penn State Altoona began its life as the Altoona Undergraduate Center, owing its genesis to an inspired group of local citizens who built, financed, and nurtured the college through the economic woes of the Great Depression, an enrollment collapse engendered by World War II, and the rise and fall of the region's railroad fortunes. After relocating to the site of an abandoned amusement park in the late 1940s, Penn State Altoona enjoyed a rapid postwar growth spurt that culminated in 1997 with its newly minted charter as a four-year college in the Penn State University system. Using lively period photographs from the school's archives, Penn State Altoona chronicles the school's transformation into a flourishing teaching and research institution of national acclaim.
Download or read book Altoona Up North written by Janie Bynum and published by Harcourt Brace. This book was released on 2001 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Altoona the baboon goes to visit her aunt in the frigid north, but after some adventures in the snow, Auntie gives everyone a warm surprise.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
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Download or read book A Street Through Time written by Anne Millard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Noon's award-winning A Street Through Time has been revised and updated for a new generation. In a series of fourteen unique illustrations, A Street Through Time tells the story of human history by exploring a street as it evolves from 10,000 BCE to the present day. Readers will see how the landscape and the daily lives of people changed as a small settlement grows into a city, is struck by war and plague, and gains trade and industry.
Download or read book Blair County s First Hundred Years 1846 1946 written by Blair County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Horseshoe Curve written by Dennis P. McIlnay and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author brings history alive with the stunning tale of three interconnected-- but little-known-- events in American history. These are the Nazi plot during World War II to destroy the Horseshoe Curve; the FBI's search of the homes of 225 Altoonans on July 1, 1942 as "alien enemies" and the internment by the U.S. of 15,000 German and Italian Americans; and the personal and organizational drama of the founding of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the building of the Horseshoe Curve. This book seamlessly blends information from over 300 actual historical sources including FBI files acquired through the Freedom of Information Act.
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Post interstate Surface Transportation Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mandy Oxendine written by Charles Waddell Chesnutt and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a novel rejected by a major publisher in the 19th century as too shocking for its time, writer Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) challenges the notion that race, class, education, and gender must define one's rightful place in society. Both a romance and a mystery, MANDY OXENDINE tells the compelling story of two fair-skinned, racially mixed lovers who chose to live on opposite sides of the color line.
Download or read book The Legend of the First Super Speedway written by Mark Dill and published by BookBaby. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Legend of the First Super Speedway," is a gritty tale punctuated by humor that chronicles the hero's journey through the pioneering age of American auto racing. It is a factual, previously untold story that must be read for a thorough understanding of auto racing history.
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Download or read book Petrolia written by Brian Black and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning history provides a fascinating look at the Civil War era oil boom in western Pennsylvania and its devastating impact on the region. In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America’s first oil boom but was also the world’s largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley’s descent into environmental hell. Known as “Petrolia,” the region of northwestern Pennsylvania charged the popular imagination with its nearly overnight transition from agriculture to industry. But so unrestrained were these early efforts at oil drilling, Black writes, that “the landscape came to be viewed only as an instrument out of which one could extract crude.” In a very short time, Petrolia was a ruined place—environmentally, economically, and to some extent even culturally. Black gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation. Winner of the Paul H. Giddens Prize in Oil History from Oil Heritage Region, Inc.
Download or read book The Glory of Gable s written by Robert Jeschonek and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a department store, Gable's was the place to shop, eat, meet, and be seen in downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania. Now, the classic store has come back to life in the pages of this one-of-a-kind book. For the first time, the whole true story of Gable's, its leaders, its employees, and the shoppers who loved it has been told, complete with secrets and inside stories from those who knew it best. You'll never forget this trip through a century of retail history, from the store's humble beginnings to its glory days to the thrilling fight to save it from going out of business. Hundreds of rare photos and images, never before gathered in one place, will take you back to the people and moments that made Gable's great, and carry you forward to a modern-day reunion of Gable's employees and a VIP tour inside the Gable's buildings as they stand today, complete with yesterday's treasures. Discover mysteries and surprises that have never been revealed to the general public until now. Relive the story of a lifetime on a magical journey straight out of your favorite memories and dreams. If you've ever longed to return to the department store where you always felt at home, or you just crave a simpler, sweeter place where the malteds are always delicious and the customer is always right, step inside. You're invited to the grand reopening of the store that comes to life every time we remember...The Glory of Gable's!
Download or read book Dining By Rail written by James D. Porterfield and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-05-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dining by Rail" recaptures the history and spirit of an era and offers absorbing details and sumptuous recipes to readers with an interest in railroads and Americana. 150 photos.
