Friday, October 23, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
December 21, 1906 - Idiots with Guns - TWO MEN ARE VICTIMS OF REVOLVERS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE UNLOADED
Chalmer Deyarmin of Cramer and Joe Kacfik of Cambria City - both shot
john Pudrosky - boarding house on alley between Chestnut Street and Broad Street. Frank Herzog and M.R. Brennan
Dr. George Hay & Clarence Deyarmin
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
CIVIL WAR - Week of-July 9, 1863 - Sending Local Troops to Bedford - Local Newspaper Coverage
Defensive Measures – Gettysburg Campaign Trenches
In June 1863, as Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee advanced toward Gettysburg, fear spread through Pennsylvania. After the Union’s defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester, General Robert Milroy retreated to Bloody Run (now Everett) in Bedford County. Concerns over the strategic Railroad hub of Altoona led local militia, organized by Colonel Jacob Higgins, to construct defensive earthworks and stone-filled cribs at key mountain passes and streams. These trenches, built by about 1,500 men using local resources, are among the few surviving defensive works from the Gettysburg Campaign and are now a historic site in Bedford County
Cambria and Blair County Troops sent to guard parts of Bedford County from a possible Rebel Invasion.
Col Pierce - 12 Pa Cav. Bloody Run - now called Everett.
News from Bedford
Wednesday, July 1, 1863
Bedford, Penna.
Capt. Litzinger of Ebensburg and Capt. Hughes of Wilmore
Col. Higgins - Blair County Militia
---------------------------
Letter From Our Soldiers
Bedford, Penna.
July 3, 1863
Pre-1889 - Cambria Iron - Pay Day - Washington Street Building - That is Still There
---------------------------
As you can see by the modern photo - at some time the building that survived all the floods was modified. You can also see how the street level has risen since before 1889. Just a close up of what looks like some women in white aprons.
Modern side view of the modified section.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
October 26, 1906 - Takes Fatal Dose - Fatal Johnstown Mine Explosion - Conemaugh Poisoning
Emerson Jones - Takes Fatal Dose
Fatal Mine Explosion - Samson Louther, Constant Fish, Adam Pavlovsky, Joseph Komelsky
Frank Gavlek, Mike Sulada, Joseph Patrich, Joseph Flak, Mike Borovochik
Two Suffer Poisoning - Conemaugh - Carle Family
The Garfieldian - October 20, 1939
Far too many names to list - which means if you know someone that went to Garfield in 1939 - double click on the picture to enlarge.
Monday, October 19, 2026
October 5, 1906 - Mixture of Odds & Ends
Miss Mary Berkey and Harvey Poorbaugh
Louis Rager - Morrellville - fell asleep on train tracks
Diphtheria at Dale - Family of Emanuel Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Louis Lehmeyer and Mr. & Mrs. JOhn Maurer
Child in Lower Yoder - 820 Virginia Avenue dies of Diphtheria - nine year old Annie Sandor. Sister two year old Elizabeth also died of the same disease.
David G. McLaughlin - Cambria Mill Foreman - Harry R. Geer
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)