Tag: Throwback Thursday

(Provided photo) Gazzam was a small mining community adjacent to Ansonville in Jordan Township.  It was named for Joseph Gazzam ...

(Provided photo) The devastating St. Patrick’s Day flood in March of 1936 was a result of a perfect storm of ...

(Provided photo) The extension of the Beech Creek Railroad, operated by the New York Central, from Kerrmoor to Mahaffey was ...

Here is the tipple crew of Irvona Coal & Coke Co. No 3 in 1902. Shown are Dave Curry, Thomas ...

(Provided photo) Whispering Pines was established in 1928 originally as an amusement park. Situated on Route 53 about a half-mile ...

(Provided photo) The Mahaffey House Hotel, a very large wooden structure, was located on Market Street where the fire hall ...

(Provided photo) (Provided photo) One photo shows the James E. Strates amusement rides being hauled into town to be set ...

(Provided photo) The Altoona and Philipsburg branch of the Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Railroad was founded and installed in 1894 to ...

Pictured are Charles Smith and his sons, Frank on the tractor, Larry in the middle and Clyde on the right, ...

(Provided photo) This rare photo of the hotel in Glen Hope, which stood at the intersection of Routes 53 and ...