During early spring 1954 nearly all of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad’s roll…
“I sometimes catch myself looking up at the moon … and wonder will we be going back and who …
Homemade food, a playground, overnight accommodations and Esso gasoline were offered to the …
Many communities in Huntingdon County and neighboring communities enjoyed local sporting act…
A postcard scene is marked “Public School Rockhill, Pa.” Was there a school in Rockhill that…
Whether you hail from the more populated areas of Huntingdon County or the rural, mountainou…
The opening of the narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad in 1874 was prompted by the need to …
Over the past several weeks, this writer has completed several journeys to some very interes…
Civil War reenactors took part in a demonstration firing at the Shade Gap Picnic Grounds som…
Independence Day is coming up and I’d like to encourage folks to pause and recall the events…
The late Johnny Young of Robertsdale stands in front of an old steam shovel on the East Broa…
Every day, a member of America’s “Greatest Generation” passes away leaving a void in the rol…
Here’s a photo of a large group of men standing outside the Rockhill American Legion Post. T…
Many of us travel the Pennsylvania Turnpike for different reasons throughout the year, even …
Can any of the readers help identify this photo? The scene is of a high school football team…
“Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: You’re about to embark upon…
Recognize any of these Broad Top area coal miners? The photo was taken in the late 1980s dur…
Want to know something about the history of Woodcock Valley and the Huntingdon and Broad Top…
Here’s a collection of photos taken of the Entriken area, date unknown. The H&BT Railroa…
A few weeks ago I used a photo with the column shared by Isett Heritage Museum, Huntingdon. …
If you want a good example of the love and respect articulated for the late Bill Kelly, chec…
Huntingdon continues to serve as an important transportation hub in central Pennsylvania. In…
I’m sure many of the readers remember some of grandmother’s (or great-grandmother as the cas…
Attention Broad Toppers! Do you recognize the baseball players in a 1988 photo of the Broad …
During the April 23 Huntingdon County History and Heritage Roundtable meeting in Mount Union…
In this undated postcard photo, the Lester Hotel of Huntingdon is on the left while the Penn…
Last Wednesday a sizable group of local history enthusiasts enjoyed a bus tour arranged by s…
Here’s a wide angle photo of the once-prosperous mining village Joller situated in Todd Town…
As the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society continues its mission of collecting dat…
Here’s an undated photo of the popular “Keystone Ramblers,” an early country music group hea…
(COLUMNIST’S NOTE: Due to space limitations, a photo of the late Smithfield baseball coach J…
Here’s a rare scene of one of the standard gauge Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad’…
We thought the readers would enjoy an update on a topic I shared with the audience earlier t…
In a 1980s photograph a west-bound freight train passes the retired HUNT Signal Tower, along…
“Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic, taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.”
Many years ago during the annual Huntingdon County Veterans Day Parade in Huntingdon, member…
It’s time to clean off the columnist’s very messy desk. Let’s get started. Steve Morder of M…
While cleaning up what seemed like tons of files from file cabinets in January, Daily News s…
“When we talk about the story of coal mining and steam railroading, it’s important to rememb…
In this undated photo, a Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad passenger consist rest b…
A Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad (H&BT) steam locomotive, pulling a tender a…
A very early scene of the small community of Neelyton in the southeastern corner of Huntingd…
The late Tom Black, who resided in Saxton and was a native of Broad Top City, stands beside …
With hopes that Punxsutawney Phil’s weather forecast is reliable, this writer is anxiously a…
An unidentified woman stands in front of a gas pump somewhere in Huntingdon County. Hopefull…
