by Kimberly | May 31, 2023 | History
Nestled in a valley 60 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Johnstown, home to many steel workers, sat near the Allegheny, Little Conemaugh, and Stony Creek rivers. In 1840 a dam was built on the Little Conemaugh River about 14 miles upstream from Johnstown. The...
by Kimberly | May 10, 2023 | History
On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah to drive the last spike into the rail line that would connect the east and the west. The project to connect the east and west coasts started 16 years before...
by Kimberly | Apr 2, 2023 | History
WANTED Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 per week. On April 3, 1860, a rider set out from St. Joseph, Missouri, heading west. At the exact time, roughly one thousand eight...
