Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920)

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) On Tuesday, April 6, 1909, Robert Edwin Peary accomplished an achievement worthy of the legendary explorers of history. Exhausted from sleep deprivation, in temperatures of forty degrees below zero, after sailing thousands of miles on the ship Roosevelt, with teams of dogs, and with the knowledge that more than 750 men had died in failure, Peary, along with Matthew Henson, four Eskimos, and...
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The Man Behind the Curtain: “Doc” Mishler and His Legacy

Posted by on Nov 24, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Man Behind the Curtain: “Doc” Mishler and His Legacy Isaac Charles Mishler (1862-1944) stepped off the train in Altoona, Blair County, on August 6, 1881, just before his nine­teenth birthday, with a suitcase crammed full of ambition. Like thousands of men from across America and throughout Europe, Mishler was drawn to the booming city founded and sustained by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR). Mishler spent the next year or two laboring as a...
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