News and Notes

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on News and Notes On the Cover This untitled and undated painting, rendered by Pennsylvania­-born artist George W. Storm (1831-1913), depicts a freight train pulling sectional ca11al boars over the “Muleshoe Curve” of the New Portage Railroad just west of Duncansville, ca. 1855. It was in 1855 that this railroad section was completed and replaced the world­-famous Allegheny Portage Railroad in the...
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Year in Review 2008: The New Deal in Pennsylvania

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Year in Review 2008: The New Deal in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Heritage, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Pennsylvania Heritage Society celebrate the 75th anniversary of the New Deal.   Winter An Activist Government in Harrisburg: Governor George H. Earle III and Pennsylvania’s “Little New Deal” Forty Fort Meeting House: The Architecture of a Union From the Ashes at Boyertown—Safety Legislation for All Hands on...
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News

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on News Rare Discovery After their September 11, 1777, victory in the Battle of Brandywine, British General Sir William Howe and his troops captured and occupied Philadelphia. It was not long, however, before General Howe realized he faced a challenging supply problem. He was surrounded by General George Washington’s Continental Army and, more importantly, the Royal British Navy could not bring...
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Cyclorama Building

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Cyclorama Building A landmark among the approximately 1,328 monuments, memorials, and markers at Gettysburg National Military Park (GNMP) since its dedication on November 19, 1962, the ninety-ninth anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Cyclorama Building was designed by architects Richard Neutra (1892–1970) and Robert E. Alexander (1907–1992). Neutra moved to the United States in 1923...
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Marker Program at the Pennsylvania Farm Show

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Marker Program at the Pennsylvania Farm Show The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) adopted as its 2012 annual theme “The Land of Penn and Plenty: Bringing History to the Table.” State Historical Marker Program staff developed a scavenger hunt featuring twenty-two replica markers related to Pennsylvania’s agricultural and food production history that was launched at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Visitors obtained...
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2010 PHMC Photography Contest

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on 2010 PHMC Photography Contest The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is hosting a great way to showcase your photography of historic sites along the Trails of History. Contest Rules: The contest runs from July 1, 2010, through January 1, 2011. Photographs must have been taken by the person entering the contest within the last three years (since June 30, 2007) at any PHMC Trails of History historic site....
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2010 PHMC Photography Contest: And the Winners Are!

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on 2010 PHMC Photography Contest: And the Winners Are! From July 1, 2010, through the end of the year, photographers were invited to submit their best shots of historic sites and museums along the Pennsylvania Trails of History administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). Awards were presented in Best Overall, Best Creative, Best Exterior, and Honorable Mention categories. And the awards go to . . . Best Overall Jan...
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Scientists Confirm Discovery of New Dinosaur at The State Museum of Pennsylvania

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Scientists Confirm Discovery of New Dinosaur at The State Museum of Pennsylvania Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new dinosaur dating to the late Triassic Period by The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. Daemonosaurus chauliodus was found in a large mudstone block containing numerous skeletons of the Late Triassic dinosaur Coelophysis, from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. The block was on loan to The State Museum from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of...
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Saving Eckley Miners’ Village One Building at a Time

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Saving Eckley Miners’ Village One Building at a Time Settled in 1854, Eckley Miners’ Village, ten miles east of Hazleton in southern Luzerne County, is a rare survivor of the hundreds of company mining towns or “patches” that punctuated northeastern Pennsylvania’s anthracite region in the nineteenth century. Mining companies created the settlements so that employees would live near the collieries – complexes...
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Documenting Railroading History

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Documenting Railroading History CSX Transportation and a series of public sector partners, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have undertaken an $850 million project, the National Gateway, to create a doublestack cleared freight rail network on CSX Transportation lines between Mid-Atlantic points and the Midwest. As part of the project, in 2009 the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)...
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