To honor the memory of John Blair 1766-1832 Pioneer farmer, merchant and public servant advocate of good roads, promoter of the Pennsylvania Canal and Allegheny Portage Railroad foremost citizen of his time in what is now Blair County and when . . . — — Map (db m162042) HM
Formed on February 26, 1846 from Bedford and Huntingdon counties. Named for the Honorable John Blair, a prominent citizen who died in 1832. Hollidaysburg, county seat, was incorporated 1836. City of Altoona, founded 1849, became a major railroad . . . — — Map (db m52348) HM
No man has contributed more to the preservation of Huntingdon County history than J. Simpson Africa, who resided here while compiling his monumental History of Huntingdon & Blair Counties in 1888. Lot#16, on which this building stands, was . . . — — Map (db m95204) HM
The canal in the Lewistown Narrows was part of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal's Juniata Division, which stretched 127.3 miles along the Juniata River from Duncan's Island, Perry County, to Hollidaysburg, Blair County. The 6.5 miles of canal which . . . — — Map (db m292499) HM
You are standing on the site of a cabin built by John Keifer in 1824. John Keifer (1802- 1863) and his wife Elizabeth Donnel (1805- 1865), daughter of surveyor Jonathan Donnel, resided here until 1830. That year the family moved to another farm . . . — — Map (db m299338) HM
This Comfort Inn stands on the site once occupied by Fort Fetter.
Michael Fetter's barn was fortified and named Fort Fetter circa 1777. It served throughout the American Revolutionary War as a fortified structure for the defense of the local . . . — — Map (db m75206) HM
(side 1)
This Monument
Was erected to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of
The Old Portage Rail Road
March 18, 1834
A scale model of one of the inclined planes is in the Blair County Historical Museum, Altoona, . . . — — Map (db m52478) HM
IN APRIL 1834, ROLAND CURTIN joined a dozen other
Centre County businessmen-including fellow
ironmasters James Irvin, Joseph Miles, William
Thomas, and Bond Valentine-in organizing the
Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Company
(BE&SCN). . . . — — Map (db m275276) HM
Died For Their Country
(South face)
(Top Center Column) Capt. Henry Wayne • Capt. T. L. McGlathery • Capt. P. T. Keys
(Left Column) Lieut. Geo. W. Burley • Lieut. P. Morris • J. Kelly • G. R. Everson • Jr. • G. M. Loudon • J. . . . — — Map (db m95886) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
