Norman Gasbarro | March 20, 2014
The skies of Harrisburg lit up on the morning of 15 June 1865. A fire had broken out in coach-maker J. R. Fleming‘s two-story building at Third Street and Strawberry Alley. It quickly spread to several other buildings. The investigation quickly concluded that the fire was set by arsonists. The Philadelphia Inquirer of 16 June […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 18, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, second quadrant, beginning with photograph 33. The photographs in this are numbered 33 through 41. All of the stones in this section are fairly easy to read, but not all are identifiable by regiment and company. All of the stones […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 15, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, second quadrant, beginning at the first stone in the quadrant. The photographs are numbered 24 through 24. Unfortunately, like those in photographs 6 through 23, most of the grave sites have stones that are unreadable due to severe weathering. It […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 13, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, first quadrant, beginning at the tenth stone from the path. The photographs are numbered 15 through 23. Unfortunately, like those in photographs 6 through 14, most of the grave sites have stones that are unreadable due to severe weathering. It […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 11, 2014
This post concludes a chronicle of the worst flooding on the Susquehanna River in history – at least at the time that it occurred. The text is featured from two contemporary newspaper articles which provided information on the extent of the damage. ———————————- From the Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 March 1865: GREAT FRESHET. THE RAILROADS SUBMERGED. […]
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