Fire that began in a stable in the city of Williamsport on the night of August 20, 1871, destroyed 45 buildings, near East Third and Mulberry streets, then one of Williamsport’s principal residential and business districts. Among the buildings destroyed was the Russell Inn, a log cabin building as seen in the photo.
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Fire that began in a stable in the city of Williamsport on the night of August 20, 1871, destroyed 45 buildings, near East Third and Mulberry streets, then one of Williamsport’s principal residential and business districts. Among the buildings destroyed was the Russell Inn, a log cabin building as seen in the photo.
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Before radios, centralized traffic control, and automatic signaling, a telegraph shanty was a small lineside office where a railroad operator or telegrapher helped control train movements.
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A Susquehanna Valley Farmer learned quickly the grass isn't always greener, or in this case, the river wasn't always smoother from a canal boat.
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