In the 1880s, the Bloomsburg Car Manufacturing Company in Columbia County produced an estimated four thousand railroad cars. It was a leader in the manufacture of standard railroad freight cars, small mine and colliery cars, rotary dump cars, and other materials for the railroad and mining industries.
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On the Pennsylvania frontier, small-scale distilling was common. Farmers often turned rye or corn into whiskey and apples or peaches into brandy. This made practical sense. Grain was bulky and harder to transport, but whiskey was easier to move, store, and sell. Distilling also prevented waste when crops were abundant.
Born in the borough of Milton in Northumberland County, Laura Johnson Wylie became one of the most cultured women in America. In 1894, Laura was among the first group of women to receive a PH D at Yale University.
A local hardware store owner in Muncy, Pennsylvania during the Civil War, secretly funded the return of soldiers killed in battle. His efforts quietly helped cover expenses for families who couldn't afford the return of bodies and burial expenses.
