Altoona natives, about to arrive in the downtown after a long absence, usually cannot help harboring certain expectations about what they will see, even if they haven’t kept in touch with their roots for years or even decades. Most returnees, while reflecting on their Altoona past as they anticipate the downtown of today, recall the […]
Local history 50 years ago: 1973 Philip R. Sheridan, FBI special agent from Pittsburgh, spoke about crime prevention to the Altoona Kiwanis Club at the Penn Alto Hotel. Altoona Mayor William Stouffer and Police Chief Jack Kuhn attended. 25 years ago: 1998 The Blair County Commissioners sold historic Highland Hall (1867) in Hollidaysburg to RADD […]
For 100 years, the Blair County NAACP has been influential, not only at the state level, but nationwide, as its members have worked tirelessly toward its goals
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) On Labor Day Sept. 3, 1923, the Altoona Speedway in Tipton held its inaugural race on its high-banked and wooden board surface. Although the speedway is long gone, its legacy remains 100 years later.
Local history 50 years ago: 1973 State Sen. Stanley Stroup of Blair County led a meeting in Altoona at the Penn Alto Hotel of 125 Republican Party leaders f