Mount Union Area Historical Society

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Wishing Huntingdon County a Happy Birthday!!!

Join us today from 10am - 3pm at the Ton of Bricks Festival & Canal Era Days 2021! We will have live music, food vendors, art demonstrations, and much more at both Linear Park and the Sharrar House!

The Huntingdon Community Summer Band will perform tomorrow Tuesday August 3, 2021 at 7PM in our lawn. Hope to see you there!

We need your help! This photo has been donated to the Bricktown Museum but we have no information about it. We have noted several clues. We believe it is somew...here in Mount Union due to the dual gauge track in the foreground. Note the external frame boxcar to right of the photo behind the building. There is a large gear or sprocket behind the fifth gentleman from the right in the back row. We also believe the front row of gentlemen are resting their feet on some sort of conveyor chain on its side. There appears to be a small section of large pipe on the dock floor between the first and second gentlemen sitting to the right of the photo. Do you recognize this site, know anyone pictured or see any additional clues??? Please comment below! See more

Looking to join the Mount Union Area Historical Society? We are always looking for new members and even volunteers!

Summer Hours for the Museums, Historical Societies & Historic Sites in Huntingdon County! Visit www.huntingdoncountyhistory.com for more information about each... place! Make sure to check out their Facebook pages too! Greenwood Furnace State Park Isett Heritage Museum Swigart Museum East Broad Top Railroad Rockhill Trolley Museum Bricktown Museum Huntingdon County Fair Farm Museum Huntingdon County Historical Society Three Springs/Saltillo area Historical Society Hartslog Heritage Museum Raystown Lake Region Bricktown Model Railroaders Association Kars & Koffee by Raystown Kruisers Hartslog Day Heritage Festival Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce Friends of the East Broad Top Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau visitPA #VisitPA #visithuntingdoncounty #raystownlakeregion #travel #history #heritagetourism #PATravelHappy *Other museums, historical societies and historic sites in the county are open by appointment*

Metrotrails Then and Now Series: Historic 1930s image of the flood damaged ganister quarry railroad bridge near Mt. Union PA compared to the same scene on our 2...020 hike. The area quarries were served by the Pennsylvania Railroad as well as the East Broad Top out of Mt. Union. This bridge carried rail cars across the Juniata River to serve the mineral interests on the slope of Jacks Mountain in Jacks Narrows. Today, the area is extremely popular with hikers who flock to the area to hike the "1000 Steps" built by the quarry workers, now part of Standing Stone Trail. Much of the infrastructure including this bridge have vanished. Abutments of this bridge's replacement can still be seen in the Juniata in Jacks Narrows. The quarries discontinued operation in the 1950s. See more

February is #BlackHistoryMonth and the Mount Union Community LIbrary is doing their Show What You Know Black History Contest! Anyone can participate and the D...eadline to submit your packet is March 12, 2021. Any questions contact Ms. Rogers (814)-542-4572. You can print the packet here: https://cdn.fbsbx.com//scan_mhummel_2021-02-10-14-25-23.pd

If you have any photos of the different memorials, monuments, historical markers/plaques/signage and would like to share with us please email them to [email protected] What we need is the following: - A full photo shot of the memorial/plaque/marker and then an up close picture so it can be read. - Please try to give us a location of it, either address, gps coordinates, or some kind of way to find it. - Your name for photo credit. If you have any questions please message, email or call us. We greatly appreciate all the help and submissions in our effort to document all of our memorials, monuments, historical markers/plaques/signs in Huntingdon County! Thanks again Ron Morgan and The Daily News!

The Simpson-Hunt, American Legion Post 107 in Mount Union Ladies Auxiliary are doing the Military Banners to honor our military heroes from the Mount Union area...! All information is on the photos and at this link- https://militarytributebanners.org//pe/mount-union-pa.html Mount Union Area Historical Society Mount Union Area Partnership Mount Union Community LIbrary Mount Union Chamber of Commerce Bricktown Museum - Bricktown Model Railroaders Association American legion post 107-stonehouse Juniata River Blueprint Community Mount Union Vfw Post 5754

Residents of Mount Union, Mapleton Depot and Shirley Township: Please take a few minutes to complete this survey! It will be used for the revitalization plans of your communities! https://reporting.padowntown.org//current-perceptions-of-j

Check out this great display of Mount Union area Doctors! This is hanging up at Penn Highlands Huntingdon (the former J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital).

Metrotrails Then and Now Series: Historic 1930s image of the flood damaged ganister quarry railroad bridge near Mt. Union PA compared to the same scene on our 2...020 hike. The area quarries were served by the Pennsylvania Railroad as well as the East Broad Top out of Mt. Union. This bridge carried rail cars across the Juniata River to serve the mineral interests on the slope of Jacks Mountain in Jacks Narrows. Today, the area is extremely popular with hikers who flock to the area to hike the "1000 Steps" built by the quarry workers, now part of Standing Stone Trail. Much of the infrastructure including this bridge have vanished. Abutments of this bridge's replacement can still be seen in the Juniata in Jacks Narrows. The quarries discontinued operation in the 1950s. See more

February is #BlackHistoryMonth and the Mount Union Community LIbrary is doing their Show What You Know Black History Contest! Anyone can participate and the D...eadline to submit your packet is March 12, 2021. Any questions contact Ms. Rogers (814)-542-4572. You can print the packet here: https://cdn.fbsbx.com//scan_mhummel_2021-02-10-14-25-23.pd

If you have any photos of the different memorials, monuments, historical markers/plaques/signage and would like to share with us please email them to [email protected] What we need is the following: - A full photo shot of the memorial/plaque/marker and then an up close picture so it can be read. - Please try to give us a location of it, either address, gps coordinates, or some kind of way to find it. - Your name for photo credit. If you have any questions please message, email or call us. We greatly appreciate all the help and submissions in our effort to document all of our memorials, monuments, historical markers/plaques/signs in Huntingdon County! Thanks again Ron Morgan and The Daily News!

The Simpson-Hunt, American Legion Post 107 in Mount Union Ladies Auxiliary are doing the Military Banners to honor our military heroes from the Mount Union area...! All information is on the photos and at this link- https://militarytributebanners.org//pe/mount-union-pa.html Mount Union Area Historical Society Mount Union Area Partnership Mount Union Community LIbrary Mount Union Chamber of Commerce Bricktown Museum - Bricktown Model Railroaders Association American legion post 107-stonehouse Juniata River Blueprint Community Mount Union Vfw Post 5754

Residents of Mount Union, Mapleton Depot and Shirley Township: Please take a few minutes to complete this survey! It will be used for the revitalization plans of your communities! https://reporting.padowntown.org//current-perceptions-of-j

EBT standard gauge switcher #3 in Mt Union. Posted in the comments of a previous EBT picture.

Next up we have the Mount Union Area Historical Society! Huntingdon County Free Museum Day is on Saturday September 19, 2020 from 9am - 3pm. You must Pre-Regis...ter Online by September 17 at http://huntingdoncountyhistory.com/free_museum_day.html For our upcoming Huntingdon County Free Museum Day, we will be sharing a little about each of the participating museums, historical societies and historic sites.

Huntingdon County Free Museum Day!!! Saturday September 19, 2020 from 9am-3pm is Huntingdon County Free Museum Day! To participate you must pre-register onlin...e by September 17, 2020. Click on the link for the registration form: http://www.huntingdoncountyhistory.com/free_museum_day.html *Registration ends at 9PM on 9/17/2020. Here is your chance to check out the following museums, historical societies and historic sites for FREE! We have 13 participating. Swigart Museum Isett Heritage Museum Huntingdon County Historical Society Bricktown Model Railroaders Association/Bricktown Museum Mount Union Area Historical Society Three Springs/Saltillo area Historical Society Hartslog Heritage Museum Rockhill Trolley Museum (*Full Capacity - Registration Closed for RTM*) East Broad Top Railroad (*Full Capacity - Registration Closed for EBT*) Broad Top Coal Miners Museum Petersburg Heritage Museum Greenwood Furnace State Park Mapelton Union Area Historical Society We hope to see you there! Raystown Lake Region Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau visitPA Uncovering PA PA Discoveries

Check out what’s happening with our friends at the Rockhill Trolley Museum and East Broad Top Railroad!

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