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Nanty
Glo History Timeline |
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page added May 14 2002 |
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| 1894 | Glenglade
post office established with Merton A. Davis as postmaster. |
| 1896 | Glenglade
is a lumber camp of 13 houses on Blacklick Creek. |
| 1896 | Dr.
James Dunwiddie opens first mine in Glenglade. |
| 1898 | First
school opens on Jackson Township side of Blacklick Creek. |
| 1899 | A
Pennsylvania Railroad line comes to town to haul coal. |
| 1900 | Lincoln
Mine begins operation. |
| 1901 | Post
office changes name from Glenglade to Nant-Y-Glo. |
| 1901 | First
church begins: Methodist Episcopal. |
| 1902 | St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church established. |
| 1907 | Springfield
Mine opens. |
| 1908 | Electricity
available via plant operated by John and Harry Conrad. |
| 1909 | Emma
Coal Company begins operation. |
| 1913 | First
Baptist Church begins. |
| 1913 | Nanty
Glo Volunteer Fire Company established. |
| 1915 | Heisley,
Nanty Glo's greatest mine, opened by Coleman & Weaver Coal Company. |
| 1918 | Nanty
Glo incorporated as a borough independent of Blacklick and Jackson Townships. |
| 1918 | A
fourth-class school is established. |
| 1919 | St.
Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church begins (formerly known as "Greek Catholic"). |
| 1920 | Church
of God and Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses established. |
| 1920 | (Or
early 1921) Newspaper, Nanty Glo Bulletin starts publication. |
| 1921 | Herman
Sedloff buys the Bulletin, renames and publishes first edition of the Nanty
Glo Journal May 5. |
| 1921 | Christian
Missionary Alliance and Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox churches established. |
| 1922 | Church
of the Brethren established. |
| 1925 | First
four-year class of Nanty Glo High School graduates. |
| 1927 | Ladies
Auxiliary of Nanty Glo Volunteer Fire Company begins with 44 members. |
| 1935 | Church
of the Nazarene established. |
| 1957 | Nanty
Glo and Vintondale schools form joint school district. |
| 1960 | U.S.
Census finds Nanty Glo is Cambria County's largest borough by population, with
over 5000 residents. |
| 1967 | Blacklick
Township joins Nanty Glo-Vintondale to form Blacklick Valley School District. |
| 1977 | July
20—a major flood does much damage in Nanty Glo and other area towns, including
Johnstown (where dozens of lives are lost), and Vintondale. |
| 1980 | Nanty
Glo Public Library established. |
| 1991 | Ghost
Town Trail dedicated; a public parkway biking/hiking/ski trail on the former
Pennsylvania Railroad/Cambria & Indiana Railroad right-of- way, extending
from Nanty Glo to Dilltown and Red Mill and White Mill. |
| 1997 | Nanty
Glo Home Page established on worldwide web, September 20. |
| 2000 | Nant-Y-Glo
Tri-Area Museum and Historical Society founded, May 11. |
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