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Dysart, Pennsylvania
Dysart is an unincorporated community located in Dean Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community lies along the railroad that runs parallel to the Clearfield Creek between Ashville and Frugality. The town grew up around the extraction of timber and bituminous coal. The community may have been named after James H. Dysart, a Blair County man involved in early mining enterprises in the area.http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/bios/sell/cre-fin.txt In the past, the town held a train station, grocery store and sawmill, but now all are gone. The local tavern, which has changed hands several times and the post office remain, sharing a common building. An old school building is located up Route 53 from the bar. It served local children until the consolidation of area schools into the Cambria Heights and Penn Cambria School Districts in the 1960s. The structure is used as a municipal building now. A newly renovated playground sits next to the old school. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Township, Pennsylvania
Dean Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 391 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Dean Township is located in northeastern Cambria County at 40.59° N by 78.47°W, approximately northeast of Ebensburg, the Cambria County seat, and northwest of Altoona. The township is bordered by Blair County to the east. The western border of the township follows Clearfield Creek, a northward-flowing tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River. Pennsylvania Route 53 runs through the western side of the township, following Clearfield Creek, leading southwest to Ashville and north to Coalport. Unincorporated communities in the township include Dean in the northwest and Dysart in the west, both along Clearfield Creek and PA 53. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. Communities Unincorporated communities * Condron * Dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambria County
Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset Counties and later organized in 1807. It was named for the nation of Wales, which in Latin is known as "Cambria". Cambria County comprises the Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Cambria has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in downtown Johnstown range from 27.8 °F in January to 71.0 °F in July, while in Ebensburg they range from 23.9 °F in January to 67.7 °F in JulyPRISM Climate Group, Oregon State U Adjacent counties *Clearfield County (north) * Blair County (east) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bituminous Coal
Bituminous coal, or black coal, is a type of coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen or asphalt. Its coloration can be black or sometimes dark brown; often there are well-defined bands of bright and dull material within the seams. It is typically hard but friable. Its quality is ranked higher than lignite and sub-bituminous coal, but lesser than anthracite. It is the most abundant rank of coal, with deposits found around the world, often in rocks of Carboniferous age. Bituminous coal is formed from sub-bituminous coal that is buried deeply enough to be heated to or higher. Bituminous coal is used primarily for electrical power generation and in the steel industry. Bituminous coal suitable for smelting iron (''coking coal'' or ''metallurgical coal'' ) must be low in sulfur and phosphorus. It commands a higher price than other grades of bituminous coal (thermal coal) used for heating and power generation. Within the coal mining industry, this type of coal is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Celli
Teresa Mara Levis (June 6, 1923 – October 1, 1999), better known as Teresa Celli, was an American actress who was known for her work in films such as '' The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950) and '' Black Hand (1950)''. Celli was born in June 1923 as Teresa Levis in Dysart, Pennsylvania. She was one of ten children born to an Italian family. When her father inherited an estate in Italy, the family moved there. Her grandmother, Maria Scagnet, and her great-grandmother, Mme. Duval Celli, both sang opera, and it was from the latter that Teresa took her professional last name. While she lived in Italy, Celli was a student of soprano Ersilde Cervi Caroli, and she became active in both opera and dramatic productions. Celli's American radio debut occurred March 5, 1949, on the NBC program ''Star Theater'' with Frank Sinatra. Celli's film debut came in '' Border Incident'' (1949). She was the first wife of actor Barry Nelson Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; April 16, 1917 – A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Gionfriddo
Albert Francis Gionfriddo (March 8, 1922 – March 14, 2003) was an American professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder. Career Gionfriddo made his major league debut on September 23, at the age of 22 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a career .266 hitter whose best year was in 1945 when he hit .284 with 9 triples and 74 runs scored for the Pirates. He played in the majors for four years. He was acquired by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Pirates midway through the season, and is most famous for his heroic catch of a drive off the bat of the New York Yankees' Joe DiMaggio in Game 6 of the 1947 World Series. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 World Series
The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the Series in seven games for their 11th World Series championship in team history. Yankees manager Bucky Harris won the Series for the first time since managing the Washington Senators to their only title in , a gap of 23 years, the longest between World Series appearances in history. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, a Brooklyn Dodger, desegregated major league baseball. For the first time in World Series history, a racially integrated team played. Summary Matchups Game 1 There was an announced crowd of 73,365 in Yankee Stadium for Game 1. Brooklyn struck first in the first inning on Dixie Walker's RBI single off Spec Shea to score Pete Reiser from second base, but starter Ralph Branca was knocked out in a five-run fifth. A single, walk and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases before Johnny Lindell's two-run double put the Yankees up 2–1. After a walk re-loaded the bases, another wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
