August 27, 2026
Tag: Lincoln Highway
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The Grand View Ship Hotel
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Driving west through Pennsylvania in the 1920s and 1930s was arduous. The road that became the Lincoln Highway (U. S. 30) was paved but there were few amenities. Then entrepreneur Herbert Paulson built “The Only Steamboat in the Mountains,” the Grand View Ship Hotel, at a sharp bend on the road with a beautiful view…
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April 26, 2026 2 Comments
Images are interesting, but assembling a collection of related images can facilitate research that unearths a story, in this case one about an individual. I’ve been able to acquire several unusual images of this Native American wrestler. Some had captions, others depicted the individual in various poses. The subject was John “Jumbo” Middlesky (also noted […]