Workers in bucket trucks replaced aging wires on utility poles near Third and Locust this morning. A portable transformer (shown in last photo below) was set up to avoid power interruptions.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Columbia's past, alive and well, points the way to its future
Several presentations on Columbia's history, particularly its role in the Civil War, were offered at the opening of the Northwest River Trail Services Building at Columbia River Park on Friday.
Columbia's Glenn Bachert portrayed Captain Henry Haines, who served as captain of Co. B, 45th Pennsylvania Regiment.
Historian Randolph Harris (above) and Chris Vera, president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society, led several historic river tours during the event. Of particular note were the remains of the piers of the Civil War-era bridge that was burned by Pennsylvania militiamen from Columbia to prevent the advance of Confederate forces. At the time, the structure was the longest wooden covered bridge in the world. Harris rightly asserts that this area was the high water mark of the confederacy, and the bridge burning directly precipitated the Battle of Gettysburg and changed the course of the war and the nation.
A rendering of the bridge burning from a slide presentation at the Trail Services Building
A photograph of Stephen Smith's lumber mill.
The structure stood on the same spot as the new Trail Services Building. Smith was a prominent African-American of the day.
In the 19th century, Columbia was a refuge for runaway slaves. The underground railroad may have originated here.
A Civil War reenactor
A Union soldier talks to Lydia Hamilton Smith, portrayed by Darlene Colon. Smith was the long-time housekeeper for Thaddeus Stevens and became a prominent businesswoman after his death.
William Whipper, portrayed by Columbia's Robert Brinson.
Whipper was an African-American abolitionist and businessman.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Jack Hubley shows us what's right in our backyard
TV personality Jack Hubley entertained a packed audience at the opening of the Northwest River Trail Services Building on Friday with an assortment of animals, including several mice, a skunk, a rat snake, a red-tailed hawk, and a horned owl. With the skill of a seasoned showman, he waded back and forth through the crowd, showing and explaining various species, all of which are native to this area.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Meet Ben Burner, intern-to-be at the Trail Services Building
Ribbon-cutting at Trail Services Building
The ribbon was cut, and the Trail Services Building was officially opened today at Columbia River Park.
Bravo LNP, you got it right!
Arrested speech over home rule in Conestoga Township:
"Meetings have rules of order, to be sure, but the American right to freedom of speech, while not absolute, still trumps a municipal official's desire to enforce a rule that seemed aimed at the content of attendees' speech."
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