| Question Number 3 |
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Question |
Although
they stopped at what is now Hollidaysburg, Adam and William
Holliday, the founders of Hollidaysburg, intended their final
destination to be elsewhere. Where did the Holliday's intend
to settle?
HINT: "Although
William had a covetous eye on the fine lands bordering ___
_________ ____ the wise counsel of Adam prevailed" |
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Answer |
The Allegheny Valley; the brothers intended to
settle near Pittsburgh, PA |
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Source |
History of Huntingdon and Blair County |
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Winner |
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| Question Number 2 |
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Question |
More
deceased US congressmen are buried in Hollidaysburg than
any municipality in Blair County! Can you name three of
the Congressmen? |
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Answer |
 | Samuel Steel Blair (1821-1890)
Born in Pennsylvania. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1859-63.
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. (See also his congressional
biography.)
| Samuel Calvin (1811-1890) Born in
Pennsylvania. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1849-51.
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. (See also his congressional
biography.)
| Jesse Lee Hartman (1853-1930) of
Hollidaysburg, Pa. Born in Cottage, Pa., June
18, 1853.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1900 (Alternate), 1924 (Delegate); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1911-13.
Died February
17, 1930.
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. (See also his congressional
biography.) |
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Source |
The
Political Graveyard |
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Winner |
Jeff Miller |
| Question Number 1 |
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Question |
What
do Annie Oakley, the famous star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
and Hollidaysburg have in common? |
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Answer |
Annie Oakley was born on 13 August 1860 in Darke
County, Ohio. The fifth daughter of Jacob and Susan Moses, the
Quaker family had migrated to Ohio after the family tavern in
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania burned. Jacob Moses died of pneumonia
in 1866. For the next several years, Annie helped her family by
trapping and performing chores on the family farm.
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Source |
Dorchester
County Public Library |
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Winner |
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