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On August 12, 1982, the Altoona Area Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously in favor of a new Transportation Center. [11] By October of the same year Harry Weese and Associates, an architectural firm from Washington D.C., had been chosen to conduct a series of surveys in order to determine the optimal location for the proposed structure. [12]
Two theories abound as to the cause. The first is that Lambert married the daughter of Giselbert and obtained the title by marriage. The second is that the activities of the occupants of Clermont in 1095, Giselbert and Fredelon, who some regarded as brigandage, were perceived by these two as the legitimate levying of tolls on river traffic.
In 1959, Altoona's Chamber of Commerce proposed a similar museum. [7] By 1963, a proposal for a "Pennsyland" railroad museum led representatives of the city's Tourism Bureau to compete against the Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County for possession of 28 pieces of decommissioned Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock .
In the Middle Ages, there were several different Counts of Clermont ruling different counties. For the counts of Clermont in the Île-de-France, see Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. For the counts of Clermont-Ferrand, see List of rulers of Auvergne. For the counts of Clermont-sous-Huy, see Counts of Montaigu.
Altoona (/ æ l ˈ t uː n ə / al-TOO-nuh) [9] is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. [10] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
Parts of Lycoming County; Attached to Centre County until 1814 and to Lycoming County until 1826 for judicial and elective purposes. McKean was fully organized only in 1826. Thomas McKean, second Governor of Pennsylvania: 39,519: 984 sq mi (2,549 km 2) Mercer County: 085: Mercer: 1800: Parts of Allegheny County: Hugh Mercer, Revolutionary War ...
The open seat Wenstrup is vacating has sparked a flurry of interest among potential GOP suitors in the 2nd Congressional District, which stretches across 15 counties from Clermont County just east ...
Notable buildings include the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (1920s), First Methodist Episcopal Church, First Presbyterian Church, First Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896-1897), U.S. Post Office (1931-1933), Fraternal Order of Eagles Building (demolished), Altoona City Hall, Casanave Building (1890s), Hutchison Block, McCrory's Department ...