History of the City of Altoona and Blair County

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Cities, like men, have fathers or founders. Previous to 1849 Al toona existed, figuratively speaking, only in an embryotic condi tion. It was conceived by the Pennsylvania railroad, and, in the vear just mentioned, was brought forth a living child.