Safety Hook and Ladder Company, former station

Safety Hook and Ladder Company, 476 Water Street, Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County. Very little can be found about SHLCo. In June 1890 they ordered a new truck from Seneca, New York (possibly Silsby Manufacturing Company). Several mentions of working at fires until 1893 were located. In 1894 a short article reports the Sheriff selling their wagon for $240. This is the last I can find.

Sunflowers Already?

 "If you think that I want trouble

then you're crazy in the head.

Cause you're wanted by the police

and my wife thinks you're dead."

My Wife Thinks You're Dead - Junior Brown - 1993

Run Away, Run Away

Run Away, Run Away

White-tailed Deer Fawn

State Game Lands 169, Pennsylvania

July 2026

Nellie Fox Bowl (PG 277)

 Nellie Fox Bowl (opened 1956)

3587 Molly Pitcher Highway, Chambersburg, Pa.

Nelson Fox b. 1927 St. Thomas Twp, Pa.

MLB 1947-1965 Chicago White Sox 1950-1963

Baseball Hall of Fame 1997

(Painted Gentleman 277)

July 2026

Piece of Ground

 "Kicking Around on a Piece of Ground in Your Hometown,

Waiting for Someone or Something to Show You the Way."

Time - Pink Floyd (Waters, Gilmour, Wright, Mason) - 1972

Ten Boxes and a Star Flower

Ten Boxes and a Star Flower

(through the Canadian Wildfire Smoke)

Taneytown, Maryland

July 2026

Excelsior Fire Department No. 1, old station

 

Excelsior Fire Department No. 1, old station, 610 East Cambria Street, Bellwood, Pa. Blair County Station 22. Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company was formed October 12, 1981. On March 27, 1894 they changed their name to Excelsior Fire Department No. 1 and received their charter. They purchased the old Methodist church on East Cambria Street in June of 1896 and held their first meeting in the new firehouse February 27, 1900. That hall was torn down in the spring of 1950 to build a new station. During this time the building used to store records and small equipment burned. The new station, shown here, opened in October 1951. On April 4, 1998 ground was broken at First Street and Boyles Street for the current firehouse. They moved into the current building at 399 South First Street in August 1998 and dedicated it June 27, 1999.