April 15, 2019• Just Me
We tred carefully through the brambles, weeds, and bushes devouring a hillside cemetery in the north end of Donora, Pa. We step from one...
May 19, 2018• Donora Smog Event
Four people are sometimes listed as having perished in smog, but for many reasons finding definitive information on them has proven...
November 7, 2017• Donora History
Most people know Donner, if they know him at all, as the founder of Donora, a town with a name unlike any other in the world. They might...
April 8, 2017• Donora History
You can see the gravesite from the Stan "The Man" Musial Bridge, but you would find it unremarkable. It is an odd gravesite, sitting as it...
March 20, 2017• Uncategorized
Donora, a riverside mill town in southwest Pennsylvania, suffered a prolonged bout of concentrated, toxic smog in late October 1948, during...
March 11, 2017• Donora Smog Event
Common to all three tragedies were two key elements. First, large factories in each area had been spewing enormous amounts of pollutants...
March 5, 2017• Donora History, Just Me
Probably the most famous player to ever sprint down this field was the legendary Joseph "Joe Cool" Montana. Montana was unequivocally one...
March 2, 2017• Donora History
On 5th Street now, between Prospect and Murray Avenues, there is a street-wide swath of grass with a set of stairs on either side. The...
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