Editing Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[Image:2008 03 30 - Hollidaysburg - Blair St 2.JPG|thumb|Allegheny Street]]
[[Image:2008 05 25 - Holidaysburg - Blair St 2.JPG|thumb|Allegheny Street]]
Hollidaysburg was first laid out in 1796 and was named after Adam and William Holliday, Irish immigrants who founded the settlement;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=14140|title=Profile for Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=2010-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002001653/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=14140|archive-date=2009-10-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> by 1814 it consisted of several houses and a tavern. Hollidaysburg became the main transfer point between the [[Pennsylvania Canal]] and the Portage Railroad, a gateway to western Pennsylvania. The canal and Portage Railroad spurred industrial and commercial development in Hollidaysburg in the 1830s. In 1836, Hollidaysburg was established as a borough.

When Blair County was organized in 1846, the Borough of Hollidaysburg was designated the county seat. This designation allowed the borough to prosper when politicians and attorneys became attracted to the borough.

In 1903, the Pennsylvania Railroad constructed a large switching yard and [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|US 22]] was directed through the borough. In addition, the Pennsylvania Railroad Constructed the Hollidaysburg Car shop to help ease the bustling of the [[Altoona Works|Altoona Shops]]. Years later, [[Conrail]] also built a car reclamation plant on the property. Following the closure of the car shops in the late 1990's, the site was redeveloped with the assistance of the Atloona-Blair County Redevelopment Corporation.  The site is a major regional employer that is currently occupied by Curry Rail Services and DeGol Industries.