Editing Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The borough of Northern Cambria was incorporated on January 1, 2000. It was formed from the merger of two smaller municipalities, [[Barnesboro, Pennsylvania|Barnesboro]] and [[Spangler, Pennsylvania|Spangler]].  The merger proposal was taken to residents in the 1997 election, passing in Spangler 410-243 and in Barnesboro 466-324.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brumbaugh|first=Jocelyn|title='We were promised the world': Nearly 2 decades after consolidation, some issues still haunt Northern Cambria|url=https://www.tribdem.com/news/we-were-promised-the-world-nearly-2-decades-after-consolidation-some-issues-still-haunt-northern/article_01c9f23a-fb68-11e8-8cd6-b7caf3d4726f.html|access-date=2020-12-21|website=The Tribune-Democrat|language=en}}</ref> The area was first settled by Europeans in the early-to-middle 19th century. The presence of the [[West Branch Susquehanna River|West Branch of the Susquehanna River]] allowed loggers to move their harvest downstream. Small farms developed, but the area changed in the 1890s when mining of the extensive [[bituminous coal]] fields in the area became the dominant industry. The mining companies required skilled workers, and many came from [[Great Britain]] and [[Eastern Europe]]. Railroads were built to transport the coal out, and the town flourished with the influx of money. In the 1980s, the coal industry began a decline, and there has been a subsequent decline in the population of the area. In November 1922, the Reilly Shaft No. 1 mine explosion occurred, killing 78 coal miners.<ref>[https://www.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/5779/spangler-pa-reilly-shaft-no-1-mine-explosion-nov-1922 Reilly Shaft Explosion], retrieved on December 11, 2008</ref>

A [[pumpkin]] weighing {{convert|1469|lb}} was grown by resident Larry Checkon in 2005 (a world record at that time).<ref>[http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=137&gid=47 Big Pumpkins.com], retrieved on November 15, 2008</ref>