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Pittsburgh's subway will soon extend from Downtown to the North Side but you won't travel over the Allegheny River, you'll be going under. Dave & Dave go 60 feet UNDERNEATH the river to see the giant boring machine that is digging the tunnel to the North Side.
The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers suffered the second-highest casualty rate among all union regiments fighting at Gettysburg - yet very little is known about their amazing sacrifice. Author Michael Dreese finally gives the so-called "School Teachers Regiment" their long-awaited commendation.
The people of Forest County have long made a living from timber and oil. These two industries are well represented in the Simpler Times Museum, and a museum devoted to the hammers of our ancestors. OnQ contributor Dave Crawley ties two traditions together on a visit to northwest Pennsylvania.Simpler Times MuseumRR1 Box 69Tidioute, PA 16351(814) 484-3483
OnQ contributor Doug Oster visits a woman's garden in McCandless, where everything from plants to statues has a religious theme.
Local breast cancer survivors are working to help other newly-diagnosed patients adjust to life after surgery. OnQ's Tonia Caruso shows how the Strength & Courage Excerise DVD they created is making a big impact on so many women's lives.
The Meadows Lanes has been an oasis for black bowlers in Homewood since 1974. It's history in Pittsburgh, which goes back through duck pins and the 1940's, of putting some of the first integrated teams on the pro women's tour is remarkable. Despite recent hard times "This House" continues to train young African American bowlers for the future.
