The Works of Writer and Historian

Joshua Penrod

These Restless Hills

At the height of the industrial Gilded Age, amidst the blazing fires of the steel mill and black depths of the coal mine, the chase is on.  Thomas Houghton, an inspector and enforcer for the…

Johnstown Industry

A significant site of United States industrial and economic history, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a birthplace and powerhouse of iron, steel, coal, and transportation. From its early start as a small community on the fringes of…

Johnstown Waters

Guardian Dams. Today, most people remember Johnstown for a cataclysmic flood, but the city was also once known for steel. From the early 1900s through much of the 1970s, millions of gallons of water per…

About

A Cambria County native and resident, Joshua is an avid outdoorsman and auto enthusiast. When he is not working on his writings, you may find him in the fields, streams or streets of Pennsylvania, the United States, or even the world in pursuit of his next challenge or simply taking a joyride in one of his automobiles.