by Alliance Historical Society | Sep 11, 2021 | Events, Historic facts, Obituaries
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon of February 1, 1884, Alliance’s worst disaster occurred. Seven people lost their lives and at least 15 others were seriously injured as the fumes from a gasoline spill inside the Orr Block ignited, causing the three-story building...
by Alliance Historical Society | Mar 23, 2019 | Alliance Review, Index, Obituaries
Call it a coincidence, but just the other day I found this newspaper clipping from the January 3, 2007 edition of The Alliance Review in a batch of papers that were donated to the Historical Society. Why did it catch my eye? Because that is me in the picture! Yes,...
