Driving the last spike on the low grade freight line, possibly the Susquehanna and Atglen. First row left to right: John Strimmel, Anna Atcheson, John Hendrie, Owen Bremmer - blacksmith who made the hammer and spike, George W. Hensel Jr. - hammering last spike, Alex Hendrie, Leander T. Hensel, Samuel Bair, Ezra B. Fritz, J. R. L. Atcheson, Richard Rohrer, Jerry Regan, John Cassidy, Dean Oatman, A. S. Harkness. Second row: Benjamin Cocharan, Barney Myers, Charlie Timanus, Vernon Harkness. Remainder of the group is Italian or African American railroad laborers.
Photograph- "Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
Photograph- "Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
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"Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.