PROFESSOR THADDEUS LOWE
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Los Angeles Times (Lance S. Ferm collection)
September 10, 1859 - Preparations for a Trans-Atlantic Voyage
September 24, 1859 - Description of the City of New York Balloon With Pictures
September 24, 1859 - Description of The City of New York Balloon and Life Boat
October 3, 1859 - Speculation About the Flight of John La Mountain
October 12, 1859 - Description of Balloon Mechanical Power Mechanism
October 13, 1859 - The Construction of the "City of New York" Balloon in New York
October 25, 1859 - The Preparation of the "City of New York" Balloon in New York
October 31, 1859 - Thaddeus Lowe Statement on Trans-Atlantic Flight
November 1, 1859 - Waiting for Good Weather to Inflate Balloon
November 3, 1859 - The Process of Inflating The City of New York Monster Balloon
November 12, 1859 - Deflation of The City Of New York Due to High Winds
November 19, 1859 - Illustration of the CITY OF NEW YORK Balloon
November 19, 1859 - Thaddeus Lowe Public Postponement Statement
November 26, 1859 - Balloon Operations Shut Down Until Spring
June 15, 1860 - Entertainment of Japanese Ambassadors in Philadelphia
July 7, 1860 - Test Flight in Pioneer Balloon From Philadelphia to New Jersey
July 7, 1860 - Advertisement for Next Balloon Ascension
September 9, 1860 - Inflation of the "Great Western" Balloon in Philadelphia
September 10, 1860 - Initial Burst of "Great Western" Balloon Due to Wind Storm
October 1, 1860 - Final Burst of "Great Western" Balloon Due to Deterioration
June 26, 1861 - Initial Ascensions of the Civil War
June 27, 1861 - Initial Ascensions of the Civil War
July 2, 1861 - Lowe Establishes Balloon Operations at Fort Monroe
August 30, 1861 - Balloon Ascension Near Arlington House
September 5, 1861 - Balloon Ascension With Generals McDowell and Porter
September 9, 1861 - Balloon Ascension With General McClellan
November 16, 1861 - Construction of War Balloons in Philadelphia
December 8, 1861 - Different Methods of Balloon Observation
December 14, 1861 - Letter From Professor Henry to Professor Lowe
April 28, 1862 - Rebel Cannonading the Balloon to no Effect
May 3, 1862 - Professor Lowe at Fort Monroe
May 23, 1862 - Balloon Ascension With General Stoneman at Gains Mills
May 24, 1862 - Reconnaissance of Richmond Defenses
May 28, 1862 - Directing Artillery Fire From the Air
June 2, 1862 - The Battle of Fair Oaks
June 7, 1862 - The Battle of Fair Oaks Miscellaneous
June 14, 1862 - Directing Artillery Fire From the Balloon Summary
July 28, 1862 - Balloon Importance in Military Science
April 21, 1863 - Newspaper Degradation of Balloon Corps
May 30, 1863 - Bombardment of the Balloon Corps Camp
January 25, 1865 - Balloon poem written in the air above Philadelphia
August 21, 1865 - New York City Central Park Balloon Attraction
September 5, 1865 - Free Flight From Central Park
September 14, 1865 - Daily Balloon Ascension Enterprise
September 17, 1865 - Hourly Ascensions and Free Flight From Central Park
September 30, 1865 - Summary of Balloon Operations at Central Park
October 1, 1865 - Aeronautic Gymnastic Show at Central Park
October 14, 1865 - Entertaining Crowds at the Fair
October 20, 1865 - Building a Wedding Car for Sky Marriage
October 29, 1865 - Anticipated Wedding in the Sky
November 2, 1865 - Balloon Free Flight and Return to Central Park
June 21, 1866 - Initiating the Ballooning Season
June 30, 1866 - New York Amusements Newspaper Notice
July 2, 1866 - The Balloon Pictorial Magazine
July 7, 1866 - New York Amusements Newspaper Notice
July 14, 1866 - New York Amusements Newspaper Notice
July 19, 1866 - Destruction of Balloon in Central Park by Tornado
October 26, 1867 - The Science of Ballooning
March 19, 1869 - Lowe Refrigerated Steamship
January 17, 1913 - Death Notice of Thaddeus Lowe
April 4, 1915 - Mount Lowe Daily News
July 8, 1931 - Mount Lowe Daily News
April 29, 1961 - Correspondence Among Civil War Aeronauts
March 3, 1965 - Pasadena Star-News - Lowe Kin Proud of Grandparents
February 1966 - Pasadena Courier - Mount Lowe Revisited
May 24, 1974 - Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena Legend Lives On as Man of Ideas, Deeds
May 8, 1986 - LA Times - Play about Thaddeus Lowe
May 18, 1986 - LA Times - Mt Lowe Dreams & Reality
March 21, 1987 - LA Times - Following the Railway Tracks
October 14, 1989 - LA Times - Hiking to Echo Mountain
January 31, 1992 - Daily News-Hiking Mt Lowe Described
February 1, 1992 - WA DC Times - Aeronautic Corps beginnings
December 18, 1992 - LA Times - Mt Lowe a Moderate Hike
July 4, 1993 - LA Times - 100th Anniversary of a Historic Railway
July 5, 1993 - LA Times - Mt. Lowe Railway Centennial Celebration
October 17, 1995 - Lancaster New Era - New Stamp Releases
November 2, 1996 - WA DC Times - Balloon Launch Site Found
May 3, 1998 - Daily News - Yankee Occupation of the Peninsula
February 14, 1999 - Philadelphia Inquirer - Ballooning Tradition Still Rises
September 2001 - America's Civil War Magazine - Gas Balloons
June 9, 2002 - LA Times - Thaddeus Lowe and the Railway
September 4, 2002 - Reno Gazette - Civil War Balloon Book Signing
February 20, 2003 - Star News - Mt Lowe Academy Reunion
March 26, 2003 - SGV Tribune - Mt Lowe Collection Homeless
May 18, 2003 - LA Times - Hiking Mt Lowe Described
July 14, 2003 - The Sun - The Pasadena Museum of History
June 20, 2004 - LA Times - Short History of Thaddeus Lowe
October 24, 2004 - Star News - Altadena Historical Society on Lowe
December 12, 2004 - SGV Tribune - Mt Lowe Postcards
June 6, 2005 - Star News - Thaddeus Jr. wedding revisited
June 6, 2005 - LA Times - Mountain View Cemetery
August 14, 2005 - Whittier Daily News - Students Excavate Former Tourist Haven
March 14, 2006 - Free Lance-Star - Balloonists Story Shared at Historical Society Meeting
March 23, 2006 - Orange County Register - Lessons in Flying Solo
January 25, 2007 - Associated Press - Cleanup Plan for Boulder-Clogged Rubio Canyon
February 3, 2007 - The Reporter - The Lowe-Down on Aviation History
August 18, 2007 - Times-Courier - Civil War Aeronauts
March 23, 2008 - Pasadena Star-News - Professor Lowe, This is Your Life
April 21, 2008 - Union Daily Times - Pea Ridge Balloon Landing Spot Still Attracts Visitors
May 18, 2008 - Elevated Praise for Mt. Lowe
October 2, 2008 - Washington Times - Off Course Balloonist Alarms South
January 23, 2009 - Marblehead Reporter - John R. Haug
March 2, 2009 - Los Angeles Examiner - Trek to Echo Mountain
October 3, 2009 - Redlands Daily Facts - Civil War Balloons: Not For Kids
July 24, 2010 - Chino Champion - Event Recreates Era of Civil War
August 8, 2010 - Pasadena Star-News - Colmans Connected to Lowe's Railroad
January 2, 2011 - Pasadena Star-News - Lowe's Airship Viewed in 1910 as Aviation Advance
June 5, 2011 - Manchester Examiner - A Civil War Adventure in a New Hampshire Balloon
June 9, 2011 - Targeted News Service - Site to be Designated a Historic Aerospace Site
June 10, 2011 - Associated Press - Smithsonian Recounts Balloon Flights of Civil War
June 11, 2011 - The Washington Post - Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloons
June 11, 2011 - McClatchy Newspapers - Civil War Balloon Flight Re-enacted on National Mall
June 12, 2011 - National Public Radio - Civil War Balloon Brigade Rises Again
June 13, 2011 - Targeted News Service - The Birth of Overhead Reconnaissance
June 14, 2011 - American Forces Press - Balloon Reconnaissance Marks 150th Anniversary
June 18, 2011 - Civil War Reconnaissance Takes Flight
July 8, 2011 - Los Angeles Times - Hiking Where Locomotives Once Chugged
July 10, 2011 - Sun Herald - Union Army Uses Balloons for Reconnaissance
September 24, 2011 - News & Messenger - Balloons, Civil War Style
October 9, 2011 - Pasadena Star-News - Gas and Grand Opera in Pasadena's Past
October 27, 2011 - Los Angeles Examiner - Hiking Sam Merrill Trail to Echo Mountain
November 14, 2011 - Pasadena Star-News - Remembering Pasadena's Echo Mountain House
November 26, 2011 - Associated Press - Nonprofit Aims to Save Civil War's 'Kitty Hawk'
December 2012 - Wild West Magazine - The Mount Lowe Railway Was The Last Crash of Thaddeus Lowe