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Showing posts with label civil war era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil war era. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Andrew G. Curtin, Bellefonte, Centre County

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It's been an unexpectedly busy week! As I mentioned last time, I was recently interviewed by Alton Northup of the Harrisburg affiliate o...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Abraham Lincoln, Harrisburg, Dauphin County

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I probably don't need to tell very many of you this, but it is cold here. We had several inches of snow dumped on us this past weekend, ...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Celestia, Laporte, Sullivan County

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A week later than it should be, but we have a blog post! The weather recently in my corner of the commonwealth has had a negative impact on ...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Market Square, Harrisburg, Dauphin County

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You all are amazing! When I updated last week, I said that the blog was about to reach 17,000 hits for the month. Well, apparently some of y...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

John F. Hartranft, Fagleysville, Montgomery County

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I ended up skipping last week, and as my Facebook followers may have seen, I blamed it on the holiday. That was only partly the reason. It h...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

York County

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Last week's playful foray into the roasting of this blog by ChatGPT seems to have amused many of you as much as it amused me, and I'...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Hummelstown Brownstone Quarries, Hummelstown, Dauphin County

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Happy New Year! This post was meant to go up much sooner, but the year has been off to a bit of a wonky start for multiple reasons, includin...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville, Chester County

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The May newsletter is out! If you're not already subscribed, you can read it here . (But please consider subscribing.) This Friday, May ...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

W. W. H. Davis, Doylestown, Bucks County

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First, happy capital day to the city of Lancaster! As you may remember, it was on this day in 1777 that Lancaster became the capital of the ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Irving Female College, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County

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My bff Andrea and I are spending part of today attending the marker dedication for the Haines Shoe House in York County. So next week I'...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

John A. Sutter, Lititz, Lancaster County

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First, thank you to everyone who shared last week's post about the Marshalls Creek explosion and the search for surviving relatives and...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Logan House, Altoona, Blair County

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I'm waiting on confirmation about my work schedule, but if all goes as planned, I'll be in East Stroudsburg next Monday to attend a ...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The Angel of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Adams County

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Greetings, friends! I'm preparing this post in advance, because I'm going away on vacation with my parents and best friend Andrea fo...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Bethlehem Steel Plant, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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Zenkaikon was - as always - exactly what the doctor ordered for me. My presentation about "The Red Rose City: A History of Lancaster...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

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The next few weeks are going to be very busy for me - not only do I have Zenkaikon coming up next week, but in April I'll be on a family...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Cumberland Valley Railroad, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County

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Many thanks to everyone who shared and commented on last week's post! I'm sure the good folks at the Liberty Bell Museum will be gra...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

John F. Reynolds, Lancaster, Lancaster County

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A quick congratulatory shout-out to my pal the Hometown Historian , who just reached 1,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. So proud of y...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Daniel Alexander Payne, Gettysburg, Adams County

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Don't forget that this coming Saturday, September 24th, is Free Admission Day at all participating Pennsylvania Trails of History sites!...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Abolition Hall, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County

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As you may have seen in the latest newsletter  (please forgive the typos I only noticed after it went out, it was an emotional one for me), ...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Altoona, Blair County

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I say it a lot, and think it even more frequently, but I really do believe we live in one of the most beautiful states in the entire country...