Showing posts with label community: bloomsburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community: bloomsburg. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Fort McClure, Bloomsburg, Columbia County

There's some interesting news from the PHMC, the ones who keep putting up these markers and therefore give me something to do in this blog each week. They've launched a new initiative called the PA Humanities Discovery Project, which they describe as "an effort to map, network, and celebrate Pennsylvania's wonderfully rich humanities landscape," and they're looking for informative contributions from historians, preservationists, archaeologists, and anyone else who works with Pennsylvania's heritage. To find out more, and possibly contribute your own experiences, check out their article here.

For this week's quest, we'll head back to scenic Columbia County. When I wrote about Fort Wheeler back in August, I mentioned that the story of Moses Van Campen continued in the history of Fort McClure, so let's resume telling that tale.

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Fort Wheeler, Bloomsburg, Columbia County

It's been a really good month with these 'county first' posts, and I'm happy to observe that my readership seems to be on the rise! So hello to all of my new friends, and a particular wave in the direction of Shane and the rest of the gang at the Columbia-Montour Visitors Center.

We were in Columbia County on our way to Altoona last month, and we stopped in Bloomsburg for lunch and some markers. My husband is an extremely good sport. It would have been neat if Fort Wheeler had still been there for us to see, but I still get to share its interesting history with all of you.