Pike County: A Peak of Natural Perfection

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pike County: A Peak of Natural Perfection “I went through a constant succession of scenery that would have been famous had it existed anywhere in Europe.” – Washington Irving   Shaped roughly like a diamond, Pike County is situated in Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier, bordering the Delaware River on the cast across from the states of New York and New Jersey. The northwestern side of the diamond lies in Lake...
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St. Patrick’s Church

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on St. Patrick’s Church As early as 1737, Catholics, primarily of Scots-Irish origin, settled in the area near Carlisle, then in Lancaster County. In 1750, Cumberland County was established and Carlisle named its county seat two years later. The Reverend Charles Sewall purchased property along Carlisle’s Pomfret Street for thirty pounds in 1779 to build St. Patrick’s Church, the first Roman Catholic Church between...
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