A Brief Brilliance: Pennsylvania’s Early Automakers

Posted by Louis Schafer on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on A Brief Brilliance: Pennsylvania’s Early Automakers Many Pennsylva­nians, born near the turn of the century, grew up during the infancy of the auto­mobile. Their earliest memo­ries, quite often, were from the seemingly far-removed horse­-and-carriage era, a world of dusty roadways, wooden hitching posts, watering troughs and musty stables. It is literally impossible for a young American, born into today’s fast-moving world, to appreciate...
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Stegmaier Brewed Beer and a Regional History

Posted by William Kashatus on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Stegmaier Brewed Beer and a Regional History “Ring-A-Ding-Ding! Do the Stegmaier Thing, In the Summertime. It’s Cold and It’s Gold like a Pocono Spring, In the Summertime. So, Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Do the Stegmaier Thing, Any Time At All!” Pennsylvanians may recall the infectious jingle advertising Stegmaier beer on WFIL radio and television in Philadelphia and shouted across billboards in the Pocono Mountains and the...
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