Courageous Cumberland County
Posted by Louis Waddell on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Courageous Cumberland County Anxious to persuade a Scottish cleric, the Rev. Charles Nisbet, to become the first president of Dickinson ColÂlege, its founding trustee Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote the Presbyterian worthy in 1784, describing central Cumberland County. The town of Carlisle lies 120 miles to the westward of PhiladelÂphia and about 18 miles from the river Susquehannah. It consists of about 300 houses, most of which...read more