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Editor’s Letter

Posted by Kyle Weaver on Jun 19, 2015 in | Comments Off Summer is a good time to connect with the past in Pennsylvania. The state features an abundance of museums, memorials and historic structures – including the sites on the Pennsylvania Trails of History – that are especially active in the summer, presenting and commemorating our history. Festivals and special events across the commonwealth also link us to our heritage with food,...
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Washington County: From Ice Age to Space Age

Posted by Harriet Branton on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Southwestern Pennsylvania was for centuries a happy hunting ground for Indians who were living there as long as two thousand years ago. In fact, as the result of archaeological discoveries made at the Meadowcroft Rock Shelter near Avella between 1973 and 1975, University of Pittsburgh anthropologists have proven conclusively that Ice Age people roamed the forests of Washington County even...
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York County: A Most Treasured Land

Posted by Helen Gotwalt on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Planted squarely above the Maryland border, the gigantic horse’s hoof, which is the out line of York County, covers an area of 914 square miles, supporting a population of 300,000. Its eastern contour is delineated by the “long, crooked” Susquehanna, its pastern cleanly cut off by Cumberland County on the north, its outer edge defined by Adams County on the west. This...
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Tioga County: A Last Frontier

Posted by Robert Unger on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Fallbrook, Hoytville, Landrus and Leetonia are names that evoke memories of the past for some Tiogans, while for others, buildings or a place on a map serve as reminders of what has been. These names are evidence of the establishment, growth and demise of economic centers – coal mines, lumber mills and tanneries – important in Tioga County’s past. Today, these enterprises...
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Susquehanna County: A Touch of New England, 1869-1927

Posted by Garford Williams on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Susquehanna County, one of several counties formed from territory originally claimed by both Connecticut and Pennsylvania, reflects a blend of New England and Pennsylvania traditions. Although the land would remain part of Pennsylvania, the majority of pioneer settlers to this northern tier region were actually from Connecticut and other New England states. It was not until 1787, however, that...
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Juniata’s Hills: “Rolling Over Crags to Woodlands”

Posted by Ruth Waters on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Oh, the hills of Juniata, Oh, her stony wooded hills, and her flower-scented valleys and her crystal streams and rills, Rolling over crags to woodlands, ‘Tis a sight worth far to go, Sun-kissed hills of Juniata, Oh, they thrill and still me so. The above lines are taken from the county poem (officially accepted as such during the 1981 Tercentenary celebration), written by the late Dr....
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Columbia County is Diversity

Posted by Craig Newton on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off From the time of the earliest settlements during the Revolutionary War era to the present day, Columbia County has been three separate neighborhoods-the southern region (Catawissa and Centralia); the northern area (Benton and Millville) and the north bank of the Susquehanna River (Bloomsburg and Berwick). They are distinguishable by varied physical environments, ethnic origins and social...
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A Culture of Sharing: Family and Community in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region, 1900-1940

Posted by John Bodnar on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Prior to the establishment of widespread governmental assistance programs such as social security and various other forms of social services, the working people of industrial America devised their own means of survival and support. Drawing on the resources of family members and neighbors, ordinary individuals created tightly-knit communities in which limited incomes, food and emotions were...
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From Fraise to Fricassee: Seventeenth Century Cooking in Commonwealth Kitchens

Posted by William Weaver on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Bakemeat, Fricassee, Frais, Rye Pie, Oat Cake – These were once common terms in the vocabulary of the early Pennsylvania housewife. Indeed, her cookery would seem very strange to us today, quite as remote and curious as that of the Middle Ages. Traditional cooking underwent many changes in the second half of the eighteenth century and industrialization in the nineteenth century altered it...
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Fulton County: Where Country is Still Country

Posted by Anne Lodge on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off When the first settlers wandered into the Great Cove – a deep basin formed by the southern ranges of the Kittochtinny and Tuscarora mountains – they discovered strikingly beautiful valleys, incised with sparkling streams, whose only intrusions were Indian trails and remote packers’ paths. During the two centuries since its settlement, the picturesque mountain ridges and...
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