Bertha Wold’s World War I Diaries

Posted by on Mar 17, 2023 in | Comments Off on Bertha Wold’s World War I Diaries The Pennsylvania State Archives holds a large collection of diaries written by Pennsylvanians from all walks of life. Two small diaries by Army nurse Bertha Wold document her experience as she traveled by train through France at the end of the First World War to transfer wounded soldiers to base hospitals. Her entries, which begin on November 5, 1918, in Toul, provide some interesting details of...
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Potter County: At the Edge of the Forest

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Potter County: At the Edge of the Forest Potter, one of the Com­monwealth’s larger counties in size, but one of the smaller in population, is located in the center of what is popularly called the northern tier. Its location on a highly dissected plateau with narrow, steep­-sided valleys made travel diffi­cult and settlement hesitant. Even today with modern tech­nology, the pace of life is slower than in Pennsylvania’s more...
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“A Veritable Stone Wall of Death”

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on “A Veritable Stone Wall of Death” “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley; flee to the hills, lest you be consumed.” The Lord’s angels commanding Lot to leave the city of Sodom. Genesis 19:17   It was a beautiful, sunny day-a welcome respite from a September of rain and hard frosts that had swollen the Sinnemahoning Creek and its tributary Freeman Run to unusually high levels....
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