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Month: January 2018

Ivyland’s forsaken gem

January 30, 2018 carllavo

One man presses to preserve a rarity in the county’s unique Victorian town. You get a sense of wanderlust and…

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Posted in: Ivyland Borough Filed under: 1876 Centennial Exposition, carrier pigeons, Cher Ami, feed mill, Ivyland, New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, Northeast Pennsylvania Railroad, World War I

The Burning of Kirkbrides Ferry

January 22, 2018 carllavo

Britain punished “the rebel Kirkbride” in Bucks County for what happened in Philly. Josiah Kirkbride had this great idea. As…

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Posted in: N.J. Filed under: Battle of the Kegs, Continental Navy, george washington, Joseph Kirkbride, Kirkbrides Ferry, New Bellevue, Pennsbury Manor, Red Coats, Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine, William Penn

Back from the Past

January 16, 2018 carllavo

The ‘ghost house’ at Scammell’s Corner recaptures its former glory in Lower Makefield. Not long ago, the old Scammell Mansion…

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Posted in: Lower Makefield Filed under: blue marble, mansion, Scammell China, Scammell's Corner, William Penn

To save a son

January 11, 2018 carllavo

How an Upper Bucks village got its start as the“Metropolis of Haycock”. Cliffside Malibu in my native California is where…

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Posted in: Haycock Township Filed under: Applebachsville, German Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Mennonite Church, Lake Tohee, Methodist ministers, Old Bethlehem Road, Paul, Stokes Family, Stokes Meadow

Misbegotten Spies

January 5, 2018 carllavo

 The story behind the handing to two spies in Morrisville 5 years after Washington crossed the Delaware. John Mason was…

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Posted in: Morrisville Filed under: george washington, major gen. lord sterling, mutiny, pennsylvania line, philadelphia light horse brigade, spies, Summerseat

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