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Month: September 2019

Joe Grundy’s clocks

September 11, 2019 carllavo Leave a comment

History comes alive on 99 steps to the top of a Bucks County icon. I’ve always enjoyed climbing things to…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough Filed under: Delaware Canal, Frederic Baumgarten, Grundy Commons, Grundy Mill Complex, Joseph Grundy, Manhattan, Seth Thomas

Charlie Phillips’ mill

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The 1920s will be reborn in October to mark 90th anniversary of New Hope’s iconic art haven. My late grandmother…

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Posted in: New Hope, Solebury Township, Uncategorized Filed under: George Morley Marshall, New Hope art colony, Pennsylvania Impressionists, william lathrop

Unusual footnotes in Bucks County History

September 9, 2019 carllavo Leave a comment

The servants’ township, discovering cannonball polish and a proxy wedding. What makes the study of history interesting are all the…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, East Rockhill Township, Feasterville, Hilltown, Uncategorized

‘Hurled into the Abyss’

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The story of a war hero from Bucks and the collapse of a ‘cursed’ theater. Samuel Banes witnessed Civil War…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough Filed under: Antietam, Bucks County Gazette, Civil War, Lincoln assassination

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