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Month: September 2020

Secrets buried in a forest

September 28, 2020 carllavo

Bucks statue recalls heroism, a massacre, a governor and a 50-year coverup. The statue is startling in Central Bucks County.…

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Posted in: New Britain Township Filed under: Franklin Roosevelt, George Earle, Joseph Stalin, massacre, Nazis, robot bombs, Russians, World War II

Bucks County’s first fair

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“Characters of the first respectability” showcased European cattle and sheep. In the 1970s Mary Anne and I moved from Yardley…

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Posted in: Buckingham Township, Solebury Township Filed under: Black Bass Inn, Bucks County Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture & Domestic Manufacdtures, Delaware River, Lumberville, Peddler's Village

Conestoga wagons in Bucks County history

September 10, 2020 carllavo

Michael Butz and his 6-horse team were show stoppers in the 1700s. These days you seldom get to know a…

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Posted in: Doylestown, Uncategorized Filed under: Route 611, teamsters

America’s Other Original Sin

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The infamous ‘Walking Purchase’ in Bucks fueled the Indian wars of the Wild West. I grew up in California’s Central…

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Posted in: Wrightstown Township Filed under: bucks county, Iroquois Indians, James Logan, Lehigh Valley, Lenni Lenape tribe, Thomas Penn, William Penn

‘The Place of Big Writing’

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Characters and locales that enrich the lore of Bucks County. Bucks County history is like a cornucopia of never ending…

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Posted in: Bucks County, Doylestown, Doylestown Township Filed under: Buckingham Mountain, cave, Doan Gang, Hooplepoletown, Lahaska, Peddler's Village, Warrington joy ride

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