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‘The Good Tall Judge’

March 23, 2021 carllavo

A look back at the incredible life of Henry Wynkoop of Richboro. Henry Wynkoop was a hunted man. British soldiers…

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Posted in: Doylestown, Newtown Borough, Northampton Filed under: Alexander Hamilton, American Revolution Boston, Con, Continental Congress, george washington, James Monroe, U.S. Constitution

No messing with Eva Piper

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She roughed up the infamous Doan Gang at the Pipersville Inn during the Revolution. Greg and Karen Galster are kindred…

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Posted in: Bedminster, Plumstead Township, Tinicum Township, Uncategorized Filed under: Doan Gang, george washington, Joseph Bonaparte, Lafayette, Peper Tavern, Revolutionary War

The canal’s missing link

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The man who gave Atlanta its name tried to extend the Delaware Canal into Philly. In a sense, Bristol lucked…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Uncategorized Filed under: Atlanta, Canal boats, coal, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Horseshoe Curve, J. Edgar Thomson, Philadelphia, towpath

Rediscovering Lela Mercer

January 25, 2021 carllavo

A German archaeologist seeks help in revealing the life of Henry Mercer’s lesser known sister. In writing about Bucks County,…

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Posted in: Doylestown Filed under: Aldie Mansion, archaeology, Aschau im Chiemgau, Bucks County Historical Society, Fonthill Castle, Germany, Henry Mercer, Lela Mercer, Mercer Museum

The truth about Pauline’s Trestle in New Hope

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“Perils of Pauline” film heroine was lashed to train tracks in town. Or wasn’t she? Mary Anne and I years…

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Posted in: New Hope, Uncategorized Filed under: "Perils of Pauline", circus, Fort Lee, movie studio, New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, Pathe Brothers, Reading Railroad, silent movies
This town was once named Buckingham.

The town name shuffle

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Bucks history could be a “Jeopardy!” game. Today I’m imagining myself as host Carlo, in the Alex Trebek memorial game…

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Posted in: Bristol Township, Nochamixon, Uncategorized, Wrightstown Township Filed under: Croydon, Holland, Wycombe

How we were once New Sweden

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A 12-year-old Swedish queen took possession of Bucks County for 17 years. Bucks County in its early history was Sweden.…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Uncategorized Filed under: Delaware River, Falls of the Delaware, log cabin, Peter Stuyvesant, Queen Christina, Sweden

The Legend of Poets’ Rock

December 28, 2020 carllavo

The historic stone in Solebury Township attracted quite a following in the 1800s. I first got to know Robert Cleary…

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Posted in: Solebury Township Filed under: abolitionist, Cuttaloosa Creek, Cuttaloosa Valley, John Greenleaf Whittier, Lumberville, Pennsylvania Hall fire, Poets' Rock, slavery

Morrisville’s exiled general

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President Madison offered Jean Victor Moreau command of American troops in the War of 1812. This is the time of…

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Posted in: Morrisville Filed under: Battle of Tourcoing, Battle of Trenton, Bordentown, French Revolution, george washington, Moreau Street, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Morris, Summerseat mansion

Bristol’s first airmail flight

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A prototype seaplane built in town took First Day letters aloft in 1938. My recent column on the airmail flight…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Levittown, Perkasie Filed under: Bolton Mansion, Bristol Wharf, Delaware River, Fleetwing Aircraft, Perkasie's Town Tree Lighting, Sea Bird

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