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Stealing the Vote

July 14, 2020 carllavo

How African-Americans lost the right to vote by what happened in Bucks County in 1837. Who would ever guess that…

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Posted in: Feasterville, Northampton, Uncategorized Filed under: 15th Amerndment, 19th Amerndment, abolitionists, Black Bear, Democratic Party, Grimke sisters, Lucretia Mott, Pennsylvania Constitution, Pennsylvania Hall, Richboro, Robert Purvis, The Bucks Tavern, U.S. Constitution, Whig Party, White Bear

Oldest living thing

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Storm ravages the last of Bucks County’s oak trees that sprouted in William Penn’s time. Nature’s oldest living things have…

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Posted in: Hilltown, Uncategorized Filed under: Columbus Oak, Giant Sequoias, Hilltown Baptist Church, Jeremiah Langhorne, John Quincy Adams, Joshua Tree, Rev. William Thomas, white oak trees, William Penn

How a borough lost its name

June 8, 2020 carllavo

The story of a colonel, a fire truck, post office, railroad station and a fight between towns. In my frequent…

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Posted in: Langhorne, Penndel, Uncategorized Filed under: Attleboro, Jeremiah Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, North Pennslvania Railroad, post office, railroad station, slavery

Isolation Deja Vu

April 9, 2020 carllavo

A old sign found in a Bucks attic is a reminder of today’s pandemic. Like most of us, Kathy Horwatt…

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Chief Tamanend and Julie Sky’s Quest

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She’s campaigning to restore a holiday honoring her Bucks County ancestor. Julie Sky McCormick dialed me up a couple of…

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Greene-ing of the Revolution

March 9, 2020 carllavo

Shuttered Gen. Greene Inn is perhaps the most historic building in Bucks County. I must have passed the three-story General…

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Posted in: Buckingham Township, Uncategorized, Upper Makefield Filed under: American Revolution, Battle of Trenton, Bogart's Tavern, Committee of Observation, Durham boats, Washington's Crossing of the Delaware

Bring back the water wheels

October 28, 2019 carllavo

Here’s why the historic Delaware Canal periodically dries up below New Hope. A month ago, all was picturesque on the…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Falls Township, New Hope, Uncategorized Filed under: Archimedes Screw, Chez Odette, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Friends of the Canal, Point Pleasant, Susan Taylor, Tohickon Creek, waterwheel, wing dam

The Search for Hannah Jr.

October 8, 2019 carllavo

The only female to govern Pennsylvania once resided in Falls Township. I’ve had Hannah Callohill Jr. on my mind lately.…

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Posted in: Falls Township, Uncategorized Filed under: British crown, Callowhill Street, Pennsbury Manor, Pennsylvania governor

Sweet Lake Afton

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How Yardley’s signature lake came into existence and got its name. On my bike rides north from Yardley on the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized, Yardley Filed under: Cadwallader family, Lakeside Mansion, Robert Burns, Scottish poetry, Sweet Afton, Thomas Yardley, Yardley Grist Mill

Don Luis’ gift to America

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The man with the longest name in Bristol history gave us Florida. In my early 20s and living in Florida,…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Uncategorized Filed under: John Quincy Adams, Masonic Lodge #25, President James Madison

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