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Woe to those who opposed the Revolution in Bucks

December 20, 2018 carllavo

Judgment was not kind in the aftermath of George Washington’s victories. Bucks County was a divided community after George Washington…

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The forgotten art colony

November 11, 2018 carllavo

A remembrance of Philly’s “Scumblers” and their “Shack” on Neshaminy Creek. Most of us are aware the Pennsylvania Art Impressionist…

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Fact vs. Fiction

October 16, 2018 carllavo

Was New Hope named for a comedian’s family? Did Buckingham become Bristol Township? And more. Sorting fact from fiction in…

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Posted in: Bristol Township, Haycock Township, New Hope, Uncategorized Filed under: Benjamin Parry, Bob Hope, Bucks County Playhouse, Haycock Mountain, New Hope Flour Mill, Rocky Bearry, William Penn

The Quakertown choo choo

September 21, 2018 carllavo

The “Quick & Easy” fulfilled a 60-year-old quest in Upper Bucks County but then . . . The arrival of…

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Posted in: Durham Township, Uncategorized Filed under: Col. John Jameson, Cooks Creek, Durham Furnace and Mill, Funks Grove, Q&E, Quakers & Eastern Railroad, silver spike, Springtown, U.S. Steel

Voyage to ‘Forbidden’ Island

September 4, 2018 carllavo

Voyage to ‘Forbidden’ Island Was there once an amusement park to rival Coney Island on storied Burlington Island in the…

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Lost Horizons

July 4, 2018 carllavo

William Penn, the Lenape people and the betrayal he feared for them. It was the summer of 1683. William Penn,…

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Posted in: Bucks County, Uncategorized Filed under: Indian Walk Purchase, Lenape Indians

The Office Out Back

June 20, 2018 carllavo

No history of Bucks is complete without some outhouse lore. I can’t say my wife is fond of them. But…

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Posted in: Tinicum Township, Uncategorized Filed under: bucks county artist, frankenfield Covered Bridge, Hawk Mountain, Hulmeville, maple syrup, outhouse, Ranulph Bye, sundale creek farm, vansant airport

Time’s Forgotten Town

June 5, 2018 carllavo

One man’s vision after the Revolutionary War created a family town on Neshaminy Creek. Late in life my father told…

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Posted in: Hulmeville, Uncategorized Filed under: Farmers Bank, Fricke's Mill, Harry Houdini, Hulmeville, Johnson Hall, trolley

Bucks Cooks

May 29, 2018 carllavo

How a 1950 “Artists’ County” cookbook ended up in my hands from Gold Rush country. The Post Office recently dropped…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bucks Cooks, Frances Avrut Bauer, Fred Bauer, Gold Rush Country, Mark Twain, Merced Explorers, The Buddy Holly Story, Trinty Chapel, Under the Rainbow, Vallecito

Neil Wood and the ‘Curve’

May 10, 2018 carllavo

He treasures a railroad wonder that a Doylestown man helped build. You mention Horseshoe Curve and Neil Wood of Levittown…

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