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Benedict Arnold

April 5, 2019 carllavo

The nation’s most notorious traitor once defended Bucks County in the Revolution. It seems there’s always a Bucks County connection…

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Posted in: New Hope Filed under: Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Saratoga, Brandywine Creek, Continental Army, Continental Congress, Fort Ticonderoga, george washington, Logan Inn, New Hope, Peggy Shippen, Philadelphia, Valley Forge, West Point

A Hero Comes Along

March 22, 2019 carllavo

Looking back on one woman’s 18-year crusade to create a juvenile justice system for Bucks. There’s no statue nor portrait…

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Posted in: Bucks County, Doylestown, Doylestown Township Filed under: Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, foster homes, Gertrude Bright, Judge Hiram H. Keller

The Mystique of Devil’s Hole

March 19, 2019 carllavo

How a geologic and historic wonder in Upper Bucks met its demise. In high school, my buddies and I formed…

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Posted in: Durham Township, Uncategorized Filed under: Cooks Creek, Delaware River, Durham Cave, Henry Chapman Mercer, lime kiln

I’m Looking Over

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How clover got to Upper Bucks, a whale visits Bristol and a deadly pistol duel for love. If you’re able…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Springtown

Road to Redemption

March 5, 2019 carllavo

The story behind Bucks County’s Almshouse Road. Behind every place name often lurks a tale that fires the imagination. I…

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Posted in: Doylestown Township Filed under: almshouse, Big Ben Jones, Bucks County government, Bucks County Planning Commission, James Michener, Neshaminy Creek, poorhouse, Spruce Hill, William Penn

The feud that begat a castle

February 27, 2019 carllavo

Henry Mercer would not be denied in his quest to display tools of Early America in Doylestown. Every time the…

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Posted in: Doylestown Filed under: Alfred Paschall, Bucks County Historical Society, Fonthill Castle, Gen. William W. H. Davis, Henry Chapman Mercer, Mercer Museum, Moravian Tile Works, Spruance Museum

Tales of ‘The North Wind’ and Dolington’s Lyceum

February 20, 2019 carllavo

Looking back on a unique farming village in 19th Century Upper Makefield. In my mind the 1970s were the last…

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Posted in: Upper Makefield Filed under: 'The North Wind', Aristotle, Doylington Lyceum, Newtown Enterprise, Newtown Historical Society, Peter Dolin

‘Thy Wilderness Journey’

February 9, 2019 carllavo

Abraham Lincoln found amazing grace from local Quakers in the midst of Civil War. My final visit with lawyer Sam…

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Posted in: Burlington County

Oddities of History

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The town with no name and the Lead Rush of 1860 dot Bucks County’s colorful past. Executive Editor Sandy Oppenheimer…

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The Great Ballot Box Caper

January 28, 2019 carllavo

Winners chased a loser through Bristol after he fled with the election results. Comedian Groucho Marx must have been channeling…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough Filed under: Cottage Hotel, democrats, Election, politics

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