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A Cry in the Wilderness

October 30, 2017 carllavo

Uncle Griff’s intuitive gift leads to a lonely road on a dark, rainy night. You seldom found Griffith Lloyd at…

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Posted in: Langhorne Filed under: Fallsington, Five Mile Woods, historic langhorne, Quaker minister, Ranulph Bye

The Fighting Quaker

October 23, 2017 carllavo

A statue to the Father of the U.S. Marine Corps is proposed for Bristol’s riverside park. Last August, exciting news…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough Filed under: American Revoluiton, Bahamas, Delaware River, Dunk's Ferry, Major Samuel Nicholas, Nassau, Philadelphia, Tun Tavern, U.S. Marine Corps

The Sequoias of the East

October 16, 2017 carllavo

American chestnuts once reigned supreme over Bucks County and then vanished. During our California honeymoon, Mary Anne and I drove…

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Posted in: American chestnut Filed under: Big Trees State Park, blight, Bowman's Hill Wildlife Preserve, Sequoias, Solebury, Squalus submarine

‘Crazy Fitch’ deserved better

October 9, 2017 carllavo

Warminster man who invented the steamboat in Bucks County had a tragic end. Folks here have long lionized one man’s…

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Posted in: Warminster Filed under: Bristol, Burlington, Cleremont, Delaware River, John Fitch, museum, Philadelphia, Robert Fulton, steamboat, Trenton

The Poconos of Bucks

October 2, 2017 carllavo 2d Comments

Finland in Upper Bucks was once a tourism hot spot for Philly’s “fancy people”. Mary Anne gave me a sideways…

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Mismatched Amour

September 25, 2017 carllavo

The forgotten tale of a Bristol beauty and the exiled king of Spain. He lived in a palace on a…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough Filed under: Bordentown, Crosswicks Creek, Delaware River, Indian Head penny, Joseph Napoleon, Keene Mansion, Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library, Nicholas Bidle, Pointe Breeze, Sarah Keene, U.S. Mint

On the Fast Track

September 18, 2017 carllavo

The day a steam locomotive train set a world speed record in Bucks County “Yes it can.” “No it can’t.”…

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Posted in: Langhorne Filed under: Neshaminy Falls, Philadelphia Record, Reading Terminal, steam locomotive, Walter Angus McLeod, William Singerly

The college that never was

September 11, 2017 carllavo

Upper Makefield achieved fame in the 1800s for graduating 6th graders from “Lurgan College”. The elementary school I graduated from…

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Posted in: Upper Makefield Filed under: Bowman's Hill, Lurgan College, Lurgan Road, New Hope, Washington Crossing Historical Park

Many Moons Remembered

September 4, 2017 carllavo

Long before the birth of New Hope’s famous art colony, painter Samuel Moon led the way. Size can matter in…

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Posted in: New Hope Filed under: Easton, Napoleon Bonaparte, oil painting, Samuel Bonaparte, Samuel Moon, Sigal Museum

Shiver me timbers!

September 1, 2017 carllavo

An afternoon of sailboat racing from Bristol’s 111-year-old yacht club. The boat: Black Pearl. The flag: Jolly Roger skull and…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough Filed under: Anchor Yacht Club, Black Pearl, bristol borough, Burlington-Bristol Bridge, Curtain's Marina, East End Yacht Club, regatta, sloop, yacht

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