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This old mill

August 21, 2017 carllavo

The 267-year-old Achey’s Mill in Upper Bucks has been transformed into an incredible home. Faithful reader Tracy Kramer recently invited…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Achey's Mill Tracy Kramer, grind stone, grist mill, Japanese Chins, Joseph Millard, milford square, quakertown

Take a nautical time warp

August 20, 2017 carllavo

If you have stamina, a voyage between 2017 and 1683 is within your reach. Come with us. My job on…

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Claire’s Day

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Bucks County fans trekked to Cooperstown to celebrate Langhorne’s Hall of Famer. Before all the speeches, before the parade of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Claire Smith, Cooperstown, Langhorne, Major League Baseball, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Neshaminy High School

‘To the Turk and back!’

July 31, 2017 carllavo

For 30 years, you could go anywhere in Bucks by jumping on the local street trolley. We take so many…

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Posted in: Street Railways Filed under: Doylestown, Lake Afton, Langhorne, Morrisville, Newtown, The Turk, trolley, Yardley

Princeton’s roots in Bucks

July 30, 2017 carllavo

The Ivy League university in New Jersey has an historical link to Warminster and Warwick. Princeton University always has been…

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Posted in: Princeton Filed under: Benjamin Franklin, College of New Jersey, Gilbert Tennent, Ivy League, Lafayette College, Log College, Neshaminy Creek, Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Synod of North America, Warminster, Warwick, William Tennent

Lodi and other adventures

July 24, 2017 carllavo

Kugler, Fleece, Frogs, Flush and Lodi – bits of Bucks County’s illustrious history. A part of the charm and intrigue…

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Posted in: Place Names Filed under: Central Bucks County, Delaware Canal, Fleecydale, Flushing, Frog Hollow, Kugler's Roost, Lodi, Upper Bucks County

Kid’s Eye View

June 5, 2017 carllavo 1 Comment

This column was published in the Courier Times and Intelligencer on June 5, 2017.  History and fun come together at…

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Posted in: Bucks County Children's Museum, New Hope Filed under: Bucks County Children's Museum, history museum, New Hope, non-profit

‘Smartest Horse in the Movies’

May 29, 2017 carllavo 1 Comment

Published in the Bucks County Courier Times and the Intelligencer on Monday 29 May 2017.  ‘Smartest Horse in the Movies’…

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Posted in: Roy Rogers Trigger, Upper Bucks Filed under: Horse, King of the cowboys, Movies, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Upper Bucks, Westerns

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