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The canal’s missing link

March 23, 2021 carllavo

The man who gave Atlanta its name tried to extend the Delaware Canal into Philly. In a sense, Bristol lucked…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough, Uncategorized Filed under: Atlanta, Canal boats, coal, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Horseshoe Curve, J. Edgar Thomson, Philadelphia, towpath

Patriotism and foreboding in Bristol Borough in 1861

May 13, 2019 carllavo

“Blood will run to the bits of the horses’ bridles.” Mary Anne and I enjoy dining at the King George…

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Posted in: Bristol Borough Filed under: Confederacy, Delaware House, Fort Sumter, King George II inn, Philadelphia, President John Tyler, Robert Tyler

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

‘Ghost House’ on Gibson Road

September 13, 2018 carllavo

The story behind Bensalem’s Croydon Lodge built by a British army major in 1763. The first time I saw Croydon…

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Posted in: Bensalem Filed under: 60th Roval American Regiment of Foot, Battle of Princeton, Bristol, Continental soldiers, Croydon Lodge, French and Indian War, Gen. Lord Loundon, Major Thomas Barnsley, Newportville, Philadelphia, St. James Episcopal Church

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

‘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

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