Seven years of blogging
7 years ago (2/11/10) I started to write a blog, mostly about a small business I did for a while. Life got in the way and I didn’t continue that […]
Category Archives: History
We love our history here
The other day I took a tour of one of the oldest buildings in Shippensburg. And what a fascinating tour it was! What was originally Widow Piper’s Tavern, built in […]
Fired up? Ready to go?
That’s one of President Obama’s favorite sayings. I’m fired up, cos I heard on tv last night the percentage of Americans who voted in this very crucial election. It’s […]
Walking in history
The picture above of a beautiful place is the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, coming together in a town that is filled with our history. It’s located in […]
Rural Life Festival
My soon-to-be daughter in law and I went to a nice event, Rural Life Festival presented by Newburg United Methodist Church in the town of Newburg. Newburg is a little […]
Very old Bibles
At Shippensburg Historical Society, we have so many interesting historical items. http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ A lot of our collection is paper, which of course deteriorates from being exposed to sunlight. Because […]
The doctor’s office, 50 + years ago
It all looks a little scary in light of what we recognize as a medical facility today. But me, being old(er), I can remember these types of things in my […]
Imbolc, spring, and the earth awakens
It’s so nice to be able to write a blog before shoulder surgery and then publish it with one click later. Typing one finger hunt and peck is not fun, […]
I went to jail, but they left me out!
Just a few miles up the road from here is Chambersburg, a town with a rich history. Franklin County Historical Society http://franklinhistorical.org/old-jail/ maintains the Old Jail as well as […]
A very old graveyard
My grandmother and mother and an aunt had done some work finding ancestors, many years ago before the internet was invented. Back then you researched by looking at old […]
