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 […]
Category Archives: History
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 […]
Historical insurance maps
I always talk about back when things were simple, but actually some things weren’t that simple. Insurance companies writing policies on property many years ago needed some way to record […]
Have you ever seen a covered bridge?
History appears to us in lots of ways, and often then goes away unless it’s recorded and remembered. Years ago there were more covered bridges around PA, but one […]
A Trolley in Shippensburg
I always like to learn more about the history of my property and the area of town I live in. I discovered an interesting story about the comer near where […]
Shippensburg Historical Society: Life on the Border
Shippensburg Historical Society, http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ just opened a great new exhibit, Life on the Border. It’s an extensive display of information about and items from the time period when this area was the […]
Wonderful website of Shippensburg History
I was unaware of a great website till recently. Shippensburg Digital History Museum, http://webspace.ship.edu/jqbao/ShipMuseum/index.html, was started in 2009 by Shippensburg University Tch 560 in collaboration with Shippensburg Historical Society, http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ They have produced such […]
Great Video from Shippensburg Historical Society
Shippensburg Historical Society: http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ has been a very busy place in 2012. Much of the activity that has happened in this great organization can be seen on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ShippensburgHistoricalSociety?ref=stream For those who don’t […]
The War that Changed a Nation: WWII
Shippensburg Historical Society, http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ currently has a great exhibit about WWII. The exhibit opened on 10/5/12 and will go on until 2/28/13. Many local people lent WWII artifacts to be placed […]
9/11/11
I was working at the Crisis Intervention Center at the hospital. Another worker was with me in the office, and another worker was down in the ER with a patient. It was early and […]
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