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 […]
Tag Archives: Shippensburg
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 […]
It’s Fair time!
We have a great Fair here. It’s the 58th year, so something about it was always right. It’s also the largest bi-county Fair in Pennsylvania, since the town sits in […]
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 […]
Throw the Moonshine down the Outhouse Hole!
My house was built in 1918. WWI was ending. Some people had some money and others had very little. It was a very different kind of time from things we […]
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 […]
Corn Festival!
What does a town of about 23,000 people look like when you instantly add 35,000 more? It looks like the Corn Festival! Since 1981, a small group of dedicated volunteers […]
Shippensburg Community Fair!
We all get a treat the last week of July every year. The largest bi-county Fair in the state happens right here! http://www.shippensburgfair.com/ There is always something going on at the […]
Victorian Hair Jewelry
Hair jewelry? Yes, made from hair…many times human hair, sometimes horse hair. The jewelry pictured above is from the collection of Tammy Butler, President of the March to Destiny. http://www.marchtodestiny.org/ […]
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