History
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Seven Score and Ten Years Ago . . .
Next week marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. By the end of June 1863 most of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was in Pennsylvania, and the battle was fought…
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Dravo Cemetery on the Yough River Trail
Several miles into our bicycle ride last weekend, my back started to hurt. I told Jonathan that I was going to stop for break. He said, “Dravo Cemetery’s ahead. Only two more…
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Spring Comes to the Ruins
Last autumn, I posted a photo of this mill along Dunbar Creek in Fayette County. Here is the same mill as it appeared two weekends ago. During our previous visit, I stood…
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Salem on My Mind
My sister-in-law Sarah recently blogged the following about her summer trip to New England: Later that afternoon, we went to Salem so that I could get my witch hunt/The Crucible fix. Maybe I had…
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“The Past is a Foreign Country”
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” – L. P. Hartley. Yesterday Jonathan and I drove around Fayette County to leaf-peep. Our scenic route to Ohiopyle State Park took us…
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National Road
This is Searights Tollhouse, on U.S. Route 40 in Fayette County, PA. Long before we had EZ Pass, travelers would stop at buildings such as this to pay their fares. This section of…
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Happy to Haunt
If I were a ghost, I might be tempted to haunt Hartwood Acres Park. After I found the pet cemetary that sits right behind the old mansion, I realized that the original owners…
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Beyond the Gitche Gumee
I learned something new today on Wikipedia. I learned that Lake Superior is not actually the largest of the Great Lakes. Actually, the privilege should go to Lake Michigan-Huron, which geographically is…
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Follow-Up: Presbyterian Church in Parnassus
In my last entry, I blogged about the Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church in Parnassus, after reading an article online about it in the Tribune-Review / Valley News Dispatch. I am going to write…
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Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church in Parnassus
Jonathan took this photo a few years ago during the Great Winter which spawned Snowmaggedon. We both have a fondness for Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church. For one thing, it anchors one side of our New…