Western Pennsylvania
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This Old Haunted House (A Look Back at My Halloween Adventures: Part II)
One October, my sister Elizabeth and I took a candlelit ghost tour in Gettysburg. Our guide started by passing around several black-and-white photos that included clusters of light spots – orbs. The orbs…
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Revisiting Somerset and Bedord Counties: The Whiskey Rebellion
Back in 1994 when I was still in high school, my hometown of Berlin, PA decided to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Whiskey Rebellion. Plans were made for a big festival. The…
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Revisiting Bedford County: Shawnee State Park and the Ship Hotel
Bedford County, PA still looks pretty much the way I see it in old pictures and in my mind. At Shawnee State Park, the little swing still sits in its secluded picnic area…
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The Ghosts of Fourths of July Past, Part 1: Pittsburgh, 1987
I was about ten years old the first time that I celebrated the Fourth of July in Pittsburgh. Back then, my late maternal grandfather was still a city motorcycle patrolman. My sister Katie…