Author: Doug Humes

Several years ago, I came across the grave of William F. Snite at the Marple…

We celebrate Memorial Day, the memory of D-Day, the 4th of July and Veterans Day….

Like Old Mother Hubbard, Springfield farmer William Dickinson and wife, Louisa, had so many children,…

The early settlement of Pennsylvania, like Massachusetts, was primarily driven by religion. People with views…

Let’s remember two Marple women who contributed much to teaching about and preserving Marple’s history:…

A few years ago, I was given an old book on Quaker history. Inside was…

I came across this account of a fox hunt on February 12, 1913, that ranged…

In the office of Dr. Belitsky in Broomall last month, he mentioned he was going…

From time immemorial, farmers celebrated the successful gathering of fall crops, hoping the harvest would…

Last week, I sat with my 6-year-old granddaughter to watch her first full-length movie, The…