Category: History Spotlight

A summer thunderstorm in June of 2019 has done what 300+ years of history have…

Drew Lewis, the man who gave me my first job as a lawyer, had deep…

Marple Township is the birthplace of what was one of the longest continuously operated businesses…

General Smedley Butler was a man of contradictions. He was born in 1881 in West…

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, local historical societies are finding renewed energy…

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:…