Category: History Spotlight

Growing up in the 1960s, you did not refer to Delaware County as “Delco.” It…

The human mind is attracted to round numbers. Old-timers remember the 1976 Bicentennial celebration. In…

Delaware County has a historical society, with offices, research library and history museum in an…

In 1939, a house fell out of the sky, killing the Wicked Witch of the…

Researching the feature article on the 80th anniversary of D Day was a labor of…

Why did Leo Tolstoy’s daughter, Sasha, take up subsistence farming in a dilapidated farmhouse in Radnor?…

In 1931, the Countess, a “broad-beamed woman of middle age, with hazel eyes behind pince-nez…

Over the weekend I drove up to Bucks County to pick up a donation to…

This past fall, I led a hike into the 200 acres of woods behind Don…

George Lucas’ 1973 film, American Graffiti, depicted high school life in the 1960’s, hanging out…