Category: History Spotlight
History Spotlight: Cold War Spies and Pawns
With the renewal of the Cold War, we are reminded that it is a bad…
History Spotlight: The West Chester Turnpike
After the Revolution, Delaware County did not exist. Chester County was huge, and its county…
That's So Delco!
Growing up in the 1960s, you did not refer to Delaware County as “Delco.” It…
History Spotlight: Samuel L. Smedley, Planner and Visionary
There are times in my research when someone I’ve never heard of leaps off the…
History Spotlight: History Lovers Call to Arms!
I moved to Newtown Square in 1990, and was drawn into the activities of the…
History Spotlight: Who Put the Mills in Mill Hollow?
There is an enclave of private homes along Crum Creek in Newtown and Edgmont townships,…
History Spotlight: Remember and Honor Them…
“Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that,…
History Spotlight: Randal Pratt and Springton Farm
A few years ago, I was given an old book on Quaker history. Inside was…
The Earliest Edgmont Map of 1816
In 1816, the Pennsylvania legislature authorized mapmaker John Melish to make detailed county maps for…
History Spotlight: And Sweetly Breathes, “Forget Me Not!”
Over the weekend I drove up to Bucks County to pick up a donation to…