Becky and Ted Place (above) relax on the porch of their centuries-old home, across from the barn that has been the hub of their farm life. They have been together there for 64 years as of this past June. The Place Farm (top) on Place Road, as seen from theContinue Reading
For many years, regular customers could count on finding (above, from left) Donald, Clair, and Raymond Allis hard at work at the lumber mill and retail center. In recent years, C.C. Allis & Sons has been handed down to siblings (below, from left) Chris and Tim Allis, and their sister, ShannonContinue Reading
Celebrating a win in Wisconsin are LaFuerza team members (front row, from left) Mike Epler, Bryce Bedford, Mark King, Ed Crawford, Duane Bailey, Ron Cook, Jim Stanton, (back row) coach Dave Moon, Bob Dibble, Jerry Kipp, Randy Epler, Jerry McMahon, Pere Soloway, Todd Werts, Herb Warren, Dan Cookes, and coachContinue Reading
Rep. Tina Pickett (above, second from left) attended the summer anniversary picnic at St. John’s and presented a citation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to Rev. Bob Brown and long-time church members Frank Messersmith (left) and Nannette Good (right). The Lutheran church in Wilmot Township is now 150 yearsContinue Reading
Maureen Van Nostrand, a sixth generation Irish Hill resident and descendant of Thomas Guiton painted this bucolic view (top) of the Curley, Conboy and Guiton farms on Irish Hill as they appear from St. John’s Cemetery. She was told that the Irish favored the area because it reminded them ofContinue Reading
The former Lehigh Valley Railroad freight station (top) is home to a chiropractor’s office and the Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency. The adjacent baggage car will soon sport an interpretive history mural. The former S&NY Railroad tracks, now owned by Reading & Blue Mountain Northern Railroad parallel Trowbridge & Co. WealthContinue Reading
A copy of a photo (top) hanging in the Bradford County Commissioners office of a “Cow Beauty Contest” held on Main Street, Towanda in the first half of the 20th century resurfaced recently on Facebook. Renewed attention to the photo brought to light the huge collection of early farming memorabiliaContinue Reading
Top photo taken down over East Main Street, Susquehanna of July 4, 1876, train heading to Philadelphia for Centennial celebration. Above, Jon C. Burdick at the Devils Punchbowl – Cascade Valley. Story by Rick Hiduk / Photos from collection of Jon C. Burdick (Originally published in the Susquehanna County Independent)Continue Reading
Evergreen (top) in Bradford County as it appeared around 1910. The village is the topic of a new book (above) by Mariane Dailey Holbrook. Review by Rick Hiduk (originally published in Living Bradford County magazine) The village of Evergreen in Bradford County is set among the rolling hills of AlbanyContinue Reading
Moravian missionary David Zeisberger (top) preaching to the Indians at Friedenshütten. Artist Brian Keeler painted the above rendering of what Friedenshütten looked like based on maps and journals from the era. By Rick Hiduk (originally published in Living Bradford County Magazine) There are many anomalies of American History obscured asContinue Reading