The stories of how Pennsylvanians celebrate Christmas are similar in some ways, but unique in others. A 19th Century celebration of Christmas in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, looks at the traditions found in an area settled by many families who settled there from the German Palitinate region.
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Aaron Kern Gift from Middleburg, Snyder County compiled the "Genealogical History of the Gift, Kern and Royer Families" in 1907. "Glimpses of Early Pioneer Life" is the title of one chapter. Included is a westward journey from Snyder County to Illinois, and an incident involving a Revolutionary War soldier by the name of Frances Ditto, who lived on a farm in Musser’s Valley, Adams Township, now part of Snyder County.
Pennsylvania appointed a special committee in 1893 to provide detailed information on the various forts protecting early settlers across the Commonwealth prior to 1783. Among them were more than a dozen in the Susquehanna Valley, including Fort Brady in Lycoming County.
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