Toonerville 33 — The Trolley That Refused to Disappear
Sometimes history isn't found in a grand monument. Sometimes it's an old trolley car that everybody forgot to throw away. And we're rather fortunate that they did.
Read MoreThe Mystery Hidden Inside an Old Apple Tree
A Danville, Pennsylvania, man found a plug of hair inside an old apple tree in 1920. What was its purpose? Plugging illness into trees was part of older Pennsylvania folk-healing traditions. Similar remedies were used for ailments such as croup, whooping cough, asthma, seizures, paralysis, and other lingering illnesses.
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The High Bridge Through Catawissa Valley in Mainville, Columbia County
A century ago, travelers looked out from their coach windows and found themselves high above the Catawissa Creek in Mainville, on one of the most remarkable bridges in Columbia County.
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When The Susquehanna River Ran With Eel
Stone walls stretching into the river. Wooden eel baskets waiting in the current. And fishermen watching for a creature that had traveled all the way from the Atlantic Ocean. It was part of everyday life at one time in the Middle Susquehanna Valley.
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