Susquehanna FootprintsStories from the Susquehanna Valley

Singing Schools in the Susquehanna Valley

For perhaps sixty to eighty years, singing schools trained congregations to read and sing music, provided rural communities with winter entertainment, and created one of the most important courtship settings available to young people in the Susquehanna Valley.

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The Canal Boat Caper

A Susquehanna Valley Farmer learned quickly the grass isn't always greener, or in this case, the river wasn't always smoother from a canal boat.

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August 18, 2026 · Terry Diener