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Showing posts with label 1840's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1840's. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Dr. Alexander McLeod’s 1834 Letter on Vaccines in the Crawford Messenger [Guest Submission]

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At a time when vaccines against the coronavirus are being produced by multiple companies, an interesting bit of Meadville history comes to o...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Life and Customs in Meadville, 1842

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Meadville's Diamond Park as it may have looked in the early 1800s In the central part of a letter headed Meadville, Dec 18th, 18...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Baldwin-Reynolds Reflects Shared Dickens Era Past

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One of John Leech's Original Illustrations for A Christmas Carol  With the Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum hosting their annual ...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Meadville's Other Major College

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The Unitarian College, 1908 From the mid 1800’s up through the early 1900’s Meadville had not just one college in the city, but two-- ...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

7 Peculiar Tales from Conneaut Lake

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From a 1907 postcard, Conneaut Lake's main thoroughfare (Water Street) facing west.  With summer now if full swing, many area reside...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Marion County was the Home of the World's First Oil Boom

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Proposed boundaries of Marion County and Titusville as the seat E verybody knows that the northwest corner of Pennsylvania is made up o...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

The Underground Railroad's Secret Operations in Crawford County

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As we reflect on this country's African American heritage, it’s worth noting Crawford County’s role as a branch of the Underground Ra...