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New Acquisitions in Leiper House Collection
The Leiper House will open for the season on Saturday, April 27th and will be open for tours each Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 until 4:00.…
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Historic Views of Nether Providence & Rose Valley
Keith Lockhart, publisher of the invaluable local history resource delawarecountyhistory.com, has written and given presentations on the history of our county for many years. Keith’s extensive…
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Local Dentistry in 1913
In the January 17, 1913 issue of the Chester Times, Mr. C.L. Leiper ran an ad for his quarries – urging readers to “build, don’t…
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Merging School Districs–the Beginning
As reported in the Delaware County Daily Times, the prior evening’s Nether Providence school board meeting had a full agenda. A $290,000 addition to the…
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A History Old Union United Methodist Church
Nether Providence Historical Society & Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society present A History of Old Union United Methodist Church Methodism, founded in England by…
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The Delaware River: A History of the Waterfront presented by Nancy Webster
Join Us! Sunday, June 3rd at 2 pm at The Helen Kate Furness Free Library Formed in the ice ages, the Delaware River was an early…
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Remembering Dick Clark
An informal memorial has sprung up at the corner of Dogwood Lane and Plush Mill Road, near the former home of the late Dick Clark.…
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Dogwood Lane
This is the first in a new series of articles, In the News. To receive notification of new postings, subscribe (top of the left column)…
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Marquis de Lafayette – Founding Son of the American Revolution
Speaker Gene Pisasale will trace General Lafayette’s arrival in America from France at age 19 and his rise to fame as a trusted member of General Washington’s…
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Bovine Hijinks – Halloween 1929
In December of 1929, the editor of The Phoenix, Swarthmore College’s campus newspaper (then and now), received a letter regarding an incident which took place…