A few yards west of a winding dirt road in a rural township, past the point where the snowplows bother to service in the winter, is a world cut off from the sight of the casual passer-by. It can barely be glimpsed through the maples and oaks that now line the roadway, a distant clearing… Continue reading Set in Stone
If last year was about being stuck at home playing tomb raider in our own closets (thanks, COVID), this year is about being out in the field. Quite literally, in my case. The world and its cultural institutions are re-opening, and this happy historian has enjoyed free-ranging all over Northwestern Pennsylvania once again! While my… Continue reading In the Field
Ah yes, the excitement of finally putting pen to paper (or, since it's 2018, hands to keyboard) and transforming research notes into a finished publication. This is installment four of a company history that I started in May of this year, with a fifth soon to follow. So many of our local businesses have incredible… Continue reading Let’s Write.
The Free-Range Historian 