If things have been quiet around these parts, it's because your Free-Range Historian has indeed been traversing the wilds of Northwestern Pennsylvania throughout 2022! Before I burst into a stirring rendition of "I've Been Everywhere, Man" (Hank Snow and Johnny Cash are far more qualified than I for that job), I want to highlight another… Continue reading New Year, New Look
Tag: Venango County
Barn Treasure
Something I dearly love about public history is the variety of work available. One minute I’m plumbing the depths of online census records, going blind over 19th-century penmanship and wondering why names like Domer and Achsah haven’t made a come-back yet. And the next, I’m cleaning a century’s worth of barn dirt off of a… Continue reading Barn Treasure
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