By Tena Kauffman Mifflintown A tiny baby in a manger of hay Was gifted to us on Christmas Day. He grew through the years According to God's plan; To save us from sin, He was crucified as a man. When we remember the baby Born on Christmas ...
McVEYTOWN — A fall down the basement steps landed Julie Sunderland in the position to write a book about her late daughter’s experiences with cystic fibrosis. Sunderland lost her 20-year-old daughter in October of 1994. She kept journals tucked away with memories of Jenny in her home. ...
LEWISTOWN — No history of Mifflin County is complete without a mention of Fort Granville. The local fort plays an equally important role in the newly published book, "War in the Peaceable Kingdon: The Kittanning Raid of 1756." Author Brady J. Crytzer describes the disaster at the fort ...
The bus dropped us off at Bryant Park a couple blocks from Times Square. While most on the bus trip were taking in a musical or going to see the Rockettes my mom and I had different plans. Explore the city. Actually a specific part of the city. Downtown Manhattan at the September 11th Memorial and Museum. We had been to the small temporary exhibit years ago so were curious to see the now completed site. From Times Square we took the R train to the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Lower Manhattan. The Hub replaced the PATH train station that was destroyed during the ...
MIFFLIN — Noah and Camden Lewis run and play in their Licking Creek home, swinging play swords and jumping on one another’s backs. Noah is almost 5 years old and Camden is 3. An onlooker may think nothing of the backpack Camden is wearing as he plays. It looks like an accessory to ...
Beginning in 1750, a frontier surveyor named Christopher Gist made a series of journeys deep into Indian country to locate — and make rough surveys of — “good land” along the Ohio River. Gist and his employers all knew that the Native Americans who occupied the region would hardly welcome him if they knew the true reason for his trip. Gist’s travels took him through what eventually became western Pennsylvania and Ohio and brought him face to face with Andrew Montour and other frontiersmen who played prominent roles in Pennsylvania history. Gist’s expeditions were ...
