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Just another WordPress.com site. Delaware Canal Bygone Times. Susan Taylor is amazed that she learns something new about the Delaware Canal every time she gives a tour of the long narrow strip of water and towpath that for nearly 100 years served as an important thoroughfare. The 60-mile waterway, where thousands of mule-drawn boats traveled until 1931, has been closed for nearly 81 years, but the memories live on in photos, journals, letters and word-of-mouth stories. The Delaware Canal stretches from B...

April | 2012 | buckscountyintime

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Just another WordPress.com site. Monthly Archives: April 2012. Levittown The All-American Community. The end of WWII was the start of the Philadelphia suburb Levittown. Levittown has significance beyond the local area. It is of interest nationally and internationally because it is the archetype of modern suburbia and as such gets attention from the political, academic and media communities, said Rich Wagner, Levittown historian and director of the Levittown Museum. Hempstead, N.Y. (1947-1951); Bu...Revol...

February | 2012 | buckscountyintime

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Just another WordPress.com site. Monthly Archives: February 2012. Bowman’s Hill Tower Stimulating Jobs and Scenic Views. Bucks County lifer Mike Sodano has seen a lot in his 52 years. One of his most enjoyable moments experiencing Bucks County was atop the 125-feet high Bowman’s Hill Tower. I’ve been there a few times, he said. (It’s) truly a gem of the county. Wonderful views up and down the river. And I always loved seeing it from the New Jersey side. Built on Bowman’s Hill, the tower was completed in ...

Underground Railroad ~ The Channel to Freedom | buckscountyintime

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Just another WordPress.com site. Continental Tavern Yardley’s Dirty Little Secret. Unknown Soldiers American Heroes →. Underground Railroad The Channel to Freedom. For black slaves the “Promise Land” wasn’t the United States. Instead it was Canada. Before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and even decades before the Civil War (1860-1865), black slaves wanted freedom, especially from slave owners in the South, who considered black men, women and children their property. 8220;...

Graystones ~ The Treaty for Pennsylvania | buckscountyintime

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Just another WordPress.com site. Delaware Canal Bygone Times. Continental Tavern Yardley’s Dirty Little Secret →. Graystones The Treaty for Pennsylvania. William Penn died penniless, but he left Pennsylvanians with riches of history, including the steep wood Graystones in Morrisville. Penn befriended the natives. As a Quaker, Penn opposed firearms and ensured the Lenape that the tribe would get paid fairly for their land. Although he came from an Anglican family and was son of an admiral under th...The w...