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Local history, personal profiles, and editorials on the people, places, and things that make up the Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD areas.
During America’s Civil War, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman uttered a famous quote: “War is hell”. Sherman’s scorched-earth campaigns never touched the Cumberland...
It happens so fast it, it momentarily stuns her. Titus had lived inside the house for the last fourteen years and he never...
When the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal’s first-phase eastern section was completed in 1850, the ambitious transportation project was already obsolete. The 184.5 mile-long...
There were 21, all at one time. They had been abandoned in a home and left on their own. Twenty-one cats all came...
There were 21, all at one time. They had been abandoned in a home and left on their own. Twenty-one cats all came...
Every time we lace ’em up and hit the road, there’s a decision we have to make before we step out the door:...
In June of 1859, John Brown secretly arrived in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was already a polarizing national figure, wanted for multiple murders...
I didn’t expect the house to be so quiet. I knew it would be a little strange, but this is almost cacophonous in...
You’ll have to excuse Kirk Herbstreit. His not-so-well-thought-out rant on eliminating college football bowl games now that the College Football Playoff has expanded...
Sylvester Snyder lived 99 productive years with intent eyes focused on Waynesboro. The mechanical engineer turned hobbyist photographer compiled an outstanding body of...
