The Origin of Lacrosse at the Carlisle Indian School
In the late winter of January, 1910 Carlisle Indian School Athletic Director, Glen "Pop" Warner announced his intentions to replace the school's baseball program with lacrosse.
Browse Encyclopedia
The Cumberland County Historical Encyclopedia is an expanding publication on the history of the Cumberland County. Covering a wide range of topics and the entire Cumberland County geographic region, the Encyclopedia seeks to be an initial entry point to those interested in the County's history. Entries seek to provide a list of resources available as well as showcasing some of the Cumberland County Historical Society's own collections.
Phebe Paine: Educator (1802-1872)
In recollections of her life in Carlisle, Mary C. Dillon, author of the novel “In Old Bellaire,” wrote about the faculty circle of Dickinson College. She said that it included “the brilliant spinsters, Miss Sarah and Miss Phoebe Paine, who had a finishing school for young ladies on West Street
Peter Pattaw 18th Century Carlisle Potter
For several years at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, a pottery was operated in Carlisle by Peter Pattaw.
The Peanut Cart
The peanut cart was owned by Angelo "Charlie" Veto (1869 - 1949) a veteran ice cream and peanut vendor on Carlisle's Public Square. For 48 years his location on the square remained constant.[1]
Capt. Alexander Peebles, Sr. (1740-1824), Shippensburg And the Peebles Family
Capt. Alexander Peebles Sr., was a blacksmith and farmer whose homestead of 1774 sits on what is now known as Cramer Rd., Southampton Township (formally Hopewell Twp.), Shippensburg. He was my paternal 4th great-grandfather through my great-grandmother Abbie (Highlands) Baker, whose dad, Wm. Isaac was a son of James Highlands & Mary Elizabeth Peeples (1797-1871), a daughter of Capt. Alexander.
Rosemarie Peiffer – Nurse, County Commissioner
Rosemarie C. Peiffer was born in an area of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, later known as Nesquehoning, in 1936. Raised on a farm in Schuylkill County, Rosemarie graduated from Reading Hospital and School of Medicine with her Registered Nurse degree in 1956. She married in that same year and moved to Baltimore with her husband, Howard, where they lived until 1964 before returning to Pennsylvania.
Penn Township
Penn Township, Cumberland County is located in the southwestern section of the county. The township was formed officially on October 23, 1860 by partitioning off the western half of Dickinson Township. In 1872, the southern portion of Penn Township was partitioned to form Cooke Township.
William Penn (1644-1718)
Born in London to an ancient family of Gloucestershire, William Penn descended from a long line of yeomen Penns.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike
On April 23, 1935, Cliff Patterson, a Pennsylvania state representative from the Pittsburgh area and an undertaker, proposed to the legislature a bill to study building a road from Pittsburgh to Central Pennsylvania.
A Year in the Life of a Village: Plainfield 1910
In 1812, tavernkeeper Michael Forner laid out lots on a piece of land on the road from Carlisle to Newville. He called the new town Plainfield. Plans were afoot for a Grand Turnpike from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, and Forney thought it "would more than probably go through his new town."It did not. Often referred to as Smokey Town, the name Plainfield was officially adopted with the opening of the Post Office. The map of Plainfield in the 1872 Atlas of Cumberland County shows the locations of the shops, two churches, the school, the hotel as well as the houses. Plainfield grew, and by 1910, the village had approximately 200 residents.