Boiling Springs

Cumberland County Place Names

Cumberland County place names under the following lists: named after the founder or an early settler, geographical/geological features, and miscellaneous.

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Cumberland County Servicemen Who Died in World War I

This is a list of the seventy-four Cumberland County, Pennsylvania servicemen who sacrificed their lives in service to their country during World War I. The list is compiled from the book Service records: Cumberland County in the World War 1917-1918 printed in 1935 by the Cumberland Cou

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William Denning (ca. 1736-1830)

Photo of families swimming in a lake at Colonel Denning Park, in 1956

William Denning made a significant contribution to the American cause during the Revolutionary War, by creating desperately needed artillery using an unusual welding process.

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John L. Durnin

Interview with J. L. Durnin for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Durnin discusses growing up during the Great Depression in Carlisle, his World War II military experience, and later years working at AMP Inc.

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Audette (Kitty) Gelinas

Interview of Kitty Gelinas for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Gelinas discusses her life in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania.

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John J. Heinze

Interview of John J. Heinze by Susan Meehan on July 23, 2015. The interview covers the beginnings of the Allenberry Resort and Theatre and its continued evolution over the years.

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History In the Making: A Few 20th & 21st Century Inventors and Academicians Associated with the Intellectually Fertile Cumberland Valley

Cumberland County has a long, well known, and valued history as home, whether by birth, descent, or relocation, to inventors, researchers and academicians.