Mark E. Goodling
Interview of Mark E. Goodling of the Union Fire Company by Randy Watts on March 31, 2015. The interview focuses on the Union Fire Company in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as well as fire fighting in general.
Carlisle
The Greek Community in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
In the heart of the very green and idyllic Cumberland Valley of Central Pennsylvania sits the town of Carlisle. Just like any other town, it has its old and historic buildings and people with their own backgrounds. Among these people of different ethnic backgrounds is the very prominent Greek community. There are forty-five families that reside in Carlisle that are of Greek descent. Fortunate for the writer who would examine the Greeks is that the patriarch, the original Greek to settle in the area is alive and very active in the Greek community.
John Green
John Green served in the 54th United States Colored Regiment with Company H. The "1850 United States Federal Census for John Green" states that an individual named John Green was born around 1833 in Pennsylvania.1 However, it is uncertain whether this John Green also served in the United States Colored Troops.
Miss Florence Greenfield (1865-1946)
When Miss Florence Greenfield died in Carlisle on January 31, 1946, she was the last member of her family.1 The contents of her will, published in a Harrisburg newspaper a week later, revealed that the Carlisle Hospital was named the beneficiary of her estate.
Jim Griffith
Interview of Jim Griffith for the Greater Carlisle Project Heart and Soul Initiative. Griffith discusses his interest in family and local history and how he came to own the building at 11 E. High Street in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and the preservation and restoration that went into restoring the building. He further talks about his involvement in the Heart and Soul project.
Tom Gumby
Tom Gumby interview by the Orton Family Foundation on the Mount Tabor AME Zion Church and cemetery.
Notable Gunsmiths of Cumberland County
The manufacture, or making by hand, of firearms (almost exclusively longrifles) dates to the era of British colonization and settlement of the Cumberland Valley.
Robert D. Guthrie: Clockmaker and Silversmith
Brought to Carlisle from Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1772 at the age of seven,[1] Robert Darlington Guthrie would spend his adult life making silver and clocks for the residents of Cumberland County and train three of his sons to follow his profession.[2]
Robert Guthrie, Sr.: Eighteenth Century Joiner
An “honest laborious man” by his own account; a fighting Irishman judging from the number of times he was indicted for assault and battery,1 Guthrie built many houses in Carlisle during the 25 or more years he worked, including the “English” Church (St.
Halloween Customs
All Hallow’s Eve--the night when witches and hobgoblins supposedly walk abroad. What began in the 1860s as a night of boyish pranks evolved into a county-wide celebration of parties, parades and fun.