Carlisle

James Smith and the Black Boys: Rebellion on the Pennsylvania Frontier, 1763-1769

Discontent and resistance against royal authority was found throughout the frontier and urban centers of pre-Revolutionary America. In an attempt to examine the defiant Pennsylvania frontiersmen, this paper will investigate a small portion of the life of one Pennsylvanian, James Smith, during the years he spent as leader of the rebellious "Black Boys."

John Brown's Raid

A lecture delivered at the Hamiton Library, Tuesday Evening. January 17th, 1905.

Mr. President,Ladies and Gentlemen:- I am going to talk this evening about William Hazlett, otherwise called Harrison, who was supposed to be one of John Brown's men. Before coming to Hazlett, I desire to say a few words about slavery and John Brown, one of whose men Hazlett was supposed to be.

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John C. Lesher: A Carlisle Photographer of the 1860s

During the mid-nineteenth century photography exploded into popularity in Europe and the United States. Beginning with the introduction of the daguerreotype in 1839, the technique of using a chemical process to fix an image onto a sensitized metal plate captivated the imagination of many: those who wished to preserve the memory of a loved one, those who wished to record historical events, those who wished to create artistic impressions, and those who attempted to make a living satisfying the wishes of all the others.

John Lindner (1859-1942)

He could be an unlikable man-loud, arrogant, vulgar; but he was also civicminded and generous to his workers; and he deserves to be remembered. He was, from the last decade of the nineteenth to the third decade of the twentieth century, one of the most prominent businessmen in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In any era he would have been a colorful character, a volatile yet romantic man who made his fortune from shoes and flowers.

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