Book Review: John Hays: Civil War Soldier, Lawyer, Businessman
Raphael S. Hays II, John Hays: Civil War Soldier; Lawyer; Businessman. (Carlisle 250th Anniversary Committee, 2000). Illustrated. Paperback $10.00
Hays, John
Destruction of the Court House. 1845: An Eyewitness Account
In the early morning hours of March 24, 1845, the Cumberland County court house and Carlisle town hall burned down. The next morning the Carlisle Herald & Expositor printed an "extra," which was distributed in large numbers "through the county and to a distance." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE! County Court-House & Town Hall burned down!
Hamilton Library Association: Program for 1904-1905
The reading of the papers will be followed in each case by discussion, and, as the object of these meetings is to present and elicit, for permanent record, facts of Local History, especially those of personal knowledge and observation, not only general attendance of members is requested, but participation in the discussions.
Mary Hays McCauley - Carlisle’s Molly Pitcher
The story of Molly Pitcher is complex. It is a story that is part fact, part myth, and partly the combination of stories of multiple women during the Revolutionary War.1 Myths were built up and repeated without documented evidence to support the story.
North Middleton Township
North and South Middleton Townships received a charter of incorporation in 1810 dividing what was originally Middleton Township.1 This area in the twenty-first century is composed of residential and commercial interests and a few farms.
Wilhelm Schimmel: The Wood Carver with a Bad Temper
Wilhelm Schimmel was a German-born itinerant who traipsed Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley doing odd jobs. In payment for food and sleeping quarters in the barns and lofts of local families, he carved and painted eagles and animal figures of various sizes.