The Carlisle Carriage Factory
The years from 1850 to 1910 were the height of the carriage era in the United States.
Mullin, Charles H.
The Central Hotel: Mount Holly Springs
Mount Holly Springs was a popular summer resort at the base of the South Mountain. Situated on the Carlisle and Hanover Turnpike, six miles south of Carlisle, it presented a romantic view of the surrounding countryside and captured the cool mountain breezes during the summer.
Miss Alice Mullin and the Mount Holly Springs Post Office Robberies
Mount Holly Springs is situated at a gap in the South Mountain, approximately six miles south of Carlisle.
Minerva White: Mt. Holly Gap Toll Gate Keeper and Her “Treasure”
Miss Minerva White and her mother, Matilda Vickers, came to Mt. Holly from Virginia in 1859. Minerva worked for several years in the paper mills in Mt. Holly, but about 1870 she and her mother took charge of the toll gate and ran a small store.1 After her mother’s death in 1885, Minerva continued to operate the Mt. Holly toll gate for another 19 years.