Christmas in Carlisle - 1874
The editor of the Carlisle Herald newspaper devoted several columns in the December 31 edition of the paper to describe some of the Christmas festivities in Carlisle.
Schaumann, Merri Lou
Christmas in Carlisle: 1930
“The town is now in holiday garb” proclaimed the Evening Sentinel newspaper on December 19, 1930. The Christmas tree on the Court House portion of the square was decorated solely with red lights, the tree on the Episcopal corner with yellow, and the Presbyterian corner with blue.
Christmas Tree Extravaganzas: 1875
In December 1875, O. L. Haddock, the editor of The Carlisle Herald, visited the homes of some of Carlisle’s residents who were known to have elaborate displays under their Christmas trees, and to describe them for the enjoyment of the newspaper’s readers.
Churchtown Church Members Petition the Court for No New Taverns
Churchtown, a village in Monroe Township (originally in Allen Township) is located 6 miles from Carlisle, about 2 ½ miles from Boiling Springs, and 5 ½ miles from Mechanicsburg. The center of the village is crossed by Old Stone House Road and Rt. 174.
Churchtown Perspectives, 1875
When John Bratton, editor of the American Volunteer newspaper, paid a visit to the village of Churchtown in April 1875, and then wrote about it in his newspaper, little did he know he would rile up the editor of a competing newspaper and send him off on his own trip to Churchtown.
Craighead Father and Son Die Within Hours of Each Other
On Saturday, March 30, 1822, Gilson Craighead, a prosperous South Middleton Township farmer and mill owner, went to Carlisle for the day with his son Major James. They would both be dead within a week.
Venus, slave of Thomas Craighead, was Sister of the first published American Negro poet, Phillis Wheatley
Thomas Craighead’s slave Venus: Sister of the first published American Negro poet Phillis Wheatley. T.C. was Thomas Craighead (1789-1865) the son of John Craighead and his wife Jane Lamb. The “old Thomas Craighead” he refers to in his letter was his grandfather who died in 1807. In 1845, T.C. also contributed a history of incidents relating to his family that was published in I.D. Rupp’s History of Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry Counties…. p. 440-444.
The Creation of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
On January 27, 1749/1750, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania created Cumberland County from Lancaster County in an Act titled “An Act for erecting part of the province of Pennsylvania, westward of Susquehanna, and northward and westward of York, into a county.”1 Theories differ as to
Patrick Culp: Carlisle Cabinetmaker
Patrick Culp, a "mulatto," and the only documented African American cabinetmaker in Cumberland County, was born in Pennsylvania in 1790. A member of Allison United Methodist Church1 and later St.
Cumberland County Horse Thief Detecting and Protection Societies
Horses were vital for transportation and farming, and horse stealing was a chronic problem. In the nineteenth century, horse thief detection and protection societies were formed in many states.