The Custom of “Pounding”
A headline in an 1882 newspaper read, “A Man and his Wife Pounded.” A reader of today would interpret this as an act of violence, but it was actually an act of benevolence.
Schaumann, Merri Lou
Alpheus Dale (1818-1899): Machinist, Millwright, Mechanicsburg Chief of Police and Constable
Alpheus Dale, born in Centre County, Pennsylvania in 1818,1 spent the majority of his life in Cumberland County except for at least one excursion to the gold fields of California.
Distillery: Old Landmark Collapses in Carlisle
On the afternoon of Friday July 31, 1908, residents on East South Street in Carlisle heard a loud noise when a portion of the historic Cloyd house collapsed and practically demolished his neighbor’s summer kitchen.
Richard Dougherty: Schoolmaster
Forty-seven-year-old Irishman, Richard Dougherty, arrived in Carlisle in 1800 with his family.[1] He placed an advertisement in Kline’s Carlisle Gazette announcing his plan to open an English school.[2] He would run that school successfully for more than 20 years.
Dr. George Dawson’s Shop Vandalized in 1806
The following notice was published in the March 7, 1806 issue of the Carlisle Herald. “125 Dollars REWARD.
Robbery and Fire at Inventor Daniel Drawbaugh's House
"Daring Robbers Visit Daniel Drawbaugh's Residence at Eberly's Mills" ran the headline in the newspaper. Daniel Drawbaugh, known as "The Edison of Cumberland County," for his invention of the electrical telephone in the 1860s, was 76 years-old at the time of this incident.
Earthquakes and Tempests in Carlisle
Other than occasionally noting that it had been very wet, very dry, or the warmest summer or the coldest winter within the memory of some of the oldest residents, the newspaper rarely reported on the weather.
Egolff’s Fashionable Boarding House
For several decades during the second half of the 19th century, William Egolff and his sisters Elizabeth and Barbara operated a boarding house in Carlisle in the three-story brick building at No. 7-11 North Hanover street.
Emancipation Proclamation Grand Tournament held in Carlisle in 1869: Horses, Knights, a Queen and Maids of Honor
The August 6, 1869 edition of the Carlisle Herald reported on the Grand Tournament held several days before to celebrate “the emancipation of the slaves of the Southern States” by a procession through the streets of Carlisle and a tournament at Graham’s Grove.
Emancipation Celebration - Carlisle 1872
Carlisle Herald, July 11, 1872. “The colored citizens of Carlisle and vicinity, contemplate holding a grand National celebration, in commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln in this place on Thursday, August 1, 1872.