Interview of Shirley Heishman for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Heishman discusses her life growing up in Bloserville outside of Newville, Pennsylvania including her experiences working on her parents farm to meeting her husband Don Heishman and their many business ventures from hauling milk, water, and whey to building the Heishman Softball Complex.
Interview of Judge Sylvia Rambo for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Rambo discusses her life at the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle as well as her career as a lawyer and a Judge.
Interview of Frank Brandt for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Bradnt discusses his life at the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle as well as his work in the Crystal Industry including helping designing the crystal used in the camera Alan Shepard used on the moon.
Velocipedes were all the rage in Paris, and by November 1868 they had made their appearance on the streets of New York and were causing a sensation.
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.
One-hundred and thirty-seven years after George Washington supposedly sat in a Sheraton chair in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, it was sold.
David A. Plank was born near Churchtown, Cumberland County on June 13, 1838, the son of Anna Maria and Jacob Plank, Sr.1 David spent his early years on his father’s farm and later worked in his wheel factory at Churchtown.
Interview of Joan Brehm for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Brehm discusses growing up in Newville, Pennsylvania as well as its history along with being a School Librarian in the Northern School District in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania.
Interview of Bob Over for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library an initiative of the Cumberland County Historical Society. Over discusses growing up in Newville, Pennsylvania during the Great Depression and World War II as well as the history of Newville.
On January 1, 1876, the Alexander’s of Bloserville gave a dinner to celebrate the beginning of America’s Centennial year. One of their guests was so impressed that he sent a letter describing it to the editor of the Carlisle Weekly Herald who published it.