Journey of 190 Souls
The story of 290 souls moved from Mt. Zion AME to the Roberts Burial Ground along W DeKalb Pike, near the intersection of Route 202 and Town Center Road.
Category Archives: E-History Fact
Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
Early Rail Transportation in Upper Merion
Transportation continued to be an integral part of Upper Merion’s development in the early 1900s. Beginning life as the Philadelphia & Western Railroad, a standard-gauge electric interurban transit system was originally projected to extend much further west. The original line was built from 69th Street to Strafford in 1907, to compete with the Pennsylvania Railroad’s suburban local service. A branch
A Home For The Inn Mission Statement
The founders of A Home For The Inn campaign have made every effort to affect the stewardship and restore the history of the last touchstone to King Of Prussia’s proud name. We shall strive therein to create covenants that force all parties to have for all time. A vested interest in its future, it may never belong to any one…
Ehert Magnesia Manufacturing Company
From the Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society / History Quarterly Digital Archives / Winter 2006 Volume 43 Number 1 The manufacture of magnesia products was another use for the dolomitic limestone of the Great Valley. This is calcium magnesium carbonate, not the calcium carbonate of normal limestone. Between … 1877 and the construction of their first buildings in 1895, the Ehret