From the King of Prussia Courier – July 6, 1994 by Dennis Daylor, Courier Editor … The pre-revolutionary inn, located at the crossroads now known as Route 202 and Gulph Road, gave its name to King of Prussia in 1851. It served as a voting place of the community until well into the 20th century. The one-time hostelry has played
The first Boy Scout Jamboree to be held for the Boy Scots of America since 1937 was at Valley Forge Park in June, 1950. From June 30 to July 6 over 45,000 attended. They encamped on the actual parade grounds and former sites of the 18th century brigades of the former Valley Forge encampment. President Truman and General Eisenhower both
If you were looking for something to do over the June 24-25th weekend in King of Prussia back in 1967, you would read in the Friday, June 23, 1967 paper that the fifth annual All American Scored Championship Cat Show was coming to the George Washington Motor Lodge. Now if hanging out with 300 cats from the U.S. and Canada
With all the new apartments being built in the township, it is fun to look back at some of the early ones. In August of 1962, the Continental Arms Apartments was scheduled to open as the first elevator type apartment house in the King of Prussia-Valley Forge Area. Rents in 1963 were advertised as starting at $125 – a month