Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
Something Unusual Is Going to Happen At Wayne Philadelphia Inquirer 23 Jan 1928 Just one hundred and fifty years ago this winter, George Washington and his troops were encamped between Wayne and Valley Forge. Nowhere else in America does the true spirit of Colonial times linger as it does among the picturesque hills of this historic region. It is most fitting that
The following is an excerpt from the Fall 2020 issue of the King of Prussia Gazette. To read the whole story and more, join the King of Prussia Historical Society now. You will receive this issue and all 2021 issues – plus help us Preserve our Past to Enlighten our Future. www.kophistory.org/membership A KING OF PRUSSIA INSTITUTION: PERRY’S/MICHAEL’S DELI by
Before the days of the automobile, horses were a key means of transportation, indispensable to farmers for working the fields, and so were extremely valuable. Since there were no police departments in rural areas, people formed various societies for the recovery of stolen horses. One such local organization was the Mount Joy Society for the Recovery of Stolen Horses and Detection of
From old deeds, we find that Rebel Hill was in Mount Joy Manor, Upper Merion Township and laid out by William Penn in 1683. Manors were an English institution, transplanted to Pennsylvania only in name, referring to land which Penn had reserved for his own use as Proprietor of Pennsylvania. The Manor of Mount Joy, which he later patented [deeded]