Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
COLONIAL VILLAGE In the 1930s, the pools of King of Prussia’s Colonial Village Swimming Club were electrically lighted with large flood lights each night and there was ample parking for over 400 cars. All kinds of colored floats, slides, and rubber toys were furnished for young and old. A delightful beach playground had colored canvas tables and chairs, hammocks, swings,
Check out the Graduation Exercises for the Bridgeport High School Class of 1964, the 1975 Upper Merion Area High School Commencement Program and a 1966 Prom letter to the parents. A Timeline of Upper Merion and Bridgeport Public Schools 1930 to 2020
History was made around mid-day, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, when a derecho, a powerful line of storms, went through the Delaware Valley and into Southern New Jersey. According to the National Weather Service: “a derecho (pronounced similar to “deh-REY-cho”) is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. Although a derecho
During a summer Anthropology course at Upper Merion Area High School in 1974, the history of the Catfish Dam Locks was studied and included an archeological dig at the site. Here is the report and a few pictures on students’ findings. On October 23, 1824, one hundred and five “arks” and eight boats filled with forty thousand bushels of coal