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Personalities · Jul 8, 2024From a Blacksmith’s Shop to Helping to Save the RepublicServatus Brey (1840-1899) was a U.S. Army Civil War veteran from Souderton. But was he the ONLY Civil War veteran from Souderton?…
Manufacturing · Apr 8, 2024Manufacturing’s role in local economy. A reflection of innovative firms such as DelbarDelbar Manufacturing was an innovative manufacturing firm and employer, based in Telford. Here is their story.
Retail · Jan 15, 2024Miller’s Variety Store: Absence makes the heart grow fonderA history of the fondly-remembered Miller's Variety Store.
Lifestyle · Dec 16, 2023The Fickle BelsnickelIf you've been naughty, the Belsnickel, dressed in furs and carrying a switch, just may pay you a visit at Christmas. Read…
Lifestyle · Nov 9, 2023Special Edition – The Community Christmas TreeA lucky historical find adds special significance to the Souderton 2023 Christmas Tree lighting!
Lifestyle · Oct 2, 2023Art thou a witch?A witch? Here? The subject of witches has a dangerous side, and the good folk of Telford had to take it seriously…
Transportation · Aug 1, 2023Wheels of changeModern readers may not comprehend the importance of a bicycle. But the bicycle fad of the 1890s had a long-lasting effect on…
Memories · May 16, 2023A sweet lifeA bit of local history through the eyes of Ernie Hange.
Transportation · Apr 16, 2023A deadly case of spilled milkIt was a foggy Sunday morning - Labor Day weekend 1900. At the Hatfield, Pa. railway station, the excursion train to Atlantic…
Lifestyle · Jan 9, 2023Hillside CemeterySouderton Borough and the Historical Society work together to restore the neglected walls of Hillside Cemetery. Here is the story.
Lifestyle · Nov 9, 2022Small-town Farm Boys Go To SeaGuest-author Peggy Reiff Miller recounts the story of two "Seagoing Cowboys" - local teens Herbert Wenger and Marvin Garis, as they serve…
Lifestyle · Oct 9, 2022Excitement on Main Street! (Soap Box Derby racing – Part 2)Part 2 of Alan Weisberg's look at the history of Soap Box Derby Racing in Souderton. This issue covers 1974 to the…