My Daily Travels

Beautiful and entertaining, this is Shirley Jones during her high school years at South Huntingdon High School, class of 1951. Named after child star Shirley Temple, Shirley mae Jones was born on March 31, 1934 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, but she grew up a few miles away in Smithton where her family... Sign in to see full entry.

A circa-1930s car is shown with three men standing by it looking out over the expanse from the former Grandview Ship Hotel on a 1800s barn located on U.S. Highway 30. https://www.pahighways.com/us/US30.html Sign in to see full entry.

Trump wants to cut mail-in voting and for good reason. The U.S. Postal Service has warned the battleground state of Pennsylvania that some mail-in ballots are at risk of not being delivered on time to be counted in the November general election because the states’ deadlines are too tight for its... Sign in to see full entry.

The dark apparition of a troubled man at St. Nicholas Church in Millvale may be an old tale, dating back to the late 1800s, but remains well known today due to the extreme paranormal activity that has refused to cease. The timeless murals in the haunted church themselves help to perpetuate the story... Sign in to see full entry.

Tucked away in the woods, but not so far that you can't access it, lies an attraction that relatively few know about. A very unique, "Fountain of Youth." The stone structure springhouse borders on mythical, and in recent years it has become a popular landmark for photographers and historians. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Those enslaved in Pennsylvania before the 1780 Act became law continued to be lifelong slaves, unless manumitted. Pennsylvania was the first state ever to abolish slavery with the"gradual abolition" rather than Massachusetts's 1783 "instant abolition," which became a model for freeing slaves in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Now considered a ghost town, Somerfield borough was laid out by Philip D. Smyth, in 1818. The town was once like any other normal rural community in the state and b y 1830, Somerfield had a Post Office with Dr. William Frye serving as the town's Postmaster and town physician. in 1946 the entire town... Sign in to see full entry.

This is a state that offers many surprising and bizarre attributes at various sites throughout the Commonwealth, and Bucks County is no exception. It is here that you can witness and participate in a unique phenomenon known as, "ringing rocks." When climbing up on the rocks located along 123 acres... Sign in to see full entry.

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