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Phoenixville Borough Council has formally reserved a location where a Ferris wheel — that was built with Phoenixville steel and served, for almost 100 years, as…
Back in 1899, Swarthmore College natural history professor Spencer Trotter and student Bird T. Baldwin dug up a Lenape burial site in Chester County and…
The sinking of the RMS Titanic 111 years ago on April 15, 1912, left its mark on the ultra-wealthy Widener family here in Philadelphia…
In mid-May, two historic Catholic elementary school buildings in Collingdale will turn into senior housing, but before that happens, alumni of St. Joseph Parish…
A special ceremony Jan. 2 at the National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia on South Broad Street marked the retirement of First Class Petty…
New York Shipbuilding Corporation is one of the most confusingly named companies in the Philadelphia region, writes Avi Wolfman-Arent for the Post x News…
A historic inn in Bucks County, one of the area’s oldest buildings, has just gone up for sale, and its connection to American history…
The search for two tons of gold carried by a Union Wagon that disappeared on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia might…
A property in Bucks County, which predates a large portion of the country’s history, has recently gone up for sale at a historic price…
Stewart McLaurin will visit Neumann University in Aston March 23 to reveal little-known details about the history of the White House and share some…
A French figure is being lauded as a foreign fighter that contributed to the success of the Revolutionary War. Marquis de Lafayette has a family…
The word “rowhouse” (or row house) seems to be uniquely Philadelphian. Most other regions say “townhouse,” or “brownstone”, writes Ryan Briggs for PlanPhilly and WHYY…
Bucks County is home to five castles, with a sixth one just outside of the county, and locals and visitors can now learn where they…
Treasure hunter Dennis Parada is not satisfied with the documents the FBI released on its secretive search for Civil War-era gold in Dents Run…
A scoresheet from Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game that originally belonged to Toby DeLuca, the late Springfield resident and longtime statistician for Philadelphia-area…
The SS Oregon, a steamer ship built and launched in 1878 from the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works in Chester, was doomed…
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