Author: Doug Humes
Harvest Home at Castle Rock Park
From time immemorial, farmers celebrated the successful gathering of fall crops, hoping the harvest would…
A Third Generation of Tyrells Gives Back
Avery Tyrell’s roots in Newtown run deep. Her grandparents, Pete and Pat Tyrell, were among…
Tragedy in Newtown
March 16, 1943, was a dreary day in Delaware County, with heavy fog and low…
It Takes a Village … or Two
The Bartram Covered Bridge is often called the last surviving covered bridge in Delaware County….
Old Roads Out of Philadelphia
The Reverend John T. Faris was a curious man. Born in 1871 in Missouri, raised…
Daniel Williamson’s Well
Seventeen-year-old Daniel Williamson, born in Cheshire, England, left his mother country for the new world…
Memories of Newtown Square: Harriet Lockwood Gray
A slice of life in 1930s Newtown, shared by 90-year-old Harriet Lockwood Gray: “My father,…
“This Little Church Among Its Graves”
Old St. David’s is the oldest extant non-Quaker church in Delaware County. Church of England…
“Robbing the Newtown Post Office, or Easy Money”
Clinton Phfahler Edgar grew up in Newtown Square, one of seven children of Andrew and…
Catching the History Bug at a Young Age
The author here is Stephanie Schumacher from suburban Chicago. We spent a nice November Saturday…