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At the community's height, reportedly a hundred African Americans lived on the mountain. [4] Fugitive slave Benjamin "Big Ben" Jones (ca. 1800–1875) was a massive man – reportedly 6-feet 10 1/2-inches tall – who escaped from Maryland and settled on Buckingham Mountain around 1833. [5]
The Edward Brooke II Mansion (1887–88), also known as "Brookeholm," is a Queen Anne country house at 301 Washington Street in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. [1]: 284 Designed by architect Frank Furness and completed in 1888, it was Edward Brooke II's wedding present to his bride, Anne Louise Clingan.
Glen Summit Springs is a private community located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, United States, on the northern slope of the eastern end of Nescopeck Mountain, where it sweeps to the north to meet the southward bend of Penobscot Mountain. The area has long been known regionally for its mountain springs and is now protected by over 450 acres ...
The township is located in southern Bedford County in the Cumberland Valley, a narrow Appalachian valley bounded by Wills Mountain to the west and Evitts Mountain to the east. Evitts Creek, a tributary of the North Branch Potomac River, flows southwards through the valley, and U.S. Route 220 passes through the center of the valley as well.
Currently non-denominational, the chapel is operated by the Office of the University Chaplain. [5] On Sundays, Roman Catholic mass is usually held at 12:10 pm and 9:10 pm in the chapel. On Fridays, Muslim prayers are held at 1:10 pm. The Church is also available for weddings in which at least one of the parties is a Lehigh University student or ...
The majority of the settled portion of the township is in Sinking Valley, between the two arms of the mountain. According to the United States Census Bureau , Tyrone Township has a total area of 41.9 square miles (108.4 km 2 ), of which 41.8 square miles (108.3 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2 ), or 0.11%, is water.
Model and activist Dayle Haddon has died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a Pennsylvania home. She was 76. Solebury Township Police responded to a call Dec. 27, just after 6:30 a.m ...
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