I’ve been fascinated lately by the mammoth History of Erie County, Pennsylvania Vol. 1, published in 1884 and available from the Erie County Library System. In my wanderings I’ve found that outdoors recreation and our area’s history are intrinsically intertwined, or that at least each is more satisfying as a result of the other. At [...]
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HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL – – Waterworks Park Part # 4 – – Presque Isle becomes a State Park
Posted on February 17, 2012
This is part four of a six blogs on the history and developmnet of the Waterworks park on Presque Isle. In the past three blogs on the Waterworks area of Presque Isle, I reviewed the how’s and why’s of the area’s developme…
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My Mother’s Family Between Silesia, Prussia, Austria, Poland and Slovakia
Posted on February 13, 2012
It’s a very old and mysterious story, the story of my mother’s great grandfather Andreas. A story between war, desparation and glory, a story about a life lived incognito, a mystery we never completely solved. I’ve been investigating what happened…
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Favorite Place (Photo Challenge)
Posted on February 10, 2012
You might ask: Is this really your favorite place!? Yes, it is one of my favorte places outside. If you walk along the cart track behind our house, which is confined by apple trees on both sides, you come to…
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HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL – – Waterworks Park – Part III — Recreation and the need for clean water.
Posted on February 10, 2012
This is part three of six blogs on the history and development of Waterworks Park on Presque Isle. While the extension of the intake line reaching 5,000 feet into Lake Erie was somewhat successful, it did not fully solve the typh…
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HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL – – Waterworks Park on Presque Isle -Part II The Presque Isle Ponds
Posted on February 03, 2012
This is Part two of 6 blogs on the history and development of Waterworks Park on Presque Isle. As mentioned in the last post, the standpipe at the Chestnut Street pumping station was over 265 feet in height after it was ex…
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HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL – – Waterworks Park -Part I How it started
Posted on January 27, 2012
The following is the first of six blogs to be posted on consecutive Fridays which will cover the history and development of the Waterworks Area of Presque Isle. When the Civil War started in 1861, Erie, like many cities…
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Foto Friday: Weathervane and Vines
Posted on December 16, 2011
I took these photos November 3 nearby my dentist’s office. I was so surprised to find this old barn and fence in the city of Erie. I just happened to have my office’s new camera (Canon EOS REBEL T3) with me, so I snapped a few pictures before my teeth …
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Back in the Day: When Erie was a Titan
Posted on December 15, 2011
Was it sunsets or industry? Cornell looks back on Erie’s history.
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Back in the Day: Where Men and Boys – Part 2 of 3
Posted on December 15, 2011
One true moment of glory for the 111th came when they pressed into Atlanta and took the city. See how Erie played its role in America’s Civil War.
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SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE
Posted on November 09, 2011
It is a rainy morning as I drive onto Presque Isle. A walk, if the rain at least slows a bit, is my goal. I will also try to record some of the autumn leaves making the park a wonderland of color while I am out here. A little more sun might b…
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HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL – – Sturgeon Bay
Posted on October 29, 2011
This Presque Isle vista is named after the Sturgeon fish that were plentiful in Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes in the 1800s. The vista is located at the 4th parking lot on your right as you enter the park. It was common that the Sturgeon in La…
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Foto Friday: This Old House
Posted on October 28, 2011
Just in time for this Halloween season, here’s a couple pictures of a creepy, abandoned (at least I hope no one lives there) farmhouse.These photos were taking June 22 with my point-and-shoot. Uh. I can’t recall where I was at, but I was between Union …
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DRAFT HORSES carried the load on Presque Isle in the early 1900′s
Posted on October 22, 2011
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were no roads on Presque Isle State Park. It was not until 1925 that the first road from the bottom of the peninsula hill to the Waterworks Park was built. There were, however, bridle paths allowing some…
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Lil’ Bit o’ History
Posted on October 13, 2011
Erie-ites, what’s the oldest building in the City of Erie?Dickson Tavern is located at the corner of 2nd and French Streets in downtown Erie. The three-story, Federal and Greek Revival-style building was constructed in 1815 by William Himrod and owned …
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MOONS OVER PRESQUE ISLE
Posted on September 12, 2011
One of the more dramatic sights in the night sky – and inspiration for poets, artists and lovers – full moons captivate us like nothing else. Most of us are impressed with the beauty of a full moon shining down from the darkened sky; however, did…
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SHADOW OUT OF THE BLUE
Posted on September 08, 2011
It was a September morning like any other. I was out of bed early and out the door to Presque Isle for a short walk. The air was fall clear, yet summer warm. The sky was robin-egg blue with just a few high billowing clouds out over the lake. In…
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