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Monday, Sep 17  - 7:30 PM Middletown Mondays
Lima Estates, 411 North Middletown Road, Media, PA

COVERED BRIDGES OF DELAWARE COUNTY by Keith Lockhart, Delaware County Historian and creator of www.delawarecountyhistory.com

The covered bridge is an important historic structure in Pennsylvania.  The state leads the nation with a total of 197 remaining intact today, unfortunately that number was 227 in 1982 and 271 in 1972.  It has been estimated that there were at least 1500 covered bridges in PA during the height of the covered bridge period 1830-1880.  The first covered bridge in America was built over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in 1800.  The creeks of Delaware County were once crossed by dozens of covered bridges, sadly only one, Bartram's, remains today over Crumb Creek in Newtown Township.

 

 

Monday, October 15  - 7:30 PM Middletown Mondays
Lima Estates, 411 North Middletown Road, Media, PA

BRANDYWINE VALLEY GHOSTS by Laurie Hull, author and co-founder of Tri-County Paranormal

Hear tales of the Brandywine Valley's most fascinating haunts. Spend time with a Revolutionary War sentry on duty at Brandywine Battlefield for over 200 years.  Visit the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation in Ridley State Creek State Park where a lonely child spirit reaches out for the comforting hand of an adult. Learn about what caused a building inspector to flee from a site in Thornton without stopping to collect his tools. Hull will discuss ese and more ghostly stories and share more paranormal events in the region including those at the Chadds Ford Inn, Hamanassett Bed and Breakfast, Sweetwater Farm and the Newlin Grist Mill.

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