Little Buffalo State Park [PA]

Description

Little Buffalo State Park contains an operating gristmill, a historic covered bridge, a historic farmhouse, a narrow gauge railroad trace, and a historic railroad car.

The site offers environmental education programs, hands-on activities, guided walks, campfire programs, teacher workshops, outdoor activities, and picnic sites. Reservations are required for group visits. Please do not bring firewood into the park. This is to avoid introduction of invasive species.

Elizabeth Township Historical Society and Coates House [PA]

Description

The Elizabeth Township Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of the communities within a 35-mile radius of Elizabeth Township, PA. The society operates and maintains two cemeteries and the Coates House, which contains the society's administrative offices, a museum, and the Golda B. Abraham Memorial Library.

The society offers exhibits and research assistance. Research assistance requires payment.

Cumberland County Historical Society [PA]

Description

The Cumberland County Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the historical heritage of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area. The society has two distinct historic properties, the Hamilton Library and associated local history museum as well as the Two Mile House. The society also has a special collection of Carlisle Indian School historic documents.

The society offers group tours of the museum, exhibits on local history, research resources, and detailed histories of the society properties and Carlisle.

Lower Merion Historical Society [PA]

Description

The Lower Merion Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of the Township of Lower Merion and the Borough of Narberth, PA. To this end, the society operates a research library.

The society offers library access, research assistance, lectures, and educational programs. Research assistance requires payment. The website offers digitized full texts and historic maps.

Lukens National Historic District [PA]

Description

The Lukens National Historic District chronicles the history of the iron and steel works industry in the town of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The Lukens mill started as a small mill, but grew to become an industrial complex that held the world's largest plate mill. Today, the mill is open to visitors and stands much as it did when it finally closed down.

The historic district offers guided tours, a lecture program, house tours, and field trip programs. The website offers visitor information, a brief history of the Lukens mill, and an events calendar.

Upper Moreland Historical Association [PA]

Description

The Upper Moreland Historical Association is dedicated to the preservation of the historical heritage of Upper Moreland and Willow Grove.

The association offers walking tours of Upper Moreland and Willow Grove, speakers, and occasional bus tours of local historic sites. The website offers information regarding association programs, as well as a history of the Upper Moreland and an events calendar.

Daniel Boone Homestead [PA]

Description

The Daniel Boone Homestead is a state historic site which preserves a number of historic structures. Daniel Boone's parents first settled the site in 1730 and the region was populated by many diverse people—English, Welsh, Scots-Irish, Germans, Swedes, Huguenots, and Lenape Indians. Daniel was born here in 1734 and spent his first 16 years here before his family migrated to North Carolina. Today the site tells the story of Daniel's youth and the saga of the region's 18th-century settlers by contrasting their lives and cultures. This region left a lasting impact on Daniel Boone's life, and on the history of Pennsylvania.

The site offers a short film, exhibits, tours, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational programs (including living history events).

McConnells Mill State Park [PA]

Description

The 2,546-acre McConnells Mill State Park preserves an 1868 gristmill and the Slippery Rock Creek Gorge, which was formed as prehistoric glacial lakes drained. The gristmill is operational, and was one of the country's earliest rolling mills. It harnessed waterpower to grind buckwheat, corn, wheat, and oats into flour.

The site offers guided hikes, night programs, school activities, guided mill tours, picnic areas, and charcoal grills. The park requests that visitors remain on the trails, and refrain from swimming. Please avoid bringing firewood into the park, as it can allow for the entry of invasive species.