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2017 Volume 28 #1&2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Titman Photography. Main room of the Susquehanna Co. Library, ca. 1907. Three people seated in front of the fireplace.
Letter from the Curator; Whats Happening! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg2
Samuel Preston continued from 2016; Pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg4
History of the Brandts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg10
Samuel Preston: Part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg21
Mr. & Mrs. Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg26
Kingsley Got a Heroes Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg27
Inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg28
Stories & Sketches .. No.32 – Reminiscences of Another School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg29
Samuel Preston: Pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg31
To and From Hell’s Half Acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg35
Samuel Preston: Pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg49
Barn Nostalgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg51
Comic Epitaphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg52
Stories & Sketches ... No.36 –A Wild Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg54
Catholic Church Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg55
Starrucca Viaduct Masterpiece of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . pg56
Old Paper Mills -Various Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg58
Holiday Postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg61
Early Photographs of the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg64
Bounty Lands for Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg67
Inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg67
Civil War Letters: Death of A. H. McKinstry . . . . . . . . . . . . pg68
The White Family & Intro. of Catholicity to Silver Lake & Vicinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg75
Items for Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg79