Charles Townsend | Underground Railroad On episode 11 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we talk with Beaver County historian Charles Townsend about his family’s early abolitionist activism and the Underground Railroad in Beaver County. Charles Townsend III is a native of Beaver County, and one of its most ardent historians. In 1999, he …
Reaction was swift and condemning. There ought to be a law against that, some said. These Holocaust deniers are insulting to the victims of Nazis, and to the brave Americans who died in WWII saving the world from fascism and white nationalism. It’s all free speech, said Billy Roper, organizer of what he called …
It’s the kind of modern history lesson that makes you glance sideways at the world while shaking your head, exclaiming, “Wow, I didn’t know that!” “Why didn’t they ever teach us this stuff in school?” It’s a common reaction to mind blowing revelations and new learnings about our past that public historians are pleased …
Rod Fee & Annette Holmes T.O.P.S. Paranormal Investigations On episode 23 of Tony Lavorgne’s Legends & Lore Podcast, Tony talks with Rod Fee and Annette Holmes of Titusville & Oil City Paranormal Society (T.O.P.S. Paranormal Investigations) about psychic energies, ghost hunting tools, and murderous investigations. SUPPORT LOCAL PODCASTING Let’s keep local podcasting alive! If you like …
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Who’s Photographing Beaver County History . . . Today? <figure> <img width=”2560″ height=”1707″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Beaver-County-History-Photo-Montage-by-TSVP-scaled.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” sizes=”100vw” /> <figcaption>Images from Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Sample of 460 pictures from 1938 to December 1941 available at Programmar, Yale University’s web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United …
Community Storytelling @ Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Co. On episode 13 of the Beaver County History Podcast, we celebrate community storytelling with Bethany Canzenella Warren at the Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Company. This event’s theme is “renewal,” featuring real-life stories by Jim Adams, Scott Colburn, and Kevin Farkas, with music by Craig Bennett. …
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Filmmaker Chris Padgett recognizes the value of community-based storytelling. His recently released video trailer for Rivertown Anthology: Voices of Beaver County is just the beginning of what promises to be a highly creative and deeply thoughtful ongoing film series about “the people and their stories” in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Padgett’s work falls in line with …
Wendy Sisson | Rachel Carson’s Cottage On episode 3 of the Allegheny Valley History Podcast, we continue our special series with the Rachel Carson Homestead. Guest host Jeanne Cecil, executive director of RCH, talks with Wendy Sisson about the national significance of Rachel Carson’s summer cottage in Southport, Maine, and its very special relationship with …
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