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VISTA Today Weekly Chester County News Quiz
Test your knowledge of the week’s Chester County stories and win a free VISTA Today coffee mug. The rules are simple. Take the quiz and send your answers in an email to [email protected]. The person* with the most correct answers to this week’s quiz, wins a VISTA Today coffee mug. In case two or more people…
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Warwick Township And The Natural Lands Trust Save Yoder Farm from Becoming a Golf Course
Yoder Farm, the historic 114-acre property that marks the gateway vista into Warwick Township has been saved from being transformed into a housing development and a nine-hole executive golf course thanks to the Township reaching out to Natural Lands Trust to find an alternative solution. Originally, the owners of the property which lies in the upper…
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Devon Horse Show Makes History — Against Its Leaders’ Will
The 120-year legacy of the Devon Horse Show has been etched in gold — the gold lettering of an historic marker. But leadership that rode in this year has trampled on the effort to commemorate the obstacles overcome throughout the years to make the 11-day, $4 million event what it is today. “The horse show’s…
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Bentley Systems Helps Engineer Historical Society’s High-Tech History Showcase
Bentley Systems, the Chester County company instrumental to forecasting how infrastructure components perform in the future, will help engineer a high-tech portal to the past through its $250,000 technology pledge for the Chester County Historical Society’s ambitious 2017 exhibit “Chester County: A Place in History.” “This exhibition marries the past and present of Chester County…
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First of Three Covered Bridge Rehabs Finished — Finally
The tragedy that crippled the historic covered bridge on Rapps Dam Road just four short years after a $1.5 million overhaul has now been completely remedied. For the second time since 2011, construction crews have replaced ceiling joists, braces and roof cross members, and the bridge reopened to traffic ahead of schedule this week, The…
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Covered Bridge: Remembering Edgar Allan Poe
Covered Bridge is a daily blog produced by VISTA Today connecting our readers with news, opinions, books, and more from around the web. On this day 166 years ago Edgar Allen Poe stumbled down a street in Baltimore, passed in a gutter, never to awake. Today, he continues to be remembered as the dark prince of…
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grants Historical Society $400,000 for New Permanent Collection
A national endowment’s investment in Chester County will help bring the stories and images of the remarkably rich local history to future generations. A $400,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will join the more than $2.1 million in donations and pledges in bringing the Chester County Historical Society’s 6,000-square-foot permanent “Chester County:…
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Covered Bridge: Rob Lukens, CCHS President and History Zealot, Is Mourned
We’re taking a break today from our regular Covered Bridge blogging to pay respect to Rob Lukens, president of the Chester County Historical Society. Sadly, Rob died on Saturday after a long battle with cancer. As he championed historical literacy, Rob embodied the spirit of preservation that sets Chester County apart from the rest of…
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QVC CEO To Champion National Constitution Center
The man scripting the success of the nation’s premier home shopping network will now also champion the oldest script in America: its founding document. QVC President and CEO Mike George has just been elected chairman of the National Constitution Center’s corporate council. He will begin serving Sept. 1. “Mike’s passion for constitutional history and education make…
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Local Writer Catherine Quillman Pens Chester County History And Mystery
A local writer’s passion for art and history have painted for her a life rich in Chester County’s roots and full of mystery. Among her greatest highlights over the years are the pursuit of West Chester’s historic legacy and the intrigue of meeting — and planning to meet — famous artist Andrew Wyeth on what…
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History Repeats Itself With Inspiring Story Of Young Woman’s Achievement
More than a century after her convictions pioneered bold new territory for women, the example of “daredevil” reporter and adventurous traveler Nellie Bly has inspired a local young woman to excel in similar fashion. Eighth-grader Jenna Spray’s research on Bly propelled an exhibit she created to wins at the regional and state level, and she…
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Curators of Mahantongo Heritage Center Detail Their Lives on Pittman Commune
Zephram and Johannes Zinzendorf were inspired by simple ideals but had some lofty aspirations. The pair has detailed their failed efforts to develop Pittman Commune on the 63 acres in central PA that they have lived on for three decades. They are looking to secure a publisher for their second book, they previously released ‘The…
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New Investor To Give Historic Sunnybrook Ballroom A $3M Facelift
History is once again coming alive for the Pottstown faithful and music lovers across Chester County, as an exciting new rock star investor has come to town to liven up the rare pre-World War II stage at the Historic Sunnybrook Ballroom. The Gulati family, the “white knight” that resurrected Stokesay Castle near Reading, has partnered with…
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Traveling History Exhibit Highlights Tragedy At Pennhurst
The facade concealing decades of injustice against local men, women and children with disabilities is now the face of a somber memorial traveling through the county this spring — and challenging us to do better today. A photo of the worn brick exterior of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in East Vincent is a…
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Raw Meets Refined As Car Club Joins Antiques Show
This year’s raw materials-themed Chester County Antiques Show in Malvern is unearthing a mother lode of highly refined historic treasures through a new partnership with the Chester County Antique Car Club and Last Chance Garage. Vintage vehicles from 1918 through the 1960s will be scattered across the spacious and accessible lawn and turf of The Phelps School and…
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New Exhibit At Historical Society Brings Visions Of The ‘60s
Chester County is reminiscing of a time when color TV was a new obsession, The Beatles were on everyone’s lips and movies like “Goldfinger,” “How the West Was Won,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “The Longest Day,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Sound of Music” and “West Side Story” were showing on the silver screen. With…
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Rescheduled Talks Added To Bruce Mowday’s Event Lineup
A pair of severe weather-delayed book presentations by Chester County author Bruce Mowday have fallen into a lineup of other engagements that stretches from mid-March to August for the writer of historical non-fiction, according to a recent announcement. Mowday’s works cover subjects like the Johnston gang, Pickett’s charge, Fort Delaware, paranormal mysteries, the battle of Gettysburg,…
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WestChester.Guru Talks ’60’s Culture With Rob Lukens
Kyle Hudson from WestChester.guru sat down with Rob Lukens as part of a new ‘Community Pillars’ series. The president of the Chester County Historical Society spoke with Hudson about the opening of their new exhibit: “1960’s Pop Culture: Movies, Memorabilia and The Media”. Check out the video below.
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