Tag: history
member name: Lisa Gensheimer
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June 11, 2008 11:56 PM EDT --
Six adventure cyclists on a 2,028-mile Underground Railroad journey from Mobile, Alabama, to Owen Sound, Ontario, will reach their destination in Canada on Friday, June 13.
The riders, ranging in . . . more
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October 31, 2007 08:48 AM EDT --
Everyone knows that today marks the death of Harry Houdini, the legendary escape artist who departed this world on Halloween. But did you know that his mentor, Harry Kellar, was really the first, great . . . more
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February 04, 2008 09:35 AM EST --
"It's a movement in which black people and white people, women and men, rich and poor, Protestants, Catholics and Jews, come together to accomplish a major social change.
John Burt, Esq., . . . more
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January 16, 2007 02:09 PM EST --
The story of a fugitive slave and bounty hunter is one of betrayal and trust—and the deepest of all emotions, the love a parent has for a child
As a writer of non-fiction with a special interest . . . more
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February 09, 2007 04:07 PM EST --
With a name like Valentine, you'd better be planning something extra special for the big red-letter day. Especially if you're deploying to Iraq before the next one rolls around.
For Lieutenant . . . more
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October 11, 2007 09:06 AM EDT --
I share a kind of kinship with celebrity chef Walter Staib, though I am no kitchen witch. Like most Americans of German descent, my knowledge of the German culinary arts is limited to sausages, sauerkraut, . . . more
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November 05, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
As oil approaches $100 a barrel, I can’t help but wonder what pioneering investigative reporter Ida Minerva Tarbell would say about its stranglehold on people, politics, and economies around the globe. . . . more
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January 17, 2008 09:23 AM EST --
Behind every great magician is ... a woman.
Kelly Flavell went through more pantyhose last summer than most women go through in a lifetime. After 414 performances in an eye-popping, big-stage . . . more
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March 27, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
The Story We’re Told vs. The True American Story
You’d swear Bill Bradley was running for office or dashing down court for a breakaway three-pointer. This one-time presidential contender and . . . more
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February 18, 2008 08:41 PM EST --
I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 President's Day contest I hosted here on gather.com.
April L., Janet B., and Alta B. will receive copies of the public television documentary . . . more
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August 08, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
The Swedish Vikings traveled throughout Europe and Russia before their descendants dropped anchor in Mount Jewett, Pa., and it seems they worked up quite an appetite. Roll down your windows as you drive . . . more
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October 26, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
N ot far from the coffee capital of America, the main ingredient for my favorite biscotti bobs to the surface en masse, and I know it’s time for the annual Cranberry Festival in Gra yland, Wash. . . . more
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November 27, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
It’s deer season in my neck of the woods, but if you’d rather hunt for antiques, Christmas gifts, and a winter’s worth of reading, take off the camouflage and set your sights for Warren, . . . more
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May 03, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
Like a secret passageway that leads into the heart and soul of America, scenic U.S. Route 6 stretches 440 miles acro ss Pennsylvania's northern tier, through forests and farmland, mountains, rivers . . . more
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January 28, 2008 05:20 PM EST --
Want to learn more about Pennsylvania's Civil War history? Looking for an interesting and unusual way to spend a weekend getting to know the Commonwealth? Need a place to take your out-of-state visitors . . . more
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January 23, 2007 09:05 AM EST --
You come for the best walleye sandwiches you’ll ever eat, but before you can sink your teeth into the hot, crunchy batter, you're halfway across the room counting shipwrecks on an old Lake Erie . . . more
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January 17, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
Extraordinary people, new discoveries, and ancient traditions made for an unforgettable journey on gather.com. Here's a look back at The Culinary Tourist ' s 2007 travel journal.
Where would . . . more
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May 11, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
An Excerpt from
Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest
Story by Lisa Gensheimer, Photographs by Ed Bernik
© 2006 Forest Press
Linda Ordiway knows the songs of the forest by . . . more
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March 08, 2007 08:14 PM EST --
An Excerpt from
Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest
Photographs by Ed Bernik, Story by Lisa Gensheimer
© 2006 Forest Press
The children at the Faithkeepers' School . . . more
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January 15, 2007 09:43 PM EST --
Wonders Never Cease
If I had any doubts about the power of the supernatural, they disappeared into thin air on November 11, the night author Bill Miesel presented his biography of magician Harry . . . more
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