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Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 5

Barry J. Gray

Saturday May 1st, 2021

The Fishermen, 1905-1908

Long Life & Happiness for All its Residents #55

Becky Weiser

Wednesday Apr 28th, 2021

Four thousand years ago the Chinese discovered that the cocoon a silkworm produces can be unraveled and spun into thread. Death was threatened to anyone who would reveal the secret but over time, the method spread to many other countries in the world, including the United States.

Lincoln’s Funeral Train Stops in Erie April 27, 1865

Jeff Sherry

Tuesday Apr 27th, 2021

The Civil War which had torn the United States in two for the last four years was almost over on April 14, 1865. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had surrendered to Union forces under General U.S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, the previous Sunday.

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 4

Barry J. Gray

Sunday Apr 25th, 2021

The Blackbirds, 1893-1894

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 3

Barry J. Gray

Saturday Apr 24th, 2021

League Confusion, 1890-1891

A Letter From Booker T. Washington to Charlotte Battles

Jeff Sherry

Thursday Apr 22nd, 2021

An interesting document found in the archives of the Hagen History Center, from Booker T. Washington, is a handwritten thank-you note to Mrs. R.S. (Charlotte) Battles and the R.S. Battles Bank of Girard, Pennsylvania.

Long Life & Happiness for All its Residents #54

Becky Weiser

Wednesday Apr 21st, 2021

Being a student of local history, one of my favorite places to walk is the Erie Cemetery. Walking through, it is a “who’s who” of old Erie families, the wealthy and not so wealthy.

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 2

Barry J. Gray

Sunday Apr 18th, 2021

The Olympics, 1885

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 1

Barry J. Gray

Saturday Apr 17th, 2021

The recent near-death experience of the Erie Seawolves minor league baseball team had many local baseball fans on edge for over a year, after the press leaked a story that the team would be one of over forty minor league clubs to be dropped as an affiliated franchise of the major leagues.

Location, Location, Location: Erie-A Geographically Fortunate Place

Jeff Sherry

Friday Apr 16th, 2021

Have you ever thought about geographic location? Why are some places located where they are? Why not someplace other than there? Geography is not accidental. And the location of towns and cities is determined by many geographic factors, such as climate, water and access to transportation.

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 5

Long Life & Happiness for All its Residents #55

Lincoln’s Funeral Train Stops in Erie April 27, 1865

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 4

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 3

A Letter From Booker T. Washington to Charlotte Battles

Long Life & Happiness for All its Residents #54

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 2

Early Professional Baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania: Part 1

Location, Location, Location: Erie-A Geographically Fortunate Place

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