Monthly Archives: November 2010 The Herr’s Mill was built in Paradise, Pennsylvania by John Herr in 1760 and operated until 1924 when it ceased operations as a mill under the ownership of owner Lewis Snyder. It was also known as “Lefever’s Mill” for a period of time. The flour, grist, and saw mill was also at times used to...  Taken over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on 11-14-2010. For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.  The Mill was built in 1857 by John & Elizabeth Bushong. It is constructed out of limestone and occupies a footprint approximately 60 X 80 feet. The mill was purchased by Willis Girvin in 1920. Girvin replaced the overshot water wheel with dual turbines designed to give the mill more power, made major repairs to...  Several times each year the Strasburg Railroad puts on a “Day out with Thomas” where they bring out a special locomotive outfitted with specially painted skins that give it the persona of “Thomas The Tank Engine” from the books, TV and movies franchise. The character of Thomas first appeared in a book containing a series...  The Wenger Mill was built in 1785 and replaced an earlier 1748 Mill that was destroyed in a fire. The Ephrata Cloister, a local religious group of German settlers, built the four story tall mill and continued to operate it through the 1850′s. After the Ephrata Cloister, ownership passed to P. W. Royer in 1864,...  One juvenile Bald Eagles tries to chase down another in order to steal what is left of a fish the first Eagle was eating on the shoreline. There was a row of about eight Great Blue Herons sitting further down the shoreline watching the Eagles chase and you could almost see their expressions that said...  I stumbled upon these old barns on Covered Bridge Road in Liberty, PA after shooting the Buttonwood Covered Bridge back on 3-20-2010. The writing is very faded but I think the barn in the foreground may have been an old Mail Pouch Tobacco barn at one time, though I can’t find it on any of... |
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