Podcast appearances and mentions of Laurel Hill

Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia became a part of the rural cemetery movement shortly after it started, becoming the third garden cemetery in America to be founded. This was not long after Mount Hope Cemetery in Maine was dedicated and revealed that the movement was spreading along the East Coast. The cemetery was much needed as the growing city had already filled up most of its churchyards. Laurel Hill would become an example for future cemeteries and today is still beloved by the residents of Philly who flock to it to enjoy the beautiful headstones, monuments and mausoleums. Laurel Hill has an important place in the history of cemeteries in America.  Intro and Outro music "Stones and Bones" was written and produced by History Goes Bump and any use is strictly prohibited. Check us out at: https://historygoesbump.com Other music used in this episode: "Night in Venice" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075, part 4 Baron von Munchausen was a German military man who traveled the country spreading his tales of wonder, which always featured himself in the role of a hero. Clarence Wiener came from a wealthy Philadelphia family.  He started to burnish his reputation during his brief stay at Harvard. Eventually, truth and fiction blended together. His widowed mother married an American-born violin teacher who was also a Baron. When Clarence died, he ended up in an unmarked grave in the family plot.

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #075 In the late 19th and early 20th century, more than 450 American heiresses traded their fortunes for a European title; they were called "dollar princesses." Elizabeth Shindler Stetson was the hatmaker's third wife who married into a Portuguese title. Roberto Carles Eskens claimed Belgian nobility as Marquis d'Eskens de Frenoys; or was he a German valet with a good story and a vivid imagination? James Ivan Michael von Suttka has "Baron" on his headstone and "Olympic medalist" in his obituary; neither was true. Clarence Wiener was a peripatetic military gadfly who claimed innumerable medals and honors for himself; he was especially upset when his wealthy widowed mother married Baron von Graetner. Wiener was in a category of story tellers as enthralling as the Baron von Munchausen. Princess Olga Demidoff Troubetzskoy Stoever was from a royal Russian family and married into another. She was married to Philadelphia archeologist Stoever and her name is carved on his stone. Fate had other plans for the princess.   

Charles Brockden Brown was American's first successful novelist. his influence on Edgar Allen Poe was immeasurable. He has a cenotaph in the South section of Laurel Hill East. Charles' nephew Frederick Brown was a successful druggist because of his ginger root-based nostrums. He was also one of four co-founders of Laurel Hill Cemetery. Frederick's son Henry Armitt Brown was considered the best orator of his generation and often compared to Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.  Henry's daughter Anna Robeson Brown Burr was a highly successful author with more than two dozen books to her name, both fiction and nonfiction. Anna's daughter Dorothy Burr Thompson got her PhD from Bryn Mawr and was one of the best-known archeologists in the country. Pamela Burr, younger by 5 years, wrote a play which featured her Bryn Mawr classmate Katharine Hepburn. Frederick and Henry are buried at Laurel Hill East, while Anna, Dorothy, and Pamela are at Laurel Hill West.   

When the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg in April of 1912, about 250 of the 1300 passengers were from the United States.  While people with well-known names like Strauss, Guggenheim, Astor, and Widener were aboard the ship, it was primarily the women and children who were saved.   Six men and six women of Laurel Hill were among the passengers.  All of the women survived.  It is their stories we tell of in this episode of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories. I will tell of other oceanic disasters and give you the basic information about the Titanic.   Fellow Laurel Hill Guide Lora Lewis will tell you about Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice and Charlotte Cardeza, two rich and powerful women who became legendary.  Lora will also briefly cover Charlotte's maid Annie Ward, also interred at Laurel Hill West. Young taphophile Savanna Fisher wanted to tell you about her favorite women onboard, Lily Potter and her daughter Olive. I will tell you about Gretchen Longley, who had gone to Europe with two aunts in order to select her wedding wardrobe.  The sinking delayed her marriage by a year.

Charles Thomson was the Founding Father who served as secretary of the Continental Congress during its 15 years.  Along with John Hancock, his signature graced the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.  Thomson also designed the Great Seal of the United States.  After his initial burial at the family homestead Harriton in Bryn Mawr, his remains were transferred to Laurel Hill.    Thomas McKean served multiple roles in colonial days – president of Delaware, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, President of the United States Congress, and Governor of Pennsylvania, among others.  Although his efforts in 1776 were what made the Declaration unanimous, he was the last man to sign that historic document.   Thomas Leiper was a successful tobacco importer who built the first railroad in Pennsylvania on his property at Nether Township.  As a founding member of the First City Troop, he fought with the Patriots at the Battles of Princeton, Trenton, Germantown, and Brandywine.  His personal wealth helped to subsidize the siege of Yorktown.  He and Thomas Jefferson exchanged hundreds of letters.  All three of these men died before Laurel Hill opened in 1836, but they were all friends of Thomas Jefferson who eventually ended up at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  I did the research on Thomson & McKean, while the script for Thomas Leiper was written by fellow tour guide Peter Howell.  

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #066 - Laurel Hill and the Panama Canal, Part 4 Emory Richard Johnson was the only Professor of Transportation and Commerce in the United States when he was asked to come up with a payment schedule for people using the Panama Canal.  His methods were used for more than half a century.  

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #066 - Laurel Hill and the Panama Canal, Part 3 Charles Day was a master builder.  His Philadelphia firm Day & Zimmerman was first to pour concrete at the massive Culebra locks, which worked perfectly from day one.  

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #066 - Laurel Hill and the Panama Canal, Part 2 Lewis Haupt was son of famed railroad Engineer Herman Haupt (see Biographical Bytes from Bala #10: Lincoln's Railroad Man).  Lewis became a civil engineer who was skeptical about a canal across Panama but joined the working committee when he was invited.  

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #066 - Laurel Hill and the Panama Canal, Part 1 John Cresson Trautwine was a civil engineer who wrote what became the definitive Engineer's Handbook which was standard text for decades; he also predicted that it would be impossible to build a canal through Panama. 

ABC #064 - Part 4 The Olympics are here.  If you missed it the first time, here's an opportunity to learn about some Olympiads interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  Donald Fithian Lippincott surprised everyone, including himself, when he took both a bronze and a silver in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. And don't forget All Bones Considered #029: The Zany Games about Laurel Hill residents at 1900's Olympiad II in Paris.  https://jrlexjr.podbean.com/e/olympiad-ii-paris-1900/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

ABC #064 - Part 3  The Olympics are here.  If you missed it the first time, here's an opportunity to learn about some Olympiads interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  James Edwin “Ted” Meredith was the fastest schoolboy in the country and broke every distance running record from 100 meters to 1 mile; his Gold in the 1912 Olympics was for the 4 x 400-meter relay. And don't forget All Bones Considered #029: The Zany Games about Laurel Hill residents in 1900's Olympiad II in Paris.  https://jrlexjr.podbean.com/e/olympiad-ii-paris-1900/ or wherever you listen to podcasts.   

THE OREGON TRAIL has been called the world's longest graveyard. It's a 2,000-mile road that averages one buried body every 80 yards. Out of the 350,000 emigrants that traveled along it, one out of every 10 died along the way. There were lots of ways to kick the bucket on the Trail. Blood poisoning was a popular way to go — in those pre-antibiotic days, a minor scratch from a wagon fastener or prick from a thornbush could quickly go septic. And accidents — people getting run over by a wagon wheel, stepped on by an ox, or falling off the wagon and landing badly — were also common. So it's actually pretty ironic that the worst part of the whole trail was, in terms of body count, relatively benign compared with the rest. That hasn't prevented some great ghost stories from developing around it, though. I'm talking about the dreaded half mile of 60-degree slope on southwest side of Mount Hood known as Laurel Hill. (Near Rhododendron, Clackamas County; 1850s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/24-05.barlow-road-laurel-hill-647.html)

Bernard Warren Ferguson, Jr., 93, of Varina, Va., went to be with our Lord and Savior on July 5, 2024 surrounded by family. Bernard was born July 21, 1930 in Henrico, Va. He grew up in Richmond, Va. and eventually relocated to the Varina area. Bernard graduated from Varina H.S. and joined the U.S. Air Force. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force (1948-1952), past commander of American Legion Post 233, and longtime member of Laurel Hill church. Bernard returned to Varina and worked with his father to develop the Marion Hill neighborhood. He married the love of...Article LinkSupport the Show.

An earlier episode of All Bones Considered covered the 1900 Paris Olympiad and some Laurel Hill residents who participated.  This month features four more Olympians from the early 20th century.   Lawson “Robbie” Robertson won medals in the Intercalated Games of 1906 in Athens and went on to become head coach of the University of Pennsylvania track and field team.  He took them back to the Olympics several more times.    Jervis Watson Burdick was a UPenn student member of the Sphinx Club and the Canteen Club who competed in the1912 Olympics but did not medal.    James Edwin “Ted” Meredith was the fastest schoolboy in the country and broke every distance running record from 100 meters to 1 mile; his Gold in the 1912 Olympics was for the 4 x 400-meter relay.    And Donald Fithian Lippincott surprised everyone, including himself, when he won a silver and a bronze in 1912.    You will learn about these four athletes along with the jumbled letters of the AC4A, the AAU, the NCAA, and the IAAF on this month's edition of “All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories – Four More Olympians from 1904 to 1912.”  

Henry Walter “Slick” Schlichter started as a bantamweight and a boxing promoter who became a sportswriter and then partnered with Black baseball pioneer Sol White to organize the best Negro league team in the country at the turn of the 20th century.    Cub Stricker was a good fielding 2nd baseman with a hot temper who was arrested on the field to avoid fan rioting when he struck a heckler with a thrown ball.   Jack McFetridge was the best amateur pitcher in Philadelphia for years; when he finally went pro, he wasn't that good.    Pete Childs was a fine 2nd baseman and served in the role for the 1902 Phillies.  It was while serving as player-manager for an Ohio League team that he pulled the unfathomable feat of throwing one pitch as a reliever and getting three out.   These four men were born in a ten-year span, three are interred at LHW and one at LHE.  They are featured in this month's episode of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #061 for April 2024 – Play Ball!, Part Three – Four More Laurel Hill Baseball Pioneers.   

In 1985, the City of Philadelphia did something unheard of in the United States – it dropped a bomb on one of its neighborhoods.  The resulting fire killed 6 adult and 5 child members of a radical primitivist environmental anarchic group called MOVE.  The fire spread along Osage Avenue, destroyed more than 60 homes, and left 250 men, women, and children homeless.  Former MOVE members are interred in Nature's Sanctuary, the green natural burial section at Laurel Hill West.  Louise Leaphart James and LaVerne Leaphart Sims were sisters to the acknowledged group leader John Africa but left the organization before the conflagration.  To tell their story, I must tell the story of John Africa, the formation of MOVE, and its frequent confrontations with neighbors and city officials in this month's episode of Biographical Bytes from Bala #029: MOVE and Laurel Hill. 

The Philadelphia Orchestra has been one of America's “Big Five” philharmonics for more than a century.  As it was being assembled in the late 1890s, it looked like the job of “first conductor” would go to local concertmaster and second generation Irish-American Harry Gordon Thunder, but instead the position went to Johann Friedrich Ludwig “Fritz” Scheel, a German immigrant with seemingly unlimited energies and innovations, but the job probably shortened his life.    In contemporary times, the first violinist chair was held for decades by Germantown-born William Joseph de Pasquale, a calm, dependable right-hand man to the conductor, and one of four brothers who played together in a string quartet.    These three men – Thunder, Scheel, and de Pasquale – are part of the reason that the Philadelphia Orchestra has its universal reputation.  You can hear about them this month on “Biographical Bytes from Bala: Laurel Hill West Stories #028 – The Philadelphia Orchestra and Laurel Hill West." 

Several multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical companies got their starts in Philadelphia as neighborhood drug stores.  Weightman, Powers, and Rosengarten made their money by selling quinine to the US government.  James Smith and Clayton French did not know each and both started as neighborhood druggists; but family and business partners kept their businesses going and their names prominent long after their deaths.  The Wyeth Brothers invented a machine that standardized the size of pills and tablets, and William Warner learned how to sugarcoat them.  Warner's pharmacopeia was distributed internationally and served as the standard reference for doctors and pharmacists for years.  And McNeil Laboratories introduced Tylenol Elixir for Children in 1955, then watched it become one of the best-selling over-the-counter meds of all time.  McNeil is interred at Laurel Hill West, while all the others are at Laurel Hill East.  All of them have intriguing stories you will hear in this episode of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #058 – Laurel Hill and Big Pharma.   

Uncover the rich history of the second oldest rural cemetery in America on "The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" podcast! Join Jennie and Dianne alongside Laurel Hill Cemetery's President & CEO Nancy Goldenberg, Arboretum Manager Aaron Greenberg, and Volunteer & Tour Guide Sarah Hamill as they share Ordinary Extraordinary stories of those buried in the two burial grounds that make up Laurel Hill (including two fictional characters made famous in the Rocky movies), their passion for the hundreds of trees, plants, and wildlife that turn the park-like setting into an oasis in an urban jungle, and how vital this cemetery is to the city of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania. "Explore two wonderfully unique sites with an abundance of history, art, and natural beauty." To learn more about Laurel Hill Cemetery, visit their website: https://laurelhillphl.com/

Today's guests are sisters—Rachel Mack and Sara Steffensmeier—who recently acquired a jam and jelly company and a chocolate company as they build what they call their creating what they call their "jampire.” Learn more about Laurel Hill Jams and Jellies and Loon Chocolate. This episode of BizCastNH is sponsored by The Very Merry Holiday Gift Festival

Robert Cooper Grier was selected for the United States Supreme Court in 1846 to replace another justice who had died 841 days before – the longest gap in the history of the court.  He served for nearly a quarter century and voted in many key decisions, including Dred Scott v. Sandford.    George Sharswood was the first dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.  While serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, he made a decision which probably delayed women's rights to vote in Pennsylvania by more than 40 years.    James Tyndale Mitchell was also a Chief Justice.  He was a superb lawyer and judge but may be remembered more for his giant collections of autographs and portraits of famous people, considered the finest of his day.    William Irwin Schaffer spent two years as state attorney general before he became an Associate Judge on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  One of his decisions delayed Sunday baseball in Philadelphia by several years.    Grier and Schaffer are buried at Laurel Hill West, Sharswood and Mitchell at Laurel Hill East.  They are the topics for All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #055 for October 2023 – The Supremes.

This time Jay and Ken discuss ghost stories recorded at Market of The Macabre in Laurel Hill Cemetery. 

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Man has been fascinated by the sky for as long as he has walked on earth.  Star gazing has been the hobby – and the profession – of millions of people from around the world.  One of America's Founding Fathers David Rittenhouse was recognized in the colonies as being not only the finest astronomer in the land, but the finest builder of delicate, accurate astronomical equipment.  Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson was a popular author whose work “Familiar Astronomy” was the best-selling astronomy textbook in the 19th century.  They are both interred at Laurel Hill East.  Photography pioneer William Rau was tapped to be a photographer for the 1874 worldwide evaluation of the Transit of Venus, but most people involved in that venture would admit that photography was useless in capturing new information.  And Sarah Lee Lippincott, whose first husband was television pioneer Dave Garroway, became a beloved professor of astronomy and astrometry at Swarthmore University.  Rau and Lippincott are interred at Laurel Hill West.  You'll hear stories about all four of these pioneers among the stars in the July episode of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories – Reach for the Sky.

ABC #051 - Part 3 Benjamin Hubert Hodgson was killed during the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana against Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors – fellow Laurel Hill tour guide Tom Keels tells his story. 

Interred at Laurel Hill East are four young Philadelphians who died before they reached the age of 30 while battling indigenous people on the frontier. George Montgomery Harris died of wounds received in the Lava Beds of northern California while battling Captain Jack and the Modoc tribe in 1873.  Benjamin Hubert Hodgson was killed during the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana against Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors – fellow Laurel Hill tour guide Tom Keels tells his story.  Jonathan Williams Biddle, whose father Henry Biddle had been killed in the Civil War, lost his life in the Battle of Bear Paw, also in Montana, in 1877 against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce.  James Hansell French was killed in the San Mateo Mountains of New Mexico territory in 1880 as his Buffalo Soldier troops pursued the great Apache chief Victorio and his warriors.    Note: I acknowledge that many indigenous peoples reject the name "Indian", but most of what I tell you in this podcast occurred at least 140 years ago when the term was used universally and even respectfully.  All four of these men have the word "Indian" carved on their gravestones.  The podcast title "Killed by Indians" is in quotation marks for this reason.  

J. Edward "Gas" Addicks made his fortune in the gas industry, but decided he wanted to be a United States Senator; he spent much of his wealth in a fruitless attempt at achieving his goal.   Samuel "Stars and Stripes" Ashbridge would give a patriotic speech at the drop of a hat and was elected Philadelphia's mayor in 1899; he left office four years later a rich man. Fellow tour guide and Philadelphia author and historian Tom Keels will tell you his story.    Joseph Miller Huston was an up-and-coming architect who got the plum job of designing Pennsylvania's State Capitol; instead of leading him to even bigger jobs, it became his professional downfall.   These three men interred at Laurel Hill are remembered today for their graft and dishonesty in a city that muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens called "corrupt but content."  Learn about their crimes and punishments. 

The largest playable musical instrument in the world sits in Center City Philadelphia, and there are several Laurel Hill connections.   William B. Irvine left his estate to the University of Pennsylvania but did not know they would use it to build an auditorium named for him, designed by architect Horace Trumbauer.  The magazine publisher Cyrus Curtis donated an organ.  All three of these men are at Laurel Hill West.   For more than 40 years, organist Larry Ferrari kept Philadelphians company on Sunday mornings by playing popular music on his television show.  Larry is also at Laurel Hill West.   "Pulling Out All the Stops: The Laurel Hill Organ Episode" tells these stories and more on this month's "Biographical Bytes from Bala."

At one time, there were more than 900 cigar makers in Philadelphia who made a sizable portion of the 7 billion cigars sold every year in the United States.  Cuban native Joan Portuondo featured a top-quality cigar that was copied by many.  German American Otto Eisenlohr and his brothers made one of the bestselling fiver-centers in the country, the ubiquitous 'Cinco'.  Caleb J. Milne rented three floors of his Washington Avenue factory to a cigar company that illegally hired immigrant girls; a fire false alarm panicked them into a stampede and a stairwell of death.  Walter Garrett made a fortune in the snuff business which he left to his beloved wife Henrietta.  But when Henrietta died more than three decades later, nobody could find her will and literally tens of thousands of people tried to claim her fortune as their own.  Four stories of tobacconists and their wares in the December edition of "All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories."  

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #044 - Sam Randall, Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, Dr. C.K. Mills, and the Garfield Memorial: Laurel Hill & Some James Garfield Connections, part 4 Many familiar names from Laurel Hill were involved in the design, construction, and dedication of the memorial to the assassinated President that was dedicated in 1896 - 15 years after the assassination.

In this episode, we talk with Gregg Tepper, Senior Horticulturist at Laurel Hill, all about garden cemeteries. The plant profile is on Celosia and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We also solicit contributions for a new segment -- The Last Word. BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support. SHOW NOTES will be posted here on 11/1/2022. If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to: ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 77: Goth Gardening https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/10/gardendc-podcast-episode-77-goth.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 50: Deer-Resistant Native Plants https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/03/gardendc-podcast-episode-50-deer.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 13: Connie Hilker on Heritage Roses https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/05/gardendc-podcast-episode-13-connie.html We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode. And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite platform so other gardeners can find us too! Episode Credits: Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz Editing: Brandie Bland Show Notes: Jaime Breeden Recorded on 10-29-2022. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support

James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, a “dark horse” candidate in the 1880 election and the only sitting member of the house to ever be elected to the highest office in the land.  His time as president was short, and four months into his term he was shot by a crazed office seeker in Washington.  After lingering for 10 weeks, he died in New Jersey.  What are his Laurel Hill connections?  * Philadelphia's Samuel Jackson Randall defeated Garfield for Speaker of the House three times before Garfield leapfrogged him to become President.  *University of Pennsylvania's Dr. David Hayes Agnew, probably the best surgeon in the country, was summoned to Garfield's bedside as a consultant after he was shot.  *Penn's Dr. Charles Karsner Mills testified against Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau and then assisted in Guiteau's autopsy.  *Numerous Laurel Hill residents were involved in the grand unveiling of the Garfield Memorial in 1896.  You have probably passed it dozens of times along Kelly Drive.  This and more in All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #44 – Laurel Hill's James Garfield Connections. 

Your walk or ride from the Righters Ferry entrance to the Barmouth entrance at the Cynwyd Heritage Trail is less than a mile, but you pass scores of grave markers and dozens of mausoleums, most with stained glass.  This 47-minute narration gives you mini-biographies of more than 50 people who have resting places you pass along the route.  They are captains of industry, philanthropists, teachers, physicians, artists, and others who helped shaped the history of Philadelphia.  This narrative is a complement to another recording that guides you from the Barmouth Entrance back to the Righters Ferry entrance, also available wherever you find your podcasts. 

This 13th episode of Biographical Bytes from Bala is for mid-October 2022 - and a little early on purpose.  Who doesn't love ice cream?  Philadelphia has made huge contributions to the history of this delectable warm weather treat.  If you're from the area, you grew up with Bassetts and Breyers; maybe you got some nonpareils or sprinkles on your soft serve; or you looked forward to going into a center city drug store so you could sit at the counter and have an ice cream float.  All of these have a Quaker City connection – I will talk about them and more today on Biographical Bytes from Bala: Laurel Hill West Stories – Every Brilliant Thing: Ice Cream and Laurel Hill

Philadelphia has had skilled clock and watchmakers since colonial times.  Henry Voigt helped David Rittenhouse build his legendary orrery and supplied surveying instruments to the Lewis & Clark Expedition. His son Thomas built a special clock for Thomas Jefferson that he used for his astronomical experiments.  You can see his clocks both at Monticello and in the US Senate.  Isaiah Lukens not only built clocks that can still be seen at The Athenaeum and the Germantown City Hall, but he also built an air gun that may have been used by Lewis & Clark during their expedition.  Henry Seybert used the money left him by his father Adam to have a clock and a bell built for Independence Hall for the 1876 Centennial Celebration.  Almost 150 years later, they still stand.  And then there's the spiritualism...  I did not have time to talk about David Rittenhouse, Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Hugh Craig's pocket watch, the bell tower at Laurel Hill West, and the clock tower at City Hall.  They will have to wait for Part 2.  

The United States Mint has been in Philadelphia since 1792.  It has produced billions of coins, from half-pennies to 20-dollar gold double eagles.  Many of the early officers were Philadelphians.  In this podcast, you will hear about doubloons and trimes, Peter the eagle, the California gold rush and Colorado's Comstock lode, greenbacks, Gresham's law, and more.  And you will hear some bad poetry.   Think of this podcast as a four-parter.   1) Development of the Mint 2) Mint Directors Robert Patterson (father) & Robert Maskell Patterson (son) 3) Mint Director James Ross Snowden (uncle) & Mint Supervisor A. Loudon Snowden (nephew) 4) Painter, poet, playwright, and numismatist Augustus Goodyear Heaton

Episode 33 – Originally Published 2017 When it opened in 1839, Laurel Hill Cemetery was one of only two rural cemeteries in the country.  It solved a significant problem in Philadelphia: overcrowded cemeteries in within the city, some so overcrowded it was nearly impossible to find the final resting places of loved ones.  Laurel Hill … Continue reading "Laurel Hill Cemetery" The post Laurel Hill Cemetery appeared first on TwistedPhilly.

The UP Notable Book Club presents author Ellen Airgood speaking about her book "Tin Camp Road". Ellen Airgood grew up on a farm in Michigan's thumb, where her favorite things to do were read books, ride horses, swing in her tire swing, and write stories. She almost left the University of Michigan after her first year to go back home and farm, but did return to school after her parents offered to cosign the loan for the new fencing she'd need to raise beef cattle on their eighty acres, the only crop they considered feasible. (She was a vegetarian at the time.) She graduated with a Bachelor's Science from the School of Natural Resources and Environment and now lives on the shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula, where she writes and owns a diner along with her husband. She is the author of three novels published by Penguin Books, including Michigan Notable Book and Midwest Bestseller, South of Superior the award-winning Prarie Evers, a Bank Street Best Book for middle-grade readers. Her work also appears in The Way North: New Upper Peninsula Writings, Here: Women Writing on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the upcoming Bob Seger's House. Learn more at https://www.ellenairgood.com/ TIN CAMP ROAD: Set against the wide open beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a wise, big hearted novel in which a young single mother and her ten-year-old daughter stand up to the trials of rural poverty and find the community they need in order to survive. Laurel Hill and her precocious daughter Skye have always been each other's everything. The pair live on Lake Superior, where the local school has classes of just four children, and the nearest hospital is a helicopter ride away. Though they live frugally, eking out a living with Laurel's patchwork of jobs, their deep love for each other feels like it can warm them even on the coldest of nights. What more do they need?  

Multitudes Church is a place where people can meet Jesus, engage in a life-giving community, and everyone is welcome. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts, and use them for God's glory. WE'RE OPEN We're monitoring guidelines and best practices for gathering in a safe way. We are currently meeting for in-person services on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. Wednesday evenings at 7 pm we are meeting at our Laurel Hill campus including our Student Ministry Center and our Children's Center. Adults are meeting in the cafeteria at 7:15 pm for a message. NEXT STEPS Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? We are so excited that you have taken the next step in Faith by committing your life to the Lord! We just want you to know that we are here for you every step of the journey. This decision is the best one you have made in your life thus far! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://www.multitudeschurch.com/saved

Multitudes Church is a place where people can meet Jesus, engage in a life-giving community, and everyone is welcome. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts, and use them for God's glory. WE'RE OPEN We're monitoring guidelines and best practices for gathering in a safe way. We are currently meeting for in-person services on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. Wednesday evenings at 7 pm we are meeting at our Laurel Hill campus including our Student Ministry Center and our Children's Center. Adults are meeting in the cafeteria at 7:15 pm for a message. NEXT STEPS Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? We are so excited that you have taken the next step in Faith by committing your life to the Lord! We just want you to know that we are here for you every step of the journey. This decision is the best one you have made in your life thus far! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://www.multitudeschurch.com/saved

If you have walked or ridden your bike through West Laurel Hill Cemetery from the entrance just off the Cynwyd Trail all the way to the Pencoyd exit on Righter's Ferry Road, you have probably passed dozens of mausoleums and gravesites that you had questions about.  Now there's an audio narration to help you quench your curiosity.  It is done by Joe Lex, the same person who researches and narrates Laurel Hill's twice-monthly podcasts “All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories” and “Biographical Bytes from Bala: West Laurel Hill Stories.”  Find out about William Luden, inventor of the mentholated cough drop; Charles Harrah, who made his fortune in Brazil; Eldridge Reeves Johnson, inventor of the Victrola, and many more.  And at long last, you can discover the mystery of “Cocktails at Six.”  The tour covers only people interred on the right-hand side of the road and takes about 40 minutes.  Look for its companion audio covering the other side from Pencoyd back to Barmouth in a few months. 

This time Jay and Ken listen and discuss live recorded stories while at Laurel Hill Cemetery during the Market of the Macabre. 

Multitudes Church is a place where people can meet Jesus, engage in a life-giving community, and everyone is welcome. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts, and use them for God's glory. WE'RE OPEN We're monitoring guidelines and best practices for gathering in a safe way. We are currently meeting for in-person services on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. Wednesday evenings at 7 pm we are meeting at our Laurel Hill campus including our Student Ministry Center and our Children's Center. Adults are meeting in the cafeteria at 7:15 pm for a message. NEXT STEPS Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? We are so excited that you have taken the next step in Faith by committing your life to the Lord! We just want you to know that we are here for you every step of the journey. This decision is the best one you have made in your life thus far! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://www.multitudeschurch.com/saved

Multitudes Church is a place where people can meet Jesus, engage in a life-giving community, and everyone is welcome. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts, and use them for God's glory. WE'RE OPEN We're monitoring guidelines and best practices for gathering in a safe way. We are currently meeting for in-person services on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. Wednesday evenings at 7 pm we are meeting at our Laurel Hill campus including our Student Ministry Center and our Children's Center. Adults are meeting in the cafeteria at 7:15 pm for a message. NEXT STEPS Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? We are so excited that you have taken the next step in Faith by committing your life to the Lord! We just want you to know that we are here for you every step of the journey. This decision is the best one you have made in your life thus far! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://www.multitudeschurch.com/saved

Pursuit | Pastor Opie Swails Multitudes Church is a place where people can meet Jesus, engage in a life-giving community, and everyone is welcome. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts, and use them for God's glory. WE'RE OPEN We're monitoring guidelines and best practices for gathering in a safe way. We are currently meeting for in-person services on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. Wednesday evenings at 7 pm we are meeting at our Laurel Hill campus including our Student Ministry Center and our Children's Center. Adults are meeting in the cafeteria at 7:15 pm for a message. NEXT STEPS Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? We are so excited that you have taken the next step in Faith by committing your life to the Lord! We just want you to know that we are here for you every step of the journey. This decision is the best one you have made in your life thus far! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://www.multitudeschurch.com/saved

Night March Of Union Army To Spottsylvania Court House. Frank Movements led by Sheridan's Cavary. Encounters Enemy in Force at Alsop's Farm late in Morning. Severe Engagement Ensues. General Sedgewick Killed by Confederate Sharpshooter. Generals Warren and Griffin Both Active in Directing troops to Points Of Attack. Spirited Attack Of Ayres' Brigade With One Hundred And Fifty-Fifth Upon Confederate Lines. Fierce Contest. United States Regular Band Renders Cheering And Inspiriting Music. Enemy Routed By Fifth Corps. Enemy's Strong Positions Captured and Intrenched by Union Line. Death Of Captain Clapp in Battle Of Alsop's Farm. Heavy Loss Of Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel John Swing In Command Of Regiment. Casualties. 

Laurel Hill, Florida is home of the Hoboes - Want to know how it got that name? A unique part of our County is the City of Laurel Hill. Incorporated in 1905, the 3-square-mile Laurel Hill is the county's oldest city. Laurel Hill is a quiet place, low-key in my opinion and has the feel of happiness that surrounds what you might think of when you think small rural town in America. It sits just a hop and a skip from the Alabama State line along State Road 85 and its one place in the County that will get snow on occasion in the winter. One thing that sticks out to me and probably many outsiders traveling through the town, is the mascot associated with the local school. Laurel Hill is the home of the Hoboes. I was both surprised and curious about this when I moved to the area in 2005. This isn't your typical tigers, gators, wildcats kind of mascot. So why the hobos? And what is a hobo?

The land that Laurel Hill Golf Course sits on in Lorton, Virginia has a rich history written about by Joshua Stueve in his piece titled “Ground Under Repair” in The Golfers Journal #5 (fall 2018).  During the research for the article, he interviewed Laurel Hill’s course architects from Love Golf Design, Bill Love & Brian […]

About This Episode: Vernon Jones was reared on a tobacco farm in Laurel Hill, North Carolina. He was 5th of six children born in a four room cinder block house with no indoor plumbing. His parents Robert and Rufer Jones taught him the value of faith, hard work, self-reliance and self-respect. Prior to public service, Jones had a successful career in corporate America, including Fortune 500 companies such as BellSouth Mobility and MCI Worldcom, and President of the Henry Oliver Company, a consulting firm established by Jones. As the former Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County, Georgia, Jones managed nearly 7,000 employees and directed the day-to-day county operations, which included managing one of the largest police departments in Georgia. Jones successfully balanced budgets, secured dual AAA bond ratings from Moody's and Standard & Poors, preserved over 4,000 acres of greenspace, and passed four bond referenda for libraries, parks, and infrastructure improvements. His 12 years record as a Georgia State Representative includes co-sponsorship of the Georgia Peach Care Act that ensures thousands of uninsured children. Jones is a former Georgia State Representative and lifelong Democrat who made national headlines when he announced his support for President Donald Trump's re-election. Now, Vernon Jones is running for Governor of Georgia. Find out more about Vernon at: Jones for Georgia - https://jonesforgeorgia.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/RepVernonJones Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/repvernonjones/ Check out our YouTube Channel: Jeremyryanslatebiz Make Extraordinary a reality: jeremyryanslate.com/extraordinary See the Show Notes: www.jeremyryanslate.com/877 Sponsors: LinkedIn Jobs: Post your first job for free linkedin.com/cyol Gusto: This episode is sponsored by Gusto. Run your payroll the easy way, the same way we do at Command Your Brand. You'll get a. $100 Amazon Gift Card just for running your first payroll! http://www.jeremyryanslate.com/gusto Sweet Process: Offers a 14-day free trial, but as a loyal listener of this podcast, you can try for 28 days, free of charge. You don't even have to enter a credit card to get started. Just navigate to sweetprocess.com/cyol to start your free 28-day trial today. Audible: Get a free 30 day free trial and 1 free audiobook from thousands of available books. Right now I'm reading "America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization"by Graham Hancock, about building real wealth. www.jeremyryanslate.com/book