For its first program meeting of the New Year, the Bridgeville Area Historical Society welcomed back an old friend, Dr. Todd DePastino, for an entertaining and informative talk on the… [Read More]
Oyler: The JB Higbee International Glass Collectors Association
This document may be considered the formal announcement of the establishment of a new organization, the JB Higbee International Glass Collectors Association, also known as JBHIGCA. Its mission is to… [Read More]
Oyler: The Twenties Did Indeed Roar in Bridgeville
My research on Bridgeville in 1922 generated a number of newspaper clippings related to Prohibition, bootleggers, and speakeasies; a subject area that warrants a column of its own. The story… [Read More]
Oyler: New Year’s Day In 1922
On New Year’s Day I got to wondering what life was like in Bridgeville one hundred years ago. Thanks to old maps, photographs, and newspaper clippings we can piece together… [Read More]
Oyler: My Christmas Letter
My attitude toward standardized Christmas letters has changed during the passing years. When we were first married, my wife reveled in writing long-hand Christmas letters to everyone on her Christmas… [Read More]
Oyler: College Students’ Senior Engineering Projects Reflect Our Changing Society
Someone recently asked me where I get my ideas for these columns. My response was that I frequently wrote about whatever happened to be dominating my thoughts that particular week…. [Read More]
Oyler: Queen Elizabeth I
The November program meeting of the Bridgeville Area Historical Society was an interesting presentation on Queen Elizabeth I, by one of the Society’s favorite speakers, Jack Puglisi. Mr. Puglisi is… [Read More]
Oyler: ‘Pittsburgh’s Ella Fitzgerald’ Was From Bridgeville
In my column on the Deuces Wild a few weeks ago, I mentioned Bridgeville’s own Lum Sams and promised to do a column on her in the future. In the… [Read More]
Thanksgiving Gratitudes
Thanksgiving has always been a unique holiday, with an unfortunate emphasis on eating. I confess to enjoying turkey and pumpkin pie, but for me the holiday has traditionally been important… [Read More]
Oyler: Hand Carts to Zion!
Like most folks, my perception of the pioneers heading west in the mid-1800s is dominated by covered wagons pulled by oxen, certainly an uncomfortable way for a family to travel…. [Read More]
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