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Oyler: Operation Pastorius

February 3, 2022 By John Oyler

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]

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Oyler: The JB Higbee International Glass Collectors Association

January 27, 2022 By John Oyler

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]

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Oyler: The Twenties Did Indeed Roar in Bridgeville

January 13, 2022 By John Oyler

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]

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Oyler: New Year’s Day In 1922

January 2, 2022 By John Oyler

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]

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Oyler: My Christmas Letter

December 25, 2021 By John Oyler

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]

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Oyler: College Students’ Senior Engineering Projects Reflect Our Changing Society

December 21, 2021 By John Oyler

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]

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Oyler: Queen Elizabeth I

December 14, 2021 By John Oyler

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]

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Thanksgiving Gratitudes

November 25, 2021 By John Oyler

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]

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Oyler: Hand Carts to Zion!

November 21, 2021 By John Oyler

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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Oyler: The Campbell Survey

November 11, 2021 By John Oyler

On one of my recent visits to the Woodville Experience I came across the original survey for “The Mouth of Miller’s Run”, the property warranted to John Campbell in 1790,… [Read More]

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