The Doylestown Borough Council held its last regular session of 1923 on Monday night Dec. 17. At that meeting, council decided to purchase an electric semaphore system “which will control …

In 1960, the Doylestown Panorama magazine sponsored a house decorating contest. “Lots of local folks will be decorating their homes with Christmas decorations and displays and the home that has …

The Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, established in 1848, was the highest honor bestowed by Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute. The endowed award was to be presented “for some discovery in the …

At Ed’s Diner in Doylestown, good food was available at reasonable prices 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and especially on Thanksgiving. (The diner closed only once a year, on Christmas …

In the first half of the 1700s, Thomas Meredith Jr. lived on his father’s land, which included a steep hill along the Neshaminy Creek in an area known then as Barton’s Ford.

On March 4, 1921, the U.S. Congress approved the burial of an unknown soldier in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington Cemetery. On Armistice Day, November 11, 1921, 100 years ago, …

In the early 1930s a hardware store stood on the southwest corner of South Main Street and Oakland Avenue. The hardware store, at 42 S. Main St., was eventually demolished and by 1956 the Flying-A …

This is the decoration on the Halloween Trick or Treat bags provided in October 1969 by the Daily Intelligencer. The newspaper advertised that “over 6,000 bags will be distributed free to …

Robert Clayton Shantz, a Pottstown native, signed up as a pitcher with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics in 1949. He made the American League All-Star team in 1951 then had his career year …

Scary, creepy stories abound at this time of year, and Doylestown has its share. A student hanged himself in the 1890s in a dormitory at Delaware Valley University, when it was the National Farm …

In 1930 Irvin Kohl had his photograph taken in front of the North Main Street Garage and Gulf Station, which he owned, at 366 N. Main St. in Doylestown. The average cost of a new car that year was …

During World War II, 1.5 million civilian volunteers were enrolled by the Army Air Forces to man 14,000 observation posts positioned along the nation’s coasts. With limited radar detection …

All the children of Doylestown for many years attended the Doylestown Borough School at the corner of East Court and Broad streets. But as the elementary population grew, additional classrooms and …

The stream known as Pine Run is a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek, part of the Delaware River Watershed. The Pine Run rises from a pond near Landisville in Plumstead Township, passing through …

Chautauqua was an adult education and social movement in the United States which began in 1874 at Lake Chautauqua, N.Y, as an annual summer meeting for the training of Sunday school teachers.

“The Art of Fly Tying” was conceived by Doylestown’s H.J. Noll (ca.1906-1982) and written by well-known author of fishing books, Charles M. Wetzel.

On Friday, May 20, 1938, the Intelligencer reported, “Doylestown’s first outgoing air mail taken away by plane left the county seat Thursday afternoon, May 19, at 1:57 p.m. as four U.S. …

The Buick car dealership of Frankenfield & Mill, located at 263 N. Main St. in Doylestown, was founded in 1948 by George T. Frankenfield (1923-2015) and Lloyd H. Mill (1905-1994). Near the corner …

Robert Clymer (1872–1949) was raised in the Ottsville area and received his only formal education between the ages of 11 and 15, after which he began working in his uncle’s general store …

The land at the northeast corner of Bristol and Easton roads was part of William Penn’s land grant from King Charles II of England. In 1684 it was deeded to its first owner, John Gray. By the …