For ex-slaves in the 1800s, Chester County was home
Swarthmore library curator delivers lecture on Underground Railroad
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Christopher Densmore educates the audience at the National Steel and Iron Heritage Museum.
COATESVILLE – In a country largely built by the unpaid forced labor of those who Moses Coates called “dark-skinned brethren,” Chester County became the home of many slaves who escaped the terrible...
Iron and Steel Museum recognizes Women’s History Month
Women ran businesses at home, supplied front lines during Civil War
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Dr. Florence K. Williams presents recreated artifacts to attendees. Items included slippers, a brandy bottle, faurina packets, and lemonade mix, which used the same recipe still used today.
COATESVILLE – While men are very often the ones recognized with songs and medals during times of...
Sanderson Museum opens for 2014 season
The Christian C. Sanderson Museum on Creek Road in Chadds Ford is now open for the 2014 season.
CHADDS FORD — That gem of both Southeast Pennsylvania history and that of the better part of the 20th Century of American History — the Christian C. Sanderson Museum — is now open for the 2014 season, on Thursdays through Sunday from 12 pm to 4 pm.
“We look forward to welcoming visitors to the Sanderson...
In Coatesville, pride means diversity, community, resilience
Longtime Coatesville resident updates 1911 poem to express her love for city
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Longtime Coatesville resident Doris S. Williams wrote an ode to Coatesville, telling about the pride she has in the city and her hopes for its future.
Community means identity. In Coatesville, we share spaces,
both physical—sidewalks, schools, lines at the grocery store—and...
