The CCHS is grateful for the continued support of the Borough of Carlisle, Dickinson Township,
Monroe Township, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, The Foundation for
Enhancing Communities and CCHS membership. For more information about programs, call
the Historical Society at 717-249-7610 or Two Mile House at 717-254-0766. Visit our web page:
www.historicalsociety.com. A copy of the official registration and financial information may
be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling, toll free within PA,
1-800-732-0999.
SPRING & SUMMER 2015 BROCHURE
Cumberland County Historical Society (717) 249-7610; 21 North Pitt Street, Carlisle PA 17013
Monday 4PM – 8PM; Tuesday – Friday 10AM – 4PM; Saturday 10AM – 2PM
CCHS WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES
Monday, May 25, 2015 - Memorial Day
Friday, June 26, 2015 - Golf Tournament
Saturday, July 4, 2015 - Independence Day
Saturday, September 5, 2015 – McLain Festival
Monday, September 7, 2015 - Labor Day
Two Mile House (717) 254-0766; 1189 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle PA 17015
History on High - The Shop (717) 249-1626; 33 West High Street, Carlisle PA 17013
Sun. & Mon. Closed; Tuesday – Friday 10 AM – 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM – 2 PM
Cumberland Valley Visitors Center (717) 249-1626; 33 West High Street, Carlisle PA 17013
Thursday, March 26, 2015; CCHS Opening Exhibit Reception (please note new time)
6 - 7 PM Reception; 7 - 8 PM South Mountain Speaker Series
“THE MILLS OF CUMBERLAND VALLEY: A Cultural and Bio-Physical Legacy”
Richard Tritt: 7-7:30 / Dorothy Merritts & Robert Walter: 7:30-8 PM
Please R.S.V.P. to CCHS at 249-7610 if you plan to come to the reception.
Friday, March 27, 2015 - Saturday, October 24, 2015 – “Mills of Cumberland County”
Exhibit open to the public
Monday, April 6, 2015
CCHS
7:00 PM
STEVE WARFEL
Lost and Found: The Discovery of Fort Morris, Shippensburg, PA
For more than 100 years the location of Fort Morris, a Pennsylvania provincial fort dating to
1756-1764, was debated by historians and scholars. Learn how multidisciplinary research,
incorporating archaeology, history, and cultural geography, was employed to discover the
site in Shippensburg, PA. A FREE PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY
Genealogy Workshop
Monday, April 13, 2015, from 6:30 - 8:30 PM (Limited to 12 people)
Join local genealogist, Deborah Sweaney, and CCHS librarian,
Cara Curtis, to learn more about genealogy. Do you have
questions or just need a little guidance with your research? Come
to Deborah and Cara’s workshop for the help you need.
Cost: $20/member; $35/nonmember
East & West County Tavern Tours: Join
us on one of our guided tours that
feature taverns east or west of Carlisle.
Enjoy your tour in our new spacious 15
passenger bus. For more information
call 717-249-7610.
Moore's Tavern
This is the “Year of the
Mill.”
Check out the mill bus
trips, museum exhibit,
plus a new book about
mills in Cumberland
County.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
1:30 PM
“A Dangerous Set of People”: British Captives and the Sundering of Empire during
America’s War for Independence – Presented by Ken Miller, Associate Professor of History &
Director of the American Studies Program at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.
Ken Miller explores Pennsylvanians’ earliest interactions with their first British prisoners during
the War for Independence. Miller shows how their contentious dealings with the captives
hastened Americans’ estrangement from Britain and fostered an emerging revolutionary
identity. A FREE PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY
NEW Guided Mill Tours:
Glen Allen Mill
Join us for another guided tour
in our new spacious 15
passenger bus. This is “The
Year of the Mill.” The Society is
preparing for a series of
wonderful events and programs
along with the publication of a
major book about mills in
Cumberland County. The Mill
exhibit will be open March 27th
through October 24th. We have
created an informational
guided tour that will feature
mills along the Conodoguinet
and Yellow Breeches Creeks.
For more information call
717-249-7610.
Guided Mill Tour Schedule:
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Monday, May 4, 2015 - Conodoguinet Watershed Tour (rain date Wed. 5/6/15)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - Yellow Breeches Watershed Tour (rain date Thurs. 5/14/15)
Monday, May 18, 2015 - Yellow Breeches Watershed Tour (rain date Wed. 5/20/15)
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - Conodoguinet Watershed Tour (rain date Thurs. 5/28/15)
Monday, June 1, 2015 – Mechanicsburg Museum’s Mill Tour (meet at Mechanicsburg
Museum Train Station) (rain date Wed. 6/3/2015)
Saturday, June 13, 2015 – Willow Mill Park Picnic (rain date 6/20/2015)
12 noon
CCHS will provide hot dogs, hamburgers & drinks (everyone to bring a covered dish to share)
There will be mill related programs and events at the picnic.
CCHS is appreciative to the
Foundation for Enhancing
Communities and the
Mechanicsburg Area
Foundation for supporting
our 2015 Mill Bus tours
beginning in May of 2015.
LEAVING A LEGACY
This year, CCHS became the
beneficiary of legacy gifts planned
by two stalwart supporters of the
Historical Society. Ms. Evelyn
Brenneman, a lifelong resident of
Boiling Springs and local history
advocate, and Ms. Shirley
Mainello, a passionate educator
and author, both contributed to
CCHS through planned giving.
Their generous forethought
continues to play a vital role in
strengthening the mission of the
Historical Society. Please contact
Executive Director Jason Illari if you
would like to discuss how a legacy gift might best support CCHS’ mission of collecting,
preserving and interpreting Cumberland County history.
The Society is grateful to work with the
Partnership for Better Health as we initiate
our grant-funded Wellness at Work
program in 2015. Walking meetings, a
new bike rack, and farmers market
tokens are in store for CCHS thanks to this
program.
The Cumberland County Historical Society
is very grateful to Mid Penn Bank for its
generous contribution of $2,000 through the
Educational Improvement Tax Credit
Program (EITC). EITC program authorizes
tax credits for businesses that make
contributions to approved organizations. If
your organization would like more
information on this tax credit program
please contact Lynda Mann at
717-249-7610.
We also are grateful to the following
organizations that contributed to the EITC
program.
 M&T Bank
 Volvo Construction Equipment
HISTORY ON HIGH – THE SHOP – 33 W High Street Carlisle
ALL WALKING TOURS
Follow us on facebook and CCHS e-blasts for new events at The Shop or stop by
In His own Words: The Diary of James McCullough - 1722 - 1781
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Civil War Walking Tour of Carlisle
1:30 PM
James McCullough’s Diary offers a first-hand view of frontier life in Pennsylvania near the
Maryland border during the period of the French and Indian War. James W. Houpt, Jr., has
written this fictional story of a frontier family based on scholarly research.
A FREE PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY
Learn about Carlisle’s Civil War History through our volunteer Civil War Guides. Meet at
Cumberland County Historical Society. Reservations required; call 717-249-7610.
Cost: $8/member; $12/nonmember
Saturday, May 2, 2015
10 AM
Monday, June 15, 2015
6 PM
Friday, July 24, 2015
1 PM
Thursday, September 10, 2015
1 PM
Carlisle’s 19th Century Firehouses Walking Tour
FALL HISTORY SERIES
Monday, September 14, 2015 - Monday, October 26, 2015
6:30 - 8:30 PM
CROSSROADS TO HISTORY
Jeff Wood has presented the Fall Series at the Society since 2000. He is the
owner of the Whistlestop Bookshop and past-President of the Cumberland
County Historical Society and Bosler Library. Every year the Fall Series has
retold the history of the County from its founding to the present day.
The theme for the 2015 Fall Series is “Life and Death in the Valley.” Jeff will
focus on the ways people have celebrated their lives here (weddings, baptisms,
birthdays) and the ways they wanted to leave legacies (funerals, wills,
monuments) from colonial times to the present. The stories will be drawn from
all over the county.
Reservations required; call 717-249-7610.
Join us for an informative walking tour of Carlisle’s firehouses from the 1800s. We’ll visit six
firehouses, look at Carlisle’s most burned block, learn about a tragedy where a young lad
was run over by a steamer, visit a firehouse where an undercover detective broke an arson
ring, and talk about dozens of other interesting events.
Reservations required; call 717-249-7610.
Cost: $8/member; $12/nonmember
Friday, May 15, 2015
1 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2015
10 AM
Monday, August 17, 2015
6 PM
Friday, September 25, 2015
1 PM
Underground Railroad Walking Tour
Saturday, April 25, 2015
10 AM
This walking tour will focus on the role of abolitionists and freedom seekers in Boiling Springs.
Meet in Boiling Springs in front of the Ironmasters Mansion (parking lot at the Mill.)
Reservations required; call 717-249-7610.
Cost: $10/member; $15/nonmember; $5/school age children
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND REGISTERING IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT.
Cost: $50/member; $75/nonmember; or $12 per session
More details on each week’s session will be available later this summer.
Kurt Lewis as King George
The Historical Society is grateful to the Cumberland
Valley Visitors Bureau for its $12,500 grant to pave
our rear parking lot to make the walk between the
Visitors Center and the Historical Society safer;
increase available parking including an ADA
space and two Visitors Center spaces; and
enhance space for hosting events in our parking
lot. Our June 5th, 2015 “Lot” party with history
villain dunk tank (King George on left) will be
bigger and better as a result of this grant! This is
just one example of how the lot upgrades are
enhancing the Society’s outreach.
Camp Michaux Walking Tour
Saturday, April 11, 2015
1 PM
David Smith will lead the popular Camp Michaux walking tour of the old Bunker Hill Farm; Pine
Grove Furnace CCC Camp; Pine Grove Furnace POW Interrogation Camp; and finally the
United Church of Christ & United Presbyterian Church Camp. Meet at the furnace in Pine
Grove State Park.
Reservations required; call 717-249-7610.
Cost: $10/member; $15/nonmember
Carlisle Indian Industrial School Walking Tour
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
12 noon
Barbara Landis will lead a tour of the school grounds. Meet at the Cumberland County
Historical Society at noon for maps and carpooling logistics.
Reservations required; call 717-249-7610.
Cost: $10/member; $15/nonmember
Friday, June 5, 2015
CCHS
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 3rd Annual Golf Tournament at Cumberland Golf Club,
2395 Ritner Hwy, Carlisle PA 17015 (details to follow)
Block Party for First Friday; this is a community event
NEW: Two Mile House Event; June 20 & 21, 2015
Father’s day overnight adventure at Two Mile House; space is limited, call 717-249-7610 to
reserve your spot!
Cost: $20 per person/dinner and breakfast included
HISTORY CAMPS
Registration for members will begin on February 2, 2015/nonmember registration begins on
April 6, 2015. ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED TO 30 CAMPERS PER CAMP; camps fill quickly.
Adventures in History Camp
Advanced Adventures in History Camp
Theme – Civil War
Theme – World War I
Information:
Information:
Eligibility: Children entering 4th, 5th & 6th
Eligibility: Children entering 7th, 8th & 9th
grades in the fall of 2015.
grades in the fall of 2015.
Dates: June 15 - 19, 2015 & June 22 - 26, 2015
Dates: July 13 - 17, 2015
Time: 9 AM to 12 noon
Time: 9 AM to 12 noon
Place: Two Mile House
1189 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle (across from K-Mart)
Price: CCHS members $105; nonmembers $150
Bus Trip Regulations
1. Early sign up for bus trips is important.
2. No refunds will be made unless:
 Historical Society cancels the trip due to insufficient registration.
 A waiting list is available to fill vacancies. If no waiting list is available, those who
wish to cancel are responsible to find a replacement or forfeit payment.
3. Please be prompt for departure times. Buses will be held no more than 10 minutes.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
“Ties that Bind - Perry and Cumberland Counties” - Join Janet Taylor
on another wonderful tour through Perry County. On this year’s Perry County bus tour, we will
focus on the close connection Cumberland and Perry County have always had. Some
features will be a visit to the Poor House cemetery used by both counties, the county seat at
New Bloomfield, Clark’s Ferry Tavern and archeological site at Duncannon, several covered
bridges, and early Cumberland County roads into what is now Perry County, including the
road between Carlisle and the ill-fated Fort Granville on the Juniata River near Lewistown.
We will enjoy a delicious lunch in Newport at Expresso Yourself. Lunch will be on your own.
Cost: $85/member; $100/nonmember
Thursday, September 3, 2015
McLain Celtic Festival Pre-Event Reception
6 - 8 PM
Join us for a festive evening featuring food from local restaurants and caterers, bagpipes,
kilts, libations, and hospitality. Reservations required by calling 717-249-7610.
Cost: $50 per person
Saturday, September 5, 2015
McLain Celtic Festival
9 AM - 5 PM
Join us for the 21st Annual McLain Celtic Festival. Tickets are $10/children under 10 are free.