The first Doylestown Fair opened in October 1923, 100 years ago this month. A great success, the fair and fairground grew exponentially and the half-mile track hosted regular …
In 1946, “turning over the first spadeful of earth with a long, silver-colored shovel, Doylestown Burgess [Mayor] George C. Butler presided at the …
In October 1902, Doylestown Borough Council discussed “scores of dry wells in the borough which have been in use for years and years, and which are in such filthy …
The Bucks County Times sponsored a baby contest in August 1937 for which photos of children under the age of 6 could be entered free of charge. A total of $450 in prizes was …
In 1970, the noted Doylestown Intelligencer columnist, Lester Trauch, quoted Margaret N. Curry, who wrote “In the early 1900’s. . .my sister Katie and I trudged off each morning …
The Clemens tract, more than 100 acres in size, dates back to the Revolutionary era; and the first owners were Christian and Mary Clemens. For multiple generations it was a successful …
At the regular monthly meeting of Doylestown Borough Council on March 20, 1911, a Mr. Watson said he had been “asked to call Council’s attention to the decided nui-sance of …
For nearly 100 years, parking has been an issue in the Borough of Doylestown. On June 20, 1928, a letter to the borough council signed by residents and businessmen was written “to …
News of a wedding in Doylestown had traveled across the country during the summer of 1913, and the San Francisco Call carried the following article on Aug. 10. The happy couple were …
The Turk, as it was known, was a village south of Doylestown, near the village of Edison on the Neshaminy Creek. The name comes from the “Sign of the Turk’s Head” on the village …
At 16 N. Franklin St. (between West State and Wood streets) in Doylestown, a wagon spoke factory burned to the ground in 1901. It is unclear when the property was …
Running behind the Doylestown Inn and adjacent buildings was an alley named Oyster Shell Lane, so called because surrounding restaurants threw oyster shells there in bad weather to …
Henry Townsend Darlington (1832-1878) was born in Chester County in 1832. He moved to Doylestown as a young man and eventually became publisher of the Bucks County …
The era of picnics in the middle of the 19th century gave all who participated a great deal of pleasure, according to Doylestown historian W.W.H Davis.
Doylestown Borough Council considered installing electric lights as early as the spring of 1885. In September 1886, Mr. Sherwood, of the Excelsior Light Co. of …
Father’s Day was introduced by Sonora Smart Dodd in Spokane and was celebrated statewide in Washington in 1910. The intent was to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating …
Starting in 1964, the Doylestown Youth Recreation Council sponsored basketball and football games, summer recreation programs, the Fanny Chapman swim team, dances in Central …
The Doylestown area was once rife with poultry production.
In the last week of May 1904, The Intelligencer announced, “Nothing unusual is scheduled to appear in the Memorial Day celebration in Doylestown. Year after …
The Doylestown Intelligencer of June 13, 1889 reported, “A band of gypsies are encamped near the town and several of the women have been going from house to house importuning housewives to …
