Cannonball

A few months ago, I was among a small group of fellow history buffs who were invited on a personal tour of the historic Mifflin House, known to its Quaker…

…the coast was clear, the Mifflin family’s longtime friend Robert Loney escorted them to the river and rowed them safely to Columbia. Another time, Mifflin received a female fugitive, her…

The Mifflin House (Hybla) was an Underground Railroad station and a key artillery position during the June 28, 1863, Civil War fight at Wrightsville during the Gettysburg Campaign (submitted). Press…

…of those historic homes, the Hoke House and the Mifflin House, are threatened with eventual destruction from developers. Of the two, the Mifflin House (owned by Jacob Huber when the…

…Pennsylvania. Not only was this the sturdy home of Underground Railroad Quaker conductors Jonathan and Susanna Mifflin and their equally active son Samuel W. Mifflin in the first half of…

…firing from the old home of some of the area’s more anti-slavery activists, the Mifflin family. Samuel and Susannah (Wright) Mifflin, and later their son Samuel, had led the early…

…at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. Co-sponsored by the Gettysburg Foundation. July 4-5 Living History on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The Mifflin Guard, Programs at the Pennsylvania…

…events. The Mifflin house in Hellam Township northwest of Wrightsville has been in the news repeatedly in recent years because of the multi-faceted efforts to save the structure and some…

…little more depth. Among the passages is this description: Refugees crowded the roads, streaming toward Lancaster or Philadelphia and supposed safety. Columbia resident J. Houston Mifflin noted a dichotomy in…

…at Union militia positions. Two of Tanner’s guns were near the Mifflin House, now in danger of being razed to build an industrial park. That site marks the farthest east…