Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
By Eilene Lyon Our destination at the end of the bike ride from Pittsburgh on the GAP and C&O trails was Washington, D.C. It’s probably been over 20 years since our last visit to our nation’s capital. On that earlier trip, we visited the Capitol building, Ford’s Theater, the Air & Space Museum, and later... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Though I spent years of my childhood in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, I had never been to Harpers Ferry before our September biking trip. Knowing a small bit of its history (particularly John Brown’s Raid), I planned for a day off and an extra night spent there before our last day of... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Many Cumberland restaurants are closed on Sundays, but we found a place to get a burger that even had some live music out on the sidewalk. I took a stroll along the Potomac River later in the evening. A gaggle of Canada geese grazed on the grass near the towpath. Across the... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon What eventually became the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail trail was conceived in the 1970s. The trail partly replaces the route of the Western Maryland Railroad. The entire 149-mile distance between Pittsburg, Penn. and Cumberland, Md. was not completed until 2013. In conjunction with the C & O Canal towpath (a National... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon This is the first in a series of posts about a long-awaited trip to ride bikes from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. along the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail trail, and the Cumberland & Ohio Canal (C&O) towpath trail. We spent the first full day of our trip in Pittsburgh, a city I... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon My North Carolina German family lines did not make that colony/state their first stop on this continent. For the most part, they arrived in Philadelphia and settled in established German communities in Pennsylvania. They, or their descendants, later moved to North Carolina where good land could be had for less money. There... Continue Reading →
Originally published July 15, 2018 By Eilene Lyon Since I seem to be on a roll with the Ransom family, I thought I’d follow up with a bit about one of Robert Ransom’s sons. He and Emma had four surviving sons: James Henry, William Randolph, Arthur Lemmon, and Albert Frederick (“Fred”). The first two were... Continue Reading →
Originally published May 14, 2018 By Eilene Lyon We recently took a trip to the Netherlands and Norway, so expect a few posts on sights, scenes, and travel. But first, I want to share a bit about the Dutch genius for engineering water. It’s no secret that much of the Netherlands is below sea level.... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Several years ago, my local book club read Death Comes for the Archbishop by one of my favorite authors, Willa Cather. It’s a fictional story of two real men, missionaries from France, who arrived in Santa Fe in 1851, not long after New Mexico became part of the United States. Cather calls... Continue Reading →
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