Two turn of the century baseball players from Danville receive brief stops on their “Field of Dreams” in major league Baseball. Credits: Take Me Out To The Ballgame (1908) Edward Meeker: YouTube Photo of Art McCoy: Helen “Sis” Hause Sketch of William Yerrick Chicago Chronicle February 15 1896: Newspapers.com Other Content: Newspapers.com and Wikipedia
History Speaks Podcast February 2021
By: Terry Diener
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Phillip Maus purchased 600 acres of land in what is now Montour County before General William Montgomery, who founded Danville. The September podcast takes a look at the Maus story and its contributions to Pennsylvania and this area.
History Speaks: September 2020 Podcast
By: Terry Diener
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Born in Perry County in 1814, businessman and Philanthropist Thomas Beaver came to Danville in 1857 and left a lasting impact on Montour County because of his generous philanthropy.
History Speaks:Podcast August 2020
By: Terry Diener
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History Speaks returns on a monthly basis with the July 2020 podcast. Educator,singer and songwriter Van Wagner is our guest. Van has taken the lead in organizing the Danville Heritage Festival in recent years. He has met the challenge of dealing with the coronavirus head-on by moving most of the events online in 2020. People […]
History Speaks: July 2020 Podcast
By: Terry Diener
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What’s in a name? This week, the Montour County Historical Society podcast looks at same names of neighborhoods and villages in Danville and Montour County which may or may not be familiar to listeners. Credits: Narrator/Producer: Terry Diener Music: Van Wagner and “Lucky Man” Information: History of Danville by Fred W. Diehl (1969) Danville: Past […]
Podcast 67: History Speaks
By: Terry Diener
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Danville had a Symphony Orchestra in the late 1920s with a short revival in the early Thirties. One member was Samuel “Sike” Miller who sat down with Montour County Historical Society member Tom Magill to share some of those memories. Narrator/Producer: Terry Diener Photo: Helen “Sis” Hause Music: Internet Symphony Eroica by Moanalua HS Symphony […]
Podcast 66: History Speaks
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This week’s podcast shares the story of Staff Sargeant Donald Traugh Junior of Danville. He was part of the fourteen man crew of the Lucky Lady Two, a B-50 bomber which flew around the world nonstop in 1949. Five years earlier Traugh had spent a year in a German POW camp after being shot down […]
Podcast 65: History Speaks
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During an Oral History Project in 1983, Tom Magill of the Montour County Historical Society spoke with Charles Young, a life long resident of Danville, on his work at the Reading Iron Works “The Big Mill” which began in 1913. This week’s podcast shares part of that interview and Mr. Young’s recollections. Credits: Producer/Narrator: Terry […]
Podcast 64: History Speaks
By: Terry Diener
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This week’s History Speaks Podcast features educator, historian and singer-songwriter Van Wagner who discusses the 2019 Danville Heritage Festival July 19-21. Credits: Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Photo: Montour County Historical Society Music: Van Wagner and “Lucky Man” Information: 2019 Danville Heritage organizer Van Wagner
Podcast 63: History Speaks
By: Terry Diener
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In July of 1860, all of Danville was astir with news that a delegation from the Japanese Embassy, which was visiting the U.S. at the time, planned a trip to see the local community. It turned out to be one of the biggest hoaxes ever carried out in Pennsylvania history, thanks to a group of […]
Podcast 62: History Speaks
By: Terry Diener
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