The Time Traveler
"The Time Traveler: My Armchair Journey into Somerset County's Past by Ron Bruner
Over the years, I've spent many hours researching topics for Laurel Messenger articles. As a result, I have vicariously "traveled" through some very interesting periods in Somerset County's history.
Please join me in this armchair journey into some intriguing times in the lives of our ancestors who called this county their home.-Ron Bruner
Featuring:
The Greatest Show on Earth Came to Somerset in 1887
The Saga of Somerset's Purple Martin House
Sad Tale of Berlin's Murderous Minister
The Other Glessner
Indian Encounters (Part I and II)
Let Me Leave You My Calling Card
A Tale of Two Travelers: Crossing the Atlantic (Part I)
A Tale of Two Travelers: Life in America (Part II)
The Complete Bachelor
Looking Back 100 Years
Hobo Nickels Have a Long, Colorful History
Rise and Fall of the Markleton Pulp Mill
The Markleton Sanatorium
Monument in the Woods
The "CCC Boys" and Laurel Hill State Park
Spanish Flue Pandemic of 1918
The Garden of Memories: Memorial Park
The 1834 Common School Law
Recollections of a One-Room School
Movie Made County Coal Town Famous
Glimpses of Life as a Circuit Rider
Salt: A Precious Commodity for Early Settlers
Somerset County's Religious Roots
Bomber Crashed in Laurel Hill State Park
The Ancient Art of Dowsing is Alive and Well
Somerset County in the Great War
Early Somerset County Surveyors
Gravestones: A Dying Art Form
Somerset County's Medical Pioneers
Snapshot in Time: Hooversville in the 1800s
The Story Behind the Flight 93 Red Barn
A Lasting Legacy for Somerset COunty
Remembering the Tam O'Shanters
The Life and Times of Frank W. Smucker
Over the years, I've spent many hours researching topics for Laurel Messenger articles. As a result, I have vicariously "traveled" through some very interesting periods in Somerset County's history.
Please join me in this armchair journey into some intriguing times in the lives of our ancestors who called this county their home.-Ron Bruner
Featuring:
The Greatest Show on Earth Came to Somerset in 1887
The Saga of Somerset's Purple Martin House
Sad Tale of Berlin's Murderous Minister
The Other Glessner
Indian Encounters (Part I and II)
Let Me Leave You My Calling Card
A Tale of Two Travelers: Crossing the Atlantic (Part I)
A Tale of Two Travelers: Life in America (Part II)
The Complete Bachelor
Looking Back 100 Years
Hobo Nickels Have a Long, Colorful History
Rise and Fall of the Markleton Pulp Mill
The Markleton Sanatorium
Monument in the Woods
The "CCC Boys" and Laurel Hill State Park
Spanish Flue Pandemic of 1918
The Garden of Memories: Memorial Park
The 1834 Common School Law
Recollections of a One-Room School
Movie Made County Coal Town Famous
Glimpses of Life as a Circuit Rider
Salt: A Precious Commodity for Early Settlers
Somerset County's Religious Roots
Bomber Crashed in Laurel Hill State Park
The Ancient Art of Dowsing is Alive and Well
Somerset County in the Great War
Early Somerset County Surveyors
Gravestones: A Dying Art Form
Somerset County's Medical Pioneers
Snapshot in Time: Hooversville in the 1800s
The Story Behind the Flight 93 Red Barn
A Lasting Legacy for Somerset COunty
Remembering the Tam O'Shanters
The Life and Times of Frank W. Smucker
