In 1848 Maryland slaveowner Mary M. Oliver filed a lawsuit in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania against Daniel Kauffman and two associates for helping thirteen fugitive slaves escape. Early in October 1847 two families of slaves – four adults and nine children …
Robert Cornman, a wealthy young manufacturer and entrepreneur, purchased an East High Street lot from Simon Wunderlich during the 1840s and constructed in ninety days an impressive brick four-story building. At the time it was one of the larger, and taller, structures …
The Farmers’ Hotel, 1860 (The Bentz House, 1872) Read more »
This courthouse was the third on the Carlisle Public Square. The first Cumberland County courthouse was a temporary log structure on the north-east corner of the square built in 1753. In 1766, a new brick courthouse was built on the …
The Cumberland County Historical Society, which was founded in 1874, has a permanent exhibit, gift shop, library, and archives open to the public. The archives contains a variety of photographs, manuscripts, and other artifacts from the Civil War era, including …
When Democrats held a rally in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1860, the Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer reported that no one had been ready for the “overwhelming avalanche” of delegates from “every town and township in the county.” Over 8,000 …