by Todd Craig | Mar 27, 2025
Saturday May 3rd, 2025 * 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM Trip designed to focus on the geologic history and topography of our region. This year, participants travel by coach bus to Lansford, PA to tour the No. 9 Mine and Museum, once a rich anthracite coal operation. After...
by Todd Craig | Mar 27, 2025
Thursday May 1st, 2025 * 7:00 PM Presented by Buttonwood Nature Center in partnership with Franklin Co. Rock & Mineral Club. Fun and education combine in geologist Jeri Jones’s popular annual geology series. Jones will focus on locations showcasing the best...
by Janet Pollard | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog
The Cumberland Valley impressed Thaddeus Stevens, reminding him of the rural beauty of Danville, Vermont, where he was born in 1792. Later, when Stevens purchased land to begin an ironworks, he called it Caledonia because it reminded him of his boyhood home. As a...
by Janet Pollard | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog
Let your imagination take you back in time and make your own story by filling in the details. After days of traveling, we finally made it. We finally made it to Fort Chambers! It is much bigger than I imagined it to be. The walls are very tall. And there is a stream...
by Janet Pollard | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog
Franklin County Visitor Bureau (FCVB) is collecting school supplies for the United Way of Franklin County’s annual Stuff the Bus campaign. Joining the collection drive of Chambersburg’s Downtown Business Council’s (DBC), FCVB is accepting school supplies...
Underground Railroad
