by Leisa McCracken | Oct 28, 2025
Thursday November 20th, 2025 * 7:00 PM The Middleburg/Mason-Dixon Line Historical Society will meet at the State Line Ruritan Building, 15481 Park Drive, located off Route 11 at the State Line, PA Community Park. Guest speaker is LTC. Christopher M. Siedor (Army Ret.)...
by Leisa McCracken | Sep 11, 2025
Tuesday October 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th, 2025 * 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Designed for kids in grades K to 5th grade. Location: Buttonwood Nature Center in Waynesboro. All program activities are outside, and each week features a different theme. Taught by educators...
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...