The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

Two weeks ago in the Newsbreak story about the horse killed by bees , I promised an even more gruesome story to come. Well, here it is. Th...

The Yarnall Tavern, circa 1895 We've featured several taverns and inns in previous posts, either directly or indirectly, such as t...

Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, Sept. 15, 1852 For the Newsbreak this week we have a bit of apian-on-equine violence at a place not specif...

For this week's Newsbreak I couldn't resist using a story that not only ties directly into the community of Wooddale, topic of the...

[Philadelphia] Times, June 22, 1896 In the last post , we took a look at the unfortunate case of Abner Hollingsworth, a Mill Creek Hundr...

The (Phil.) North American - June 16, 1896 As we've seen in previous posts, Mill Creek Hundred was home to a number of communities m...

Juniata Sentinal, July 24, 1872 This week in the Mid-Week Historical Newsbreak we have a story of equine death from the heavens. Or just...

In the last Mid-Week Newsbreak post we got the sad story of the McBride family, and the possible eventual consequences from the incident....