Tales of the Towpath

Nancy, the mysterious woman who lives along the tiny creek that flows through Freemansburg (now called Nancy Run), was a real person. Nancy came to Pennsylvania in the late 1700s from North Carolina, where she was a slave. When she … Continue reading →

I don’t remember the trip across the Atlantic Ocean, when my family left Ireland and settled in America. I was only one year old. When I look at a map, I can’t imagine how a ship captain could ever sail … Continue reading →

The children’s storybook, Tales of the Towpath, deals with life along the Lehigh and Delaware canals in the mid-1800s. Industries were being built everywhere, and they all depended on natural resources that were mined in the land along the Lehigh and … Continue reading →