Exploring the Treasures of the Kutztown Area

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Folk Beliefs About Food

If you sweep the kitchen on baking day, the bread will not rise.

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Honey Cookies

Old fashioned honey cookie recipe

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Kutztown Municipal Electric Plant

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Henry William Sharadin

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The “Rude and Humble” First House in Kutztown: A History and A Mystery

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The Electrification of Kutztown: New Evidence

Circa 1906 - The A&RTC Power House and Car Barn

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The Kutztown Fair

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Burgess vs. Mayor

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What is a May Pole Dance?

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Baseball in Kutztown: 1874

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Kemp’s Woods to Kutztown Park (1900 through 1910)

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Fegely’s General Store in Maxatawny

Fegely’s General Store in Maxatawny, PA

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Pork and Sauerkraut

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The Allentown and Auburn Railroad

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Toilets, Pots, and Such

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Kemp’s Hotel – A Kutztown Landmark

Kemp’s Hotel in Kutztown

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The Christmas Tree

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A Tribute to DeTurk’s Hardware Store

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The Mystery of Maxatawny Reformed Church and the Grave of Elisabeth Kroll

A lone grave on the outskirts of Kutztown may be the only relic left of a long ago church.

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