December 22, 2024
Tag: Lincoln Highway
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The Grand View Ship Hotel
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Driving west through Pennsylvania in the 1920s and 1930s was arduous. The road that became the Lincoln Highway (U. S. 30) was paved but there were few amenities. Then entrepreneur Herbert Paulson built “The Only Steamboat in the Mountains,” the Grand View Ship Hotel, at a sharp bend on the road with a beautiful view…
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June 18, 2023 3 Comments
It sure is fun to have postcards remind you of things forgotten. Words like “Allemande,” “Promenade,” and “Balance” no longer raise my hackles, but when they are said in any setting where folk music is played, and someone could yell, “let’s dance,” they send chills down my spine. Forget all this. The postcards are beautiful.