Opened on May 29th, 1897, the former Brinton Park reopened as Cascade Park by the New Castle Traction Company after their purchase from its previous owner, Col. Levi Brinton. The park evolved over time from the nature park, as it originally existed, into a modern amusement park with rides and Read more…
We are excited to inform you about the great news of Cascade Park’s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. In a 10 June letter from Elizabeth Rairigh, Chief of the Preservation Services Division of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), the State Historic Preservation Office reaffirmed their Read more…
In 1882, New Castle’s Opera House ran the matinee “100 Wives”, in which the Mormon religion was seen as a drama on scenes and morality, which is blended with “genuine humor”.[1] While in 1883, the Salt Lake Tribune called the Mormon church “an aristocracy of robbers”.[2] Mormons were at the Read more…
In August 2018, Pleasant Hill Historians was founded as a way of connecting individuals with their families through the passion of genealogy and preservation.