Kirk Trasborg pushes numbers at Winterthur, the former home of Henry Francis du Pont. His office is literally located in du Pont’s former bedroom in a “smaller” 50-room house on the New Castle County, Delaware, estate. Upon meeting him, I had to know how a New Yorker, who lives in Lancaster, became the Chief Financial Officer of one of the country’s most prestigious properties.
Sitting outside a beautiful, beachfront rental home on St. George Island, Florida, I never thought I would be reminded of Lancaster County. By now, however, I should know connections to Lancaster County are almost everywhere.
Ruth’s called shot. Ricky Being Ricky. Candy Cummings’ curveball. Baseball is a game full of stories, and its lore helps maintain the rightful moniker of “America’s pastime.” And some of the greatest stories come from a town of fewer than 40,000 people.
Here is how to navigate the venues of Iceland Airwaves. With six main stages and a handful of satellite spots throughout the capital, Reykjavik’s music festival is the preeminent music event in the Land of Fire and Ice—and maybe beyond.
For one weekend in August, Mansfield, Ohio is about to come alive with a celebration like no other. This summer marks the 30th anniversary of “The Shawshank Redemption,” the film ranked as the number one movie of all time by IMDb. The film’s profound story of hope and resilience continues to resonate, making this milestone a perfect reason to visit the picturesque towns of Mansfield.
Southwest Virginia, the section of the Commonwealth bordering West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, is home to some of the richest American music heritage in the United States. Rocky Mount is 165 miles east of the state capital, Richmond, but the town of 5,000 residents marks the eastern terminus of The Crooked Road.
It is the end of a multi-month run of a show at Sight & Sound Theatres. The “install and logistics team” loads a convoy of tractor-trailers to make a 1,000-mile trek to Branson, Missouri, where the show will live on at the theatre’s second location. More than 60 truckloads of sets, equipment and costumes will make their way from Lancaster to a new home in the Ozarks over the next six months.
I never expected to “get into” genealogy. I had a pretty good grasp on my heritage … I thought. Then a genealogy librarian at the Allen County Public Library in Indiana handed me a large three-ring binder, my full name emblazoned across the front. I cracked it open, took a quick overview, and landed on some names I did not recognize. And my jaw dropped, literally.
Trains became synonymous with Christmas as a means of travel during the Golden Age of railroading.
Over coffee, on a sunny day in the city, two writers speak of the beauty of Lancaster’s architecture. I am chatting with architect turned author, Gregg Scott, about Cassius Emlen Urban. And I am discovering how deep another writer will dig to unearth a story with veins touching almost everyone who strides upon the Red Rose city’s sidewalks.
