Historical Articles
March 29, 2019
Conshohocken Prominent Female Residents It’s Unbelievable In Honor of “Women’s History Month” By Jack Coll March 29, 2019 Conshohocken was just one of hundreds of […]
March 25, 2019
It’s National “Women’s History Month” And Conshohocken Has Had Its Share of History Making Women By Jack Coll March 24, 2019 In honor of Women’s […]
March 8, 2019
Making History – Ellen T. “Nellie” Ruser by Jack Coll MAKING HISTORY Conshohocken Prominent Female Residents Ellen T. “Nellie” Ruser In Honor of “Women’s History Month” […]
February 27, 2019
Famed Aviator Amelia Earhart Visited Norristown 83 Years Ago Gave Stunning Talk at Norris Theatre By Jack Coll On Thursday March 19, 1936, Amelia Earhart […]
December 26, 2018
50 years ago 1968—THERE WAS A WAR, ASSASSINATIONS, A SONG CALLED “IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA” “GREEN ACRES” AND “BEWITCHED” WERE ON TELEVISION AND CONSHOHOCKEN WAS CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS By Jack […]
December 15, 2018
THANK YOU MARY WOOD FOR HOSTING BOROUGH RESIDENTS FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS By Jack Coll 12-15-18 The Mary Wood Parkhouse is located at 120 […]
November 20, 2018
CONSHOHOCKEN & WEST CONSHOHOCKEN NEIGHBORHOODSWHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN?By Jack Coll Tracy Terraces in front of 1410 Fayette Street, Conshohocken embedded in the concrete sidewalk. […]
November 10, 2018
CONSHOHOCKEN’S BIGGEST PARADEIT HAPPENED 100 YEARS AGOBy Jack Coll11-10-18 November 11, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice at Complegne, France. The […]
August 23, 2018
EMIDIO CARDAMONE WAS THE MANCARDAMONE ESTABLISHED CONSHOHOCKEN LITTLE LEAGUEBy Jack Coll8-23-18 My wife Donna and son Brian were quick to point out to me a photograph […]
August 9, 2018
FRONT STREET IN WEST CONSHOHOCKENRecalling The Gas Explosions In 1931, 1947, And 1971.By Jack Coll8-10-18 I have a tendency to travel to Upper Merion Township quite […]
May 2, 2018
CONSHOHOCKEN—A CENTURY AGO By Jack Coll It was springtime in Conshohocken, the year was 1918, a hundred years ago. Trolley cars rumbled up-and-down the picturesque tree-lined […]
April 9, 2018
REMEMBERING THE CONSHOHOCKEN HULLABALOO By Jack Coll April 10, 2018 The following is an excerpt taken from the book, “Conshohocken & West Conshohocken-People, Places and Stories” […]