Rick EpsteinAug 14, 20216 minFrenchtown-Fire Aftermath; Did Dr. Deemy's Horse Start It? The new day dawned to show several chimneys standing amid the smoking rubble. Little Charles Hummer was found, alive and well, in a ditch...
Rick EpsteinAug 13, 20219 minWooden Town + Zero Fire Engines = Frenchtown's Great Fire of 1878“It’s a bad thing to have a fire engine that won’t do what is required of it when most needed,” warned the Independent in 1871. The...
Rick EpsteinApr 2, 20215 minThe Night Prankish Boys Gave Frenchtown a Rude AwakeningTheodore Powers Williams (1853-1934) was the son of man who built the National Hotel in Frenchtown. Everyone called him “Powers.” He grew...
Rick EpsteinFeb 15, 20212 minFighting Uhlerstown Boys, Cheating the Toll-TakerDuring the Civil War, Frenchtown boys were at war with Uhlerstown boys. T. Powers Williams wrote, “I cannot account for the belligerent...