This week’s “Staycation Destinations” feature took you on a radio tour of Edwin Drake’s Well #1. It essentially became the birthplace of the modern petroleum industry. The Drake Well Museum and Park, with its indoor and outdoor exhibits, tells of this history. In this additional interview segment, Emily Weaver of the Friends of Drake Well …

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It’s “Staycation Desinations” on Family Life This week, a visit to a unique phenomenon of nature, in North Central Pennsylvania. The Coudersport Ice Mine has been a longtime attraction for locals and out-of-town visitors. After being closed for a number of years, Gary Buchsen (the father) reopened the Ice Mine ten years ago. Between Memorial …

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The JELL-O Gallery – Le Roy NY It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life The hometown of Jell-O brand gelatin continues to celebrate the century-plus of fun, wiggly food. The Le Roy Historical Society intentionally chose a more-fitting name for its museum — this is an art gallery. As you’ll hear in this podcast, some of …

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It’s Staycation Destinations on Family Life We take a Trolley to this week’s Staycation Destination. The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum offers a ride into pre-automobile history. Most people think of the Land of Make-Believe in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood when they think of trolleys. However, the electrified mode of transportation was real-world big business, shaped the development …

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Here is more from the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum…. Volunteer tour guide Gary Malaskovitz gives Greg Gillispie and our listeners a vision of that history, plus a ride on one of the nine fully-restored trolleys which still offer rides to the museum’s visitors. In this bonus online content, two additional stories: why families enjoy bringing children …

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Family Life’s “Staycation Destinations” this week takes you to Somewhere Over the Rainbow!…. L. Frank Baum’s hometown — Chittenango, New York — has a claim to fame that draws together everyone from cowardly lions to scarecrows to tin men…. and your little dog too. Baum wrote the book that inspired the 1939 Judy Garland movie …

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National Soaring Museum – Elmira NY – Staycation Destinations The Soaring Museum is an interesting placed to visit any time, but the week ahead (July 6-13) has a unique event while comes to our listening area only once every four years.   Some two dozen motorless aircraft “descend” on Elmira, New York for the International …

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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life “Staycation Destinations” takes you to a museum which celebrates how a water-powered sawmill fostered a transformation of America. The Hanford Mills Museum in Delaware County New York displays a still-operating waterwheel that powered the mill’s equipment. Education Coordinator Ryan Jones tells us about how economic, geographic and social history …

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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life We begin the Summer 2024 tour of Pennsylvania and New York in the Finger Lakes region, celebrating 300+ people who transformed medicine, culture, sports, politics, the arts and so much more. Every one of these special people — a woman. The National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls …

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