When I was a toddler, we were allowed to climb on all the farm implements displayed at the Grange Fair, as though they were jungle gyms. Or was this "Madmen-esque" memory implanted in me as a screen to cover an alien abduction? Centre Hall, 1973. #grangefair #grange #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fairs #fair #encampments #display #displays #selling #commerce #farmequipment #tractor #tractors #johndeere #johndeereequipment #johndeeretractors #centrehall #centrecounty #twentiethcentury

The Boal Barn in Boalsburg, Centre County, was home to the State College Community Theatre for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to act with them the final twenty. #community #comunitytheater #communitytheatre #statecollegecommunitytheater #statecollegecommunitytheatre #groupeffort #ittakesavillage #apprentice #apprentices #apprenticeprogram #nunsense #guysanddolls #musicalcomedymurdersof1940 #theheidichronicles #gayrights #bats #centrecounty #nearpsu #nearpennstate #pennstateuniversity

I grew up attending the Grange Fair and Encampment as did my father before me and my grandmother before him. Aunt Ida at the Frazier tent in 1973. #grangefair #grangefairandencampment #grange #centrehall #centrecounty #summer #summerfair #summerfairs #endofsummer #pennstate #psu #farmanimals #rides #food #funnelcakes #deepfriedoreos #family #tenting #familyheritage #tentingwiththegrange #1970s #childhood #childhoodmemories #tent #tents #glamping

The Grange Fair and Encampment in Centre Hall was my Nana's and my vacation destination at the end of every summer in my childhood. We stayed at Aunt Ida's house, and could walk to the fairgrounds. 1973. #grangefair #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fair #fairs #countyfair #countyfairs #regionalfair #regionalfairs #centrecounty #pennsylvania #fun #summerfun #harvestfun #tradition #traditional #traditions #vacation #vacations #holiday #holidays #grandmother #nana #aunt #aunts

The most important aspect of the State College Community Theater in its first fifty years was its summer educational program. Up to twenty teens apprenticed the different departments, and served as tech crew for each production. I was coordinator the final year of this terrific program in 2009. #theater #theatre #community #communitytheater #communitytheatre #statecollege #pennstate #centrecounty #pennsylvania #regionaltheater #regionaltheatre #theaterlife #theaterkids #theatermagic

As Country Kids, we often had to make our own entertainment. Picnics were high on the list. Whipple Dam, 1977. #country #countrylife #countryliving #countrykids #picnic #picnics #picnicking #picnickers #picnicker #whipples #pennsylvania #centralpennsylvania #forest #woods #woodland #pennsylvaniawoodlands #forestanimals #nature #hike #hiking #naturehike #naturelovers #centrecounty #central #eastcoast #vintage #twentiethcentury #1970s #1970sfashion #1970sfashions #1970sstyle

Hype for the Future 121J: The Pennsylvania Wilds

Introduction Along the northern edge of much of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, particularly northeast of Pittsburgh, numerous forested areas are largely influential in determining the cultural features and traits of the surrounding regions, including in the cases of Forest, Elk, and Cameron Counties. The Elk Country Visitor Center honors the natural features of the region, including surprise opportunities to actually see elk in real life. State Forests Most of the protected forest lands […]

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My Great-Grandfather Dan was a farmer/undertaker in Centre County. Nana allowed me to make this scarecrow from his suit, when I was in high school. 1971. #scarecrow #halloween #fall #autumn #1900s #1970s #twentiethcentury #farmer #undertaker #centrecounty #pennsylvania

My Grandmother, my Father, and I all grew up attending the Grange Fair and Encampment in Centre Hall each year. Our tent, circa 1918. #grangefair #grangefairandencampment #encampment #centrehall #centrecounty #pennsylvania #tradition #traditions #family #families #tenting

Thanksgiving on Nittany Mountain. Centre County, Pennsylvania. 1994. #nature #pennsylvania #thanksgiving #scenic #scenicview #mountains #nittanymountain #centrecounty #1990s