The Red Arrow’s West Chester Pike Trolley in Broomall: 1895–1954
The West Chester trolley, which served Marple township for more than half a century, had a large impact on the township’s early suburban development and has endured as a memory in Broomall’s collective consciousness more than half a century after it was replaced by the Route 104 bus....
Isaac Burn and His Failed Mineral Spring Resort
Two hundred and ten years ago this August, Isaac Burn (also spelled Burns) advertised his Mineral Chalybeate Springs in Marple Township as a health and pleasure resort. Seeking to cash in on the popularity of mineral spring resorts, the cash-strapped Burn tried for several years to make an attractive...