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David H. Peiffer, 2024, Cumberland County Historical Society

254 pages, Hard Cover

This book is about passion, obsession and persistence as related to the William Black Homestead, founded in 1774, by William and Ruth Black. Scots-Irish immigrants to Louther Manor, Cumberland County in colonial Pennsylvania. Until today, nothing of substance was ever written about the William Black Homestead. This is baffling as the Black Homestead holds a coveted and honored place in Cumberland County as one of the few locales to be listed on the National Historical Register by the United States Department of the Interior. Heretofore, it has been said that not much is known about this mysterious home or family. This volume, however, changes everything. It records in detail what there is to know about the history of William and Ruth Black, their family, and homestead. On the pages to follow, the tales of numerous persons possessed with passions and obsessions are exposed. It is revealed how these people bonded with the William Black Homestead in the persistent pusuit of life. With the tales all neatly tied together, the reader will be rewarded with mysteries resolved, and the unknown finally revealed.