{"id":5333,"date":"2015-04-01T20:46:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T00:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?page_id=5333"},"modified":"2018-10-18T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T16:49:08","slug":"history-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/about-the-park\/history\/history-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"History Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our history articles about Glen Providence Park, listed chronologically!<\/strong> The park is rich in history, so we have plenty more articles to write, which we will continue to add to this timeline. You can read a narrative about Glen Providence Park’s past on our main History page<\/a><\/strong> or scroll through our articles back to 2011 in the History category<\/strong> on the right, and our 2011 Annotated Trail Map<\/a><\/strong> is full of historical references. We also have a History Album on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.  <\/strong><\/p>\n

Pre-Park History:<\/b><\/h3>\n
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pre-history – Geology of the valley<\/a>
\npre-1681 – The Okehocking<\/a>
\npost-1681 – Historical Maps<\/a>
\nlate 1700’s – Newlywed Ghost Story<\/a>
\nearly 1800’s – “Witches Ride”<\/a>
\n1841 – Ebeneezer Scroggie<\/a>
\n1848-1864? – Scroggie Shingle Mill<\/a>
\nc. 1883 – Broomall’s Dam<\/a>
\n1889 – T. Chalkley Palmer’s “Scroggie Valley” essays<\/a>
\n1896 – Eleanor Reed Butler brought Golf to Delaware County<\/a>
\n1897 – Isaac Worrall tree inscription<\/a>
\n1900-1921 – T. Chalkley Palmer’s Diatom slides from Scroggie Run<\/a> at Academy of Natural Sciences
\nearly 1900’s – American Chestnuts<\/a><\/p>\n

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Glen Providence Park History:<\/b><\/h3>\n
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1935 – Glen Providence donated by George & Eleanor Butler<\/a> as Delaware County’s first park
\n1935 – A Halloween Birthday for Glen Providence Park<\/a>
\n1935-present – Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts<\/a> in the park
\n1935-2011 – Overview of events in “76 Years in the Park”<\/a> 
\n1936 – A WPA Pond<\/a>
\n1936-2016 – 80 Years of Fishing<\/a>
\n1930’s Historical Drinking Springs<\/a>
\n1937-1977 – Summer Concerts<\/a>
\n1939 – Photos<\/a> by GJ Ulshafer
\n1941 – “1941 Nature Guide<\/a>”
\n1948 – Eleanor Reed Butler Waterfall<\/a>
\n1952-1986 – July 4th Fireworks & Festivities<\/a>
\n1954-present – Great Media Easter Egg Hunt<\/a>
\n1981-1991 Halloween Hauntings<\/a>
\n2002 – National Historic Register eligibility<\/a>
\n2015 – 80th Anniversary Celebrations<\/a> for Glen Providence Park
\n2016 – 5th Anniversary<\/a> of Friends of Glen Providence Park
\n2018 – Photo tribute to the Grand White Oak<\/a><\/p>\n

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These articles reflect hundreds of volunteer hours of primary source research, including private archives that have been shared with us to use, and paid access to historical records. We publish our writings free of charge to share widely the rich history of the park. You may use our articles for non-commercial purposes according to the terms of the Creative Commons license linked below. Please cite our website by each article used.<\/h6>\n
Suggested Citation: Stephanie Gaboriault. [article year]. “[article name]” Friends of Glen Providence Park Available at: https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org<\/h6>\n
Example: Stephanie Gaboriault. 2014. “Another Butler legacy: Golf in Delaware County!” Friends of Glen Providence Park Available at: https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org<\/h6>\n

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Our history articles about Glen Providence Park, listed chronologically! The park is rich in history, so we have plenty more articles to write, which we will continue to add to this timeline. You can read a narrative about Glen Providence Park’s past on our main History page or scroll through our articles back to 2011 in the History […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5333","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5333"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7645,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5333\/revisions\/7645"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}