2012-02-08
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Qubec, Canada
Quebec Bon Homme Winter Carnival: Feb. 8 - Feb. 12, 2012
Contact field trip chairman:
matinjoffe@gmail.com
Google Quebec Winter Carnival
2011-11-07
2012-02-01
TBD
TBD
500 miles
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Martin Joffe
Martin Joffe
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2012-04-13
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Ohio between Columbus and Cleveland
Expolore the unique culture of the Amish in Ohio
Explore the unique culture of the Amish in central Ohio, home of the world’s largest Amish community. Enjoy beautiful scenery as we explore roads and byways between Columbus and Cleveland Ohio.
http://www.visitamishcountry.com/
2011-11-07
2012-04-01
TBD
TBF
TBD
n/a
Martin Joffe
Martin Joffe
TBD
2012-05-20
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Harlem New York
Escorted walking tour of Harlem
The tour covers the history of this neighborhood- from the period of the late 1800's to the early 1900's when it was the home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world- to Harlem's later years when it became the center of African American activism. On the tour you will walk-by former synagogues such as the beautiful Temple Israel and the Ethiopian Hebrew Synagogue, the "Commandment Keepers", and go through the beautifully restored Mount Morris Park Historic District and learn about the current gentrification and rejuvenation of the neighborhood. The tour guide also discusses some unusual aspects of Harlem's history such as the Hotel Theresa and Blumstein's Department Store- And much more....
Google Harlem
2012-11-07
2012-05-13
TBD
TBD
n/a
$20.00
Martin Joffe
Martin Joffe
TBD
2012-06-02
n/a
Dingman's Ferry, PA
Waterfall at Childs Recreation Site
The George W. Childs Recreation Site is a former state park that is the site of a number of cascade waterfalls along Dingmans Creek. It is located in Dingmans Ferry in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania and is part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area .
The site is named for the late newspaper publisher George William Childs, whose widow deeded the land to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1912. The site contains three main waterfalls: Factory Falls, Fulmer Falls and Deer Leap Falls and is a few miles upstream from Dingmans Falls and Silverthread Falls.
The pools below the waterfalls were once a popular spot for swimming during its ownership by the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks. However, that activity had been banned upon transfer of ownership to the National Park Service.
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The mill
The site is also host to the ruins of Joseph Brooks' 19th century woolen mill. About 1826 Joseph Brooks, a Welshman who had immigrated to Philadelphia, built a woolen mill of stone, 3½ stories high. He employed about 80 workers.
His sheep, though, were devoured by wolves or died from eating poisonous Sheep Laurel. Supplies, operatives, and materials such as expensive raw wool, had to be brought in from Philadelphia, and the finished products shipped down to this city by wagons, a trip which took 10 days. Brooks died in 1832 and the mill was abandoned, the ruins are still visible.
http://www.dingmansferry.com/dingmansferrywaterfalls.htm
2011-11-07
2012-05-27
TBD
TBD
75 miles
TBD
Martin Joffe
Martin Joffe
TBD