BEST KEPT SECRET IN JUNIATA COUNTY – THE TUSCARORA FEMALE SEMINARY

Juniata County Historical Society’s Fall Dinner Program will be held Wednesday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Walker Grange, Mexico, PA.

The program will highlight the history of the Tuscarora Female Seminary. It will feature not only the educational programs taught there, but also the history surrounding the building and its unique architecture by presenter Audrey Sizelove.

Tuscarora Female Seminary 1856-57
[Photo courtesy of Audrey Sizelove]

An article, “The History of the Tuscarora Female Seminary” as published in the book, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies will be available for sale as well that evening.

A roast turkey dinner will be served family style.

Tickets $20 per person.

Tickets should be purchased by visiting the JCHS Archives Tuesdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.  You may call to reserve tickets at 717-436-5152, however,  tickets must be paid for prior to the event and picked up at Archives.

If you wish to have tickets mailed after calling for reservations, a self-addressed, stamped envelope must accompany  your reservation payment.  Checks should be made out to Juniata County Historical Society and mailed to 498 Jefferson Street, Suite B,  Mifflintown, PA  17059 with “Fall Dinner” written in memo.  Deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 16.

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