Business and Life in Cumberland County, PA

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Two Mile House

military buffs, families doing genealogical research, and schoolchildren come to Carlisle to use the reference materials available at AHEC. The Cumberland County Historical Society has recently created a dynamic museum, the William McLean Tannery in Shippensburg. The museum encompasses 16 galleries, including a new folk art gallery housing a nationally significant collection, and a new Indian School gallery featuring the nation's largest repository of Carlisle Indian School artifacts.

Two Mile House on Walnut Bottom Road near Carlisle is maintained by the Cumberland County Historical Society; this magnificent Federal limestone residence was built in 1820 when the Walnut Bottom Road served as a busy thoroughfare for travelers, merchants and farmers plying their trade. From 1826 to 1857 it was known as The James Given Tavern. Live music of every sort is available several nights a week at the Banquet Hall at the Historic Holly Inn in Mt. Holly Springs. Ace Music in Newville hosts jam sessions for Cumberland County musicians every Saturday

evening. The Trinity Fellowship Center in Walnut Bottom hosts free outdoor concerts throughout the summer.

Carlisle Events, one of the world’s largest presenters of collector car, truck and motorcycle entertainment, hosts ten seasonal automotive events at the Carlisle Fairgrounds which attract enthusiasts from all over the world.

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