Comments on Weird Nazareth: Ghosts of the Dryland--Newburg Inn

Interesting. I'd love to take a look around somet...

2009-09-18T14:09:02.021-04:00

Interesting. I'd love to take a look around sometime and see whats going on around there. Do a little research, and maybe publish a story.
--TerminalDenial@aol.com

Thank you for that additional history! I hadn't he...

2009-08-07T16:01:27.220-04:00

Thank you for that additional history! I hadn't heard that part of it. The early Moravian writings also say that the Drylands had no streams or springs, which made them uninhabitable for them and other European newcomers until people started digging wells there.

I like your grandmother's story. That would be quite a haunting to have!

and my grandmother, who grew up in a farmhouse on ...

2009-08-07T11:32:21.522-04:00

and my grandmother, who grew up in a farmhouse on the corner across the street (where the bank is now) told some great tales about occurances in the Inn from the 30's and 40's...apparently, before it hosted fine dining, the bar featured "dancers", one of which was famous (notorious?) for being able to swing the tassles of her pasties in opposite directions...wonder if she is haunting the place?

History of the "Drylands", according to the LN Tow...

2009-08-07T11:27:42.548-04:00

History of the "Drylands", according to the LN Township website... the Township was originally part of the "Walking Purchase" of 1737. Purchased from William Penn, this area was originally known as "The Drylands". This 83 hundred-acre section was once thought to be doomed and was termed, "Barren". There was very little forest land as the Indians had burned all of the vegetation to drive the game into the open to hunt. This "Barren" appearance of the area gave rise to the popular superstition that no crops could be grown in this region as it was too "dry".