An Open Door to the Families, History, and Landmarks of the St Mary’s Area and all of Elk County in Rural Pennsylvania. There are written and video posts to provide both a reader and visual friendly perspective of the area.

Go on an adventure through time, experiencing life through the eyes of those who came before. They were just like us and faced similar issues. There are articles to local events and landmarks. I also wrote a post on the St Marys Catholic church for ProjectKin members community. ProjectKin Forum is a Substack and website dedicated to saving and sharing the history of families and places from all over the world. My work is also found on TikTok at the handle Classic Car Lover or l.e.emitchell22 and YouTube at my channel named L.E.E.Mitchell. My Instagram is l.e.e_mitchell22. My Substack is also part of the Jellypod database, which converts newsletters into podcasts for subscribers listening pleasure.

My information comes from years of tireless research from the St. Marys and Benzinger Township Historical Society, local libraries, old books, forgotten books and the abundant online resources. We are surrounded by information, which provides a keystone to the past, which the present is built upon.

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