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Up Close and Personal with Mother Nature

For those who would like to get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s annual transformation, we highly recommend hitting the Clarion Little Toby Rails to Trails (the Trail Head is located 3 blocks from the Mansion). The Trail offers a wonderful 18 mile trek for walkers, bikers and outdoor enthusiasts and features scenic views of woods, streams, paths and bits of local history.

Maple Shade Mansion wins 2020 Best of Tri-County!

The BEST OF TRI-COUNTY recognizes the best businesses, organizations and artists within Elk, Jefferson and Clearfield counties. This year over 58,600 votes were cast. For the second consecutive year, the Maple Shade Mansion is the proud winner for best “Accommodations”!

It's Pumpkin Fest Time!

When I think of fall, I like to reminisce about the trips we took to Cooper Farm Market with our kids for the annual ‘Pumpkin Fest’ where we’d spend countless hours walking through the maze of pumpkins with its range of colors and sizes, always looking for the perfect one to bring home and carve into a magical creation (well…perhaps the finished product didn’t always look like we had imagined). We’d stay awhile and walk through the corn maze and take funny pictures with the ‘cut outs’ around the Farm. There would be games in the l

The Majestic Elk

Looking for something to do? Join the thousands of visitors who will soon begin trolling around Elk County, more specifically, Benezette, “The Elk Capital of Pennsylvania” looking for a bull elk and his harem.

Our Victorian Garden

Today’s blog is a little history lesson on Victorian Gardens.

When you say "I Do"

Imagine exchanging your wedding vows under our Victorian cast iron gazebo followed by cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres on our delightful garden patio and then dinner and dancing in our 19^th century Mansion that sets the standard for exceptional wedding celebrations in a private home setting.

THE HISTORY OF CARRIER (PART 2)

If you follow along with my blog, you may have seen in my previous post that in telling the story of the original owner of the home that is now the Maple Shade Mansion, I talked quite a bit about lumber and a plethora of sawmills. In that previous post, I alluded to yet another sawmill that plays a part in the history of Brockwayville, with this one being owned by Cassius M. Carrier. If you recall, I left you in suspense by noting that the history of Carrier is a story for another time. Well. Now is that time!

Brockway Farmers’ Market: Fresh, Friendly and Local!

The St. Tobias Church Parking Lot on Main Street in Brockway awakens early on summer Fridays as farmers and artisans gather to create the weekly Farmers Market. This charming market, located two blocks from Sheetz in Brockway on Rt. 219 North, is organized by Brockway’s Junior-Senior High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) students and adviser.

Brockway's Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration

For those who have been blessed with the opportunity to be in Brockway during the annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration you know how special and unique this event is to our community. For as long as I can remember, the "4th", as we affectionately call it, meant family gatherings, chicken barbeque, activities in the park, Main Street parade and the pinnacle of the evening – the spectacular fireworks! It’s not unusual to walk from house to house to house and partake in a picnic or share a cold drink and a story wit

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