Stone House Studios - Northern Berks

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Poetic visions of Berks and beyond

Northern Berks County, Pennsylvania

	Introduction
	We live in the beautiful northern corner of Berks County, Pennsylvania. This region was originally inhabited by the Lenni Lenape Indians. It was then settled by German immigrant farmers in the 1750's. They called this region the 'Allemaengel', meaning 'all wants' or 'all needs'. Since the land is rather fertile, I can only imagine that the name refers to its remote location from Philadelphia and Reading. The land is rolling hills that abut the Blue Mountain or 'Blo Barrig' in Pennsylvania German. The mountain extends close to 100 miles to the north east and is only interrupted gaps for the Schuykill, Lehigh and Delaware Rivers. In Berks the Maiden Creek flows into the Schuykill River, which meanders down to Reading and then to Philadelphia. This waterway link was replaced by railroads in the 1870's as a faster link to the commercial centers. There are numerous pictures of rail road cars filled with the potatoes grown in this region. Click here to view a portfolio of the small orchard valley we live in. Click here to view portfolio.
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