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    Legends, Myths and Ghost Tales from Emmaus, Pa
    Legends, Myths and Ghost Tales from Emmaus, Pa
    Legends, Myths and Ghost Tales from Emmaus, Pa
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    Legends, Myths and Ghost Tales from Emmaus, Pa

    By Maryann Miller

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    This book is a series of short stories highlighting some of the history of Emmaus, as well as some amusing incidents that have become a part of our town. I also share with you some very interesting paranormal activities that also occurred within our towns boundaries.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateJul 20, 2012
    ISBN9781466941601
    Legends, Myths and Ghost Tales from Emmaus, Pa
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    Maryann Miller

    Maryann Miller won her first writing award at age twelve with a short story in the Detroit News Scholastic Writing Awards Contest and continues to garner recognition for her short stories, books, and screenplays. In addition to "Doubletake" she has published several other novels, including the Seasons Mystery Series, which features two women homicide detectives in Dallas. You can find all her titles on her website. She lives in the beautiful Piney Woods of East Texas, where she also loves to play on stage. Margaret Sutton has headed up several unique businesses in the Dallas area. These included the production of home decorating items and a custom-design carpet sculpting business. Sutton has placed short stories in several mystery magazines such as Ellery Queen Magazine. A resident of Texas, Sutton shares her home with a pet monkey and considers herself “Willie’s Mom".

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      Legends, Myths and Ghost Tales from Emmaus, Pa - Maryann Miller

      Legends, Myths

      and Ghost Tales from Emmaus, PA

      MaryAnn Miller

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      © Copyright 2012 MaryAnn Miller.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      isbn: 978-1-4669-4159-5 (sc)

      isbn: 978-1-4669-4161-8 (hc)

      isbn: 978-1-4669-4160-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012911031

      Trafford rev. 07/10/2012

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      North America & international

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      phone: 250 383 6864 ♦ fax: 812 355 4082

      CONTENTS

      The Very Beginning of

      Our Town

      An Averted Attack

      The Tunnel Legend or Myth

      The Coughing Ghost

      The Revolutionary

      War Dilemma

      A Returning Intellectual

      A Non-paying Ghost

      The Big White House

      at 218 Main Street

      Plane Crash in

      Emmaus—Fact and Myth

      Does Dr. Dry Return

      to His Office?

      Which Young Lad

      still visits this Place?

      The Pizza Shop Location and Murder

      Early Hotel Histories

      A Bully Gets His

      Due Justice

      A Nurturing Ghost

      Shelter House

      An Artistic

      Forefather’s Myth

      God’s Acre Cemetery

      The 1803 House

      Knauss Homestead

      A Lady with

      a Multi-faceted Spirit

      Who was the

      Good Samaritan and Why?

      A Friends Mother

      returns to be Helpful

      Stahle’s Casino and Broad Street Hotel

      A Stranger in

      the Bedroom, My Story

      How Emmaus Became

      Emaus and then Became Emmaus Again

      DEDICATION

      THIS IS THE TIME AND place to celebrate the people who supported as well as contributed inspiration to both the ghost tour and this book making it possible for those endeavors to reach fruition.

      Since so many people were extremely gracious to contribute bits and pieces to the content of this book, it would not be possible to name everyone. Also the various ways the assistance was contributed makes the individual acknowledgment of that participation impracticable. All the backing from the various sources was valued more than I can convey. I would have not been able to write as many varied and appealing stories without the kind consideration given to me. Some information was abundant and other sources provided tidbits but, every fragment added to the overall creation of the ghost tour and this book. Without all this participation, the endeavor would be far less comprehensive.

      A special thank you to the many Historical Society members who gave me their complete support and often went beyond normal resources to provide me with needed facts.

      I want to give a huge amount of acknowledgement to Moravian Church members who added to the commonly known historical facts of their church.

      I am also indebted to the many people associated with our town of Emmaus who freely gave me their complete stories setting the foundation for the ghost tales. Of course without these accounts, there could not have been a Ghost Tour or a Legends, Myths and Ghost Tales from Emmaus book.

      All my family members were supportive of me in numerous ways thus contributing their part to culmination of the ghost tour and this book. My husband, Raymond, did my commissioned art work and assisted me with when I organized each ghost tour. My daughter, Lori, who was my confidant as well as my computer support as both the tour and the book became a reality. My daughter, Lisa, gave her concurrence as the project progressed as well as her financial advice. My son, Andrew, even though living in California, lent me his ear as the developing saga of this endeavor evolved. My departed son, David, I know would have been ready to give his opinion and advice on this entire venture.

      It has been my pleasure to have been associated with the ghost tour and the legends, myths and ghost tales connected with Emmaus. The ghost tour is an abbreviated version of the accounts chronicled in the book. While on the tour, you are able to experience the historical tidbits and paranormal activity close to the original locations. The book is a tangible confirmation as well as a permanent reference for all the information acquired on the tour.

      Introduction

      EARLY IN THE YEAR OF 2011, I started looking for information and facts for a historical/ghost tour in our town of Emmaus. Historical information was rather abundant but ghost stories were virtually non—existent except for the Knauss Homestead ghost, Elizabeth. That ghost has been documented. While seeking historical facts, several other ghosts have surfaced. I have tried to bring to the forefront events of a historical nature that are amusing and unusual. These incidents bring history to life and give insight into everyday life from more than 200 years ago up to the current day.

      You may or may not believe in ghosts; or maybe you are unsure about the existence of ghosts. If you are a believer, you will delight in hearing about the spirits that have made a home here in Emmaus. If you are a nonbeliever, it is my hope you will be intrigued by the spiritual incidents and they give you a deeper connection to history. If your view of ghost activity is maybe, you can experience the reason why many people who have had close encounters with these spirits become believers.

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