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Devoted to the preservation of Skippack's historic landmarks and events.

The Skippack Historical Society is a non-profit organization formed in 1967 for the purpose of researching and documenting historical sites and rich history of the Skippack Valley, the site of the second inland settlement of the Pennsylvania German people

10/25/2026

Fall Fest 2026 in the books !
Great weather = great attendance, and fun for all ! 🎃 🍂 👻 🌽
Thank you to all our SHS volunteers, vendors, and of course our visitors!

10/24/2026

10-24-2026
Skippack Fall Fest today ! Not just a great kid-friendly event for the entire family, but if you have an interest in barns, antique tractors, and the farm machinery of yesteryear come out today!
4109 Creamery Road (next to Creamery Tire)
11am to 4pm

10/14/2026

Save the date!
Thursday October 22, 2026 7:30 pm
Join SHS as we welcome Ken Gavin, Valley Forge Encampment Guide, as he explains why Valley Forge was chosen as the winter site for Washington's army after the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign.
7:30 pm Skippack Township Building (Heckler Road)

10/07/2026

A friendly reminder that outside of Germantown, the Skippack Valley was the first inland settlement of the Pennsylvania German people. Just twenty years after the date below, German settlers would carving out their farmsteads up and down the Skippack and Perkiomen Creeks.

10/01/2026

Save the date ! October 24th, 2026
Well, although our Encampment was a bust this year thanks to the weather, we now downshift to our second fall event. This is a very family friendly Fall Fest, courtesy of SHS and Skippack Township!

09/25/2026

9-25-2026
EVENT CANCELED !!! 😔
It is with a heavy heart that SHS will not be having our Washington's Encampment event tomorrow, Sept. 26th. The impending weather has forced our decision that nothing can be set up outside. HOWEVER, from 10am to 1pm the buildings will be open for touring. All are welcome to stop by and see the farm from the inside at least.
Let's pray for better weather next year, the true 250th of Washington's visit to Skippack in 1777. 🇺🇸

09/21/2026

9-21-2026
Amazing donation back to the Indenhofen Farmstead !
Sometimes members of a group think they are doing something beneficial, when in fact it may be the complete opposite. In the early 80s, Lisa Short was contacted by founding member Ed Owens that SHS members were removing (and possibly going to destroy) a corner cupboard within the house. Lisa rescued the piece and for the next forty years was a caring steward of the cabinet, with ambitions one day of returning it to the house from whence it came. Well today was the day! We are pleased to have it back and will hopefully have it in place shortly.
Thank you Lisa ! 😊
We are unsure of its age, or time period, so any experts are welcome to weigh in. Do the fluted sides indicate Federal Period ? (1790-1820)
How does one see this phenomenal piece? Come out to our Washington's Encampment living history event this Saturday, Sept 26th 10am to 5pm.

09/17/2026

09-16-2026
The sad visit of General Nash at our Indenhofen Farmstead:
Francis Nash was Brigadier General of the North Carolina regiments in Washington's Army. During the Battle of Germantown on October 4th 1777, General Nash was victim of an errant cannonball that bounced off a road sign, passed through his hip, and killed his horse. Amazingly, that same cannonball also killed his aide Major James Witherspoon, son of Signer John Witherspoon of New Jersey, president of Princeton University. (It was also reported that Nash may have also lost an eye to a musketball, and all these wounds left him unrecognizable said Thomas Paine.)
Washington's personal doctor could not stem Nash's bleeding. Amazingly, he was "carried on a litter of poles" the sixteen miles from Germantown to the Indenhofen house in Skippack. Nash reportedly bled through two straw mattresses due to his mortal wound. Since it was unsure how far of a British pursuit might come up Skippack Pike, it was decided to evacuate General Nash off the main drag and thus he was taken to a DeHaven relative's farm up Old Forty Foot Road. Nash eventually succumbed to his awful wound three days later and was buried with other fallen officers at Towamencin Mennonite meetinghouse (Kulpsville). Eventually, the state of Tennessee was carved out of North Carolina territory and the capital Nashville named in his honor. Locally, General Nash Elementary School honors this brave man who gave his life for our country. 🇺🇸 -Benjamin H. Webb
Come to our September 26th Washington's Encampment to learn more about Skippack's early history and our role in the American Revolution !

08/09/2026

Save the date !!! 🇺🇸
Washington's Encampment in Skippack
September 26th Saturday 10am-4pm
Join SHS at the Indenhofen Farmstead as we commemorate the 249th Anniversary of the Continental Army's 1777 stay in Skippack.

07/20/2026

7-19-2026
Spotlight on today's runner: 1950 Farmall M
Although she looks old and rusty in her work clothes, this 76 year old tractor still runs like a sewing machine. Her job today?, disc-harrowing the furrows from our Plowing with Draft Horses demonstration in early May. Better late than never.....😏😊

Address

1285 Evansburg Road, P. O. Box 9
Skippack, PA
19474

Telephone

6105841166

Website

http://www.skippack.org/

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