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๐Ÿฅพ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž: ๐— ๐—ข๐—•๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ, ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ & ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ!

๐—” ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ | ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— 

What if I told you that beneath the peaceful waters of Marsh Creek Lake lies an entire lost village? And that the surrounding woods hold stories of millionaires, racehorses, notorious gangsters, murder mysteries, and abandoned mansions?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€!

Join Magic Hour Adventures for a fascinating journey back in time, co-hosted by ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ, who will bring the areaโ€™s colorfulโ€”and sometimes darkโ€”history to life.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†:

๐Ÿš๏ธ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—š๐—˜: Discover the story of Milford Mills, a once-thriving community that disappeared when the valley was flooded in 1974.

๐ŸŽฉ ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ & ๐— ๐—ข๐—•๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ: Explore historic estate ruins and hear about the 44-room mansion once occupied by notorious bootlegger Max โ€œBoo Booโ€ Hoff, who had connections to Al Capone!

๐Ÿ”Ž ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—ฌ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ: Visit the ruins associated with a convicted young murderer and an abandoned farm tied to a chilling 1937 crime.

๐ŸŽ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜โ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž: Walk along the remains of a historic horse-racing track dating to the 1890s. Imagine the horses thundering past!

๐Ÿ‚ ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—œ๐— ๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ: Finish with a beautiful woodland hike along the East Branch of the Brandywine Creek, where nature has reclaimed much of this once-bustling valley.

๐Ÿฅพ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐——๐—˜๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ

  • ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป: Saturday, November 21 at 1:00 PM
  • ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: West side of Marsh Creek State Park
  • ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜: West Boat Launch, 800 N. Reeds Road, Downingtown, PA
  • ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Approximately 4-5 miles (subject to final route)
  • ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜†: Moderate, with some hills and uneven trails
  • ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Todd Bainbridge and Karen Bashore

๐Ÿป ๐—”๐—™๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜: Weโ€™ll likely head to a nearby watering hole for a cold beer, glass of wine, and more great conversation. Location to be announced!

Come for the beautiful fall scenery, stay for the stories, and leave knowing a little more about the fascinating history hiding right in our backyard.

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Join us on our next adventure with ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€!j

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