“You’d have to turn in your gun and rifle by passing it through the window before entering the jail,” said Quinn. Built into the perimeter wall was a two-story home and guard tower for the sheriff. The cells deprived prisoners of light intended to bring them closer to God. County government eventually acquired it and hired a Quaker architect to design a jail with 40 tiny windowless cells with low doors that forced inmates to bow upon entering, an act of purposeful Quaker humility. Mystery solved: How four Buckingham eighth-graders solved the mystery of Lookaway farmhouse | LaVOĪccording to legend, the site was once a Native American habitat, later owned by two freed slaves of Supreme Court Justice Jeremiah Langhorne who willed them the property in 1842. ![]() Why the legend of Bucks County's Doan Gang endures Revolutionary outlaws: They were America's original outlaws. ![]() What you need to know about our Scandinavian roots Queen Christina: A 12-year-old girl once ruled Bucks County.
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