Recent Posts

  • Wentz Post – Summer 2017

    PETER WENTZ FARMSTEAD SOCIETY CELEBRATES 40 YEARS  We honor the history of the Society through pictures and clips of the past and pre-sent. We acknowledge the massive contributions made to the…

  • Wentz Post – Spring 2017

    Peter Wentz Farmstead Society Celebrates 40 Years The year 2016 marked the 40th anniversary of the site being open to the public, and in 2017 the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society…

  • Wentz Post Fall 2010

    Land Acquisition for the Farmstead.  Montgomery County, through the Open Space Plan, has purchased nearly 5 ½ acres belonging to Alvin K. Rothenberger, Jr. The property is adjacent to the…

  • Wentz Post Summer 2011

    PUSHED BY CIRCUMSTANCE – PULLED BY HOPE  (PART II)  EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the continuation from Part I that appeared in the Wentz Post, Spring 2011. The Bibliography is available…

  • Wentz Post Spring 2011

    PUSHED BY CIRCUMSTANCE – PULLED BY HOPE  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article was written by Farmstead volunteers and is being printed in two installments of the Wentz Post. The Bibliography…

  • Wentz Post Winter 2009

    McNeil Wentz House. Wentz descendent Ginny Sinn recently shared with the Farmstead staff some photographs and information about an early 19th century house in Whitemarsh. The house now belongs to…

  • Wentz Post Spring 2009

    In Memory of Dick Anderl. The Society lost a true friend on May 2nd when Dick Anderl’s long battle with brain cancer came to an end. Dick, age 67, fought…

  • Wentz Post – Winter 2009

    McNeil Wentz House Wentz descendent Ginny Sinn recently shared with the Farmstead staff some photographs and information about an early 19th century house in Whitemarsh. The house now belongs to…

  • Wentz Post Fall 2008

    Abigail Adams to speak at the Annual Fall Meeting. Please join the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society in welcoming Abigail Adams to our Annual Fall Meeting on Wednesday Oc-tober 15th at…

  • Wentz Post Spring 2008

    Elizabeth R. Gamon, Remembered. Elizabeth Gamon was born in Fredericksburg, Va, attended high school in Lewistown, Pa and subsequently graduated from Bryn Mawr Hospi-tal School of Nursing.