{"id":312756,"date":"2026-10-23T16:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312756\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:11:28","slug":"a-walk-through-time-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312756\/","title":{"rendered":"A walk through time \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published October 23. 2026 09:11AM<\/p>\n<p>PRESS PHOTOS BY SHARON SCHRANTZVisitors tour the historic Bortz Log House during an open house hosted by the Lower Macungie Township Historical Society on Oct. 4 in Wescosville. Built around 1790-95 and preserved through restoration efforts by the historical society, the Pennsylvania German log home offers a glimpse into the lives of early settlers who lived and worked along what was then known as the King\u2019s Highway. The open house featured guided tours and demonstrations highlighting 18th- and early 19th-century life in Lower Macungie Township. ABOVE: Board member Jake Laubach plays his banjo.<\/p>\n<p>ABOVE: Sarajane Williams, president of the Lower Macungie Township Historical Society, and Richard Gorton, a board member, lead guided tours of the historic Bortz Log House.<\/p>\n<p>Historical items are displayed at the Bortz Log House.<\/p>\n<p>LEFT: Board member Dr. Charles Peters, Jr. assists during the tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published October 23. 2026 09:11AM PRESS PHOTOS BY SHARON SCHRANTZVisitors tour the historic Bortz Log House during an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-312756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}