Dating to the late 1700s, the oldest known map laying out Easton's town lots is on public display until Wednesday in the Marx Local History Room of the Easton Area Public Library.

It all started with a bad map. ... So when Pennsylvania was given to William Penn by Charles II in 1681, ... Cresap was the 1700s equivalent of those actors who get typecast as Russian bad guys.

The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation is a living history farm in Newtown Square that allows visitors to experience what life was like in the 1700's on a farm.