If a delicious meal is in your plans, then you’ll definitely want to visit us here at Old Forge Brewing Company. Our chef has created a menu that is outstanding and truly unique. Enjoy Our Great Food & Amazing Beer. Stop in today, we know you’ll be pleased! JUST RIGHT!
We offer up to 16 of our very own beers on tap with 2 additional Cask Conditioned beers rotating on the hand pumps. We also feature a selection of wines and a cocktail menu. Lunch, Dinner, Appetizers & Daily Food Features Interested in Take-Out? Call to order! We Have Beer To Go: in Cans, Growlers, or Crowlers.
532 Mill Street • Danville, PA 17821 • 570.275.8151 OLDFORGEBREWINGCOMPANY.COM
A Grassmere Park baseball game between Grassmere & Benton, circa 1906.
Grassmere Park’s home baseball team; undated.
By 1899, Hess’ Grove had become known as “Grassmere Park”, and it was booming with family outings and the annual Farmer’s Picnic. The Columbian , the area’s local newspaper at the time, re- ported “fully 3 thousand attended” the August 1899 Farmer’s Pic- nic! The origins of the Grove’s name change are unclear, but have been the topic of debate through the years. The word, mere, in the English language can mean “meadows” or “only” and in French it means “lake”. It is easy to imagine that the name came about as a result of the lush green landscape with numerous fresh water sources that still exist in the area to this day.
sionist travel” and the park was to be the focal point. They added a dance pavilion & band shell, metal swings, a rail station, and a store. They continued the use of the food stand and kitchen previously built by Wesley and opened a sawmill that was operated by William Shultz. The park became a hotspot for dancing and watching baseball games. The park had its own team and ball diamond. People would shut down stores and stop farming to come to watch the games on weekends. On one such occasion, on July 4th, 1910, The Bloomsburg team was scheduled to play the Benton team. Also on this day was the Millville Fourth of July parade. Between these two holiday events, the village of Benton was mostly de- void of its population. It is stated that a few boys who remained in
Wesley sold Hess’ Grove (now Grassmere Park) to the B&S Railroad in 1904. The railroad company was interested in developing “excur-
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