// Bucks County History Text
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evt[1]=[[1682,'William Penn sailed from England on the ship <i>Welcome</i>.']];
evt[2]=[[1909,'The first meeting to organize Capitol View Fire Company was held in Morrisville.']];
evt[3]=[[1699,'On his second trip to America, William Penn sailed from England on the ship <i>Canterbury</i>.']];
evt[4]=[[1936,'<i>The Sea Bird</i>, the first stainless steel hydroplane, was flown from the Delaware River at Bristol.']];
evt[5]=[[1909,'Forty automobiles passed through Sellersville in one day!']];
evt[7]=[[1918,'Sergeant Albert R. Atkinson, Jr., of Doylestown was killed in action at Fismes near the Marne River.']];
evt[8]=[[1954,'Bensalem High School opened with an enrollment of 975.']];
evt[9]=[[1777,'In Newtown, the Bucks County Courts opened for the first time under the new Constitution of the United States.']];
evt[10]=[[1730,'Joseph Growden, builder of the mansion Trevose, died in Bucks County.']];
evt[11]=[[1672,'Guided by Indians, George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey into Bucks County just above Bristol.']];
evt[12]=[[1925,'An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow up the William F. Fretz clothing factory in Pipersville.']];
evt[14]=[[1964,'The Fairfield one-room school in Upper Makefield Township was sold for $7,250.']];
evt[15]=[[1778,'Several members of the Bristol Friends Meeting were appointed to clear the meetinghouse of troops so that the service could be resumed.']];
evt[16]=[[1785,'Bristol Borough was rechartered from the original 1720 charter.']];
evt[19]=[[1959,'The Washington Crossing Memorial Building was officially dedicated.']];
evt[20]=[[1737,'Edward Marshall completed the second day of the Walking Purchase.']];
evt[23]=[[1777,'During the trip to Allentown to secure Philadelphia bells from the British, the Liberty Bell was hidden behind Liberty Hall in Quakertown.']];
evt[25]=[[1682,'William Yardley and his family landed at the Delaware River falls.']];
evt[27]=[[1824,'General Lafayette visited Bristol and Morrisville.'],
			[1692,'Seven townships were created in Bucks County.']];
evt[29]=[[1969,'The mortgage on the firehouse in Hulmeville was paid off.']];
evt[30]=[[1762,'Dunk\'s Ferry from Bensalem Township to Beverly, New Jersey was established.']];