Patricia Valentine Whitacre began researching Tinicum�s history and vernacular architecture 25 years ago during the restoration of her historic Tinicum farm. She has worked to pres...view morePatricia Valentine Whitacre began researching Tinicum�s history and vernacular architecture 25 years ago during the restoration of her historic Tinicum farm. She has worked to preserve Tinicum Township�s historic and natural resources while serving on the township�s planning, historical, and open space commissions and as editor of the township newsletter. Twenty-year resident Richard A. Plank, a history researcher and genealogist, has served on the historical commission and the board of the Tinicum Civic Association, and he has edited the Tinicum Bulletin.view less