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A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania

Author : Lois Mulkearn

Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre

Page : 455 pages

File Size : 27,72 MB

Release : 2010-11-23

Category : History

ISBN : 0822975319

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This book presents a county-by-county guide to historic landmarks in western Pennsylvania, and how to reach them. Twenty-seven counties are included, along with maps of each. Along the way, travelers will find historic forts, residences of leading citizens, old iron furnaces, grist mills, churches, inns, taverns, tanneries, and many other intriguing places. Historians Lois Mulkearn and Edwin V. Pugh personally visited each site, and provide background vignettes on them, offering interesting facts and highlights gathered from archival documents.



Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Pennsylvania

Author : Ron Franscell

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 243 pages

File Size : 15,65 MB

Release : 2013-10-01

Category : History

ISBN : 149300445X

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The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Pennsylvania is the ultimate guidebook to the crime, injustice, and seedy history of the Keystone State. With photographs, maps, directions, and sites to visit, this collection of outlaw tales serves as both a travel guide and an entertaining and informational read. It is a one-of-a-kind exploration into well-known and more obsure sites in Pennsylvania that retain memories of bandits and their scandalous deeds. The Crime Buff series offers indispensable guidebooks for criminal-history enthusiasts and travelers. Each site description includes a brief summary of the spot’s significance, historical context, maps, directions, and photos. Appealing to both residents and visitors, the books reveal the exploits of famous and less famous outlaws in an irresistable and informational manner. Readers will be shocked, unsettled, and captivated by the true stories and secrets illuminated in the Outlaw collection.





Pennsylvania's Forbes Trail

Author : Burton K. Kummerow

Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 26,8 MB

Release : 2008-05-23

Category : Travel

ISBN : 146166215X

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This spellbinding chapter in American history unfolds in a lively historic narrative, punctuated with rich, original illustrations. Join a headstrong young George Washington and British General John Forbes as they carve a trail through the Pennsylvania wilderness, capture Fort Duquesne and help set the stage for the birth of a nation.



Pennsylvania History

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Publisher :

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 42,1 MB

Release : 1955

Category : Pennsylvania

ISBN :

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Includes section "Book reviews and Book notices.".



First Citizen

Author : Joseph Lambert, Jr.

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 245 pages

File Size : 26,98 MB

Release : 2022-10-27

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1476690405

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In 1919, the doors of Youngstown's Butler Institute of American Art were opened for the first time. Dubbed "the lighthouse of culture," both the beautiful marble museum and the artwork inside were the gift of 19th-century industrialist Joseph G. Butler, Jr., in what was the crowning achievement of a long life. Butler earned his successes with hard work, a competitive spirit and business savvy. He earned a fortune in the iron and steel industry crowded by such figures as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Frick and Charles Schwab. Butler also took on politicians, promoted American interests, preserved American history and spearheaded projects to improve his community. To friends and admirers, he was affectionately referred to as "Uncle Joe." This biography chronicles Butler's early life through his career in the iron and steel industry, detailing his contributions to the art world, his philanthropic endeavors and his accomplishments as an author and historian.



Pennsylvania in Public Memory

Author : Carolyn Kitch

Publisher : Penn State Press

Page : 434 pages

File Size : 24,70 MB

Release : 2015-06-26

Category : History

ISBN : 027106885X

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What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.



Greetings from the Lincoln Highway

Author : Brian Butko

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 24,18 MB

Release : 2019-05-31

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1493041681

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The Lincoln Highway was the first continuous road to connect the coasts, allowing newly motorized Americans to cross the country by car. This book allows readers to travel across 100 years of the highway, from New York City to San Francisco, with stops at historic landmarks, bridges, taverns, movie palaces, diners, gas stations, ice cream stands, tourist cabins, and roadside attractions. Color maps and stories of the highway take readers through 14 states, with excerpts from memoirs and old postcards giving a feel for what early motoring was like--the good, the bad, and the muddy. The book is organized by state, with narrative information on what the original Lincoln Highway crossed through. There are historical tidbits and nostalgic details, along with information on what remains. This book is a useful treasure for travel planning and armchair reading.



Bookman's Guide to Americana

Author : Joseph Norman Heard

Publisher : Scarecrow Press

Page : 486 pages

File Size : 14,78 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Antiques & Collectibles

ISBN : 9780810818941

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