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Interesting History of the Schuylkill River Definition of the Schuylkill River:
Author : Emily Stehr
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
Release : 2018-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781720015055
Interesting History of the Schuylkill River Definition of the Schuylkill River:
Author : Ella Zerbey Elliott
Publisher : Pantianos Classics
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 14,81 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The local history of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is full of interesting stories about the intrepid souls who settled there, building the first towns and industries of the region. This is a well-researched and superbly composed chronicle which traverses various aspects of Schuylkill life. It begins with a profile of the German settlers who were the majority group who established themselves in areas of Penn State during the mid-1700s. We continue onto accounts of the initial settlements; essential matters include agriculture and an effective defense from aggressive Native American tribes. To better place the reader character profiles are given, describing certain people and the environs that surrounded them. As the decades went by, hamlets and villages grew into towns such as Pottsville. New industries were born and developed rapidly as the population burgeoned. The discovery of coal plus the advent of steam engines and the railroad led the economy of Schuylkill to prosperity. Churches were built to keep the locals mindful of the Lord, and schools were set up to educate the new generations. Amid all this activity, many intriguing stories and events ensued - together, these bring alive a distant era of grit, determination and hardiness.
Author : Beth Kephart
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 15,70 MB
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781592136384
The Schuylkill River-the name in Dutch means "hidden creek"-courses many miles, turning through Philadelphia before it yields to the Delaware. "I am this wide. I am this deep. A tad voluptuous, but only in places," writes Beth Kephart, capturing the voice of this natural resource in Flow. An award-winning author, Kephart's elegant, impressionistic story of the Schuylkill navigates the beating heart of this magnificent water source. Readers are invited to flow through time-from the colonial era and Ben Franklin's death through episodes of Yellow Fever and the Winter of 1872, when the river froze over-to the present day. Readers will feel the silt of the Schuylkill's banks, swim with its perch and catfish, and cruise-or scull-downstream, from Reading to Valley Forge to the Water Works outside center city. Flow's lush narrative is peppered with lovely, black and white photographs and illustrations depicting the river's history, its people, and its gorgeous vistas. Written with wisdom and with awe for one of the oldest friends of all Philadelphians, Flow is a perfect book for reading while the ice melts, and for slipping in your bag for your own visit to the Schuylkill.
Author : Laura Catalano
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 20,86 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738565484
The Schuylkill River got its name, meaning "hidden river," from Dutch settlers who discovered its mouth sequestered behind the Delaware River's League Island. It later became a river of revolutions. Along its banks Revolutionary War battles were fought, and George Washington's army famously camped at Valley Forge. Later the river helped fuel the Industrial Revolution with coal from Schuylkill County shipped to Philadelphia via the Schuylkill Canal. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad began here and grew into the largest corporation in the world. The iron and steel industry flourished along its waters. The Schuylkill River Desilting Project of the 1950s was the first large-scale cleanup of its kind and helped usher in an environmental revolution. The nation's first public water supply was developed here, and its first zoo and university overlook the river.
Author : Historical Society of Schuylkill County
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 34,60 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Schuylkill County (Pa.)
ISBN :
Author : Charles Valerius Hagner
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Falls of Schuylkill (Pa.)
ISBN :
Author : John Frederick Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 1924
Category : City planning
ISBN :
Author : James Bennett Nolan
Publisher :
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 11,14 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Schuylkill River (Pa.)
ISBN : 9780963762016
J. Bennett Nolan's "The Schuylkill", first published in 1951, provides a snapshot of SE Pennsylvania's Schuylkill River region's history and serves as a valuable educational tool. It has been reprinted in the original format by the Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area as part of their educational outreach program.
Author : Pottsville School District
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Schuylkill County (Pa.)
ISBN :
Author : North American, Philadelphia
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Canals
ISBN :
"The articles which compose the body of the following pamphlet, were originally published as leading editorials in the North America."--Introductory note