Birds eye view of burnham and yeagertown, mifflin co. Read about the early history of pennsylvania, its oil history, its cultural evolution, and much. York county 1850 census manuscripts phmc pennsylvania. Tioga county tioga county, named for the tioga river, was created on march 26, 1804, from part of lycoming county. The library serves a population of 4,010 residents other info. Search census records 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1890 veterans. Ye olde sulphur spa historical society home facebook. Divided into general, special, township and borough histories with a biographical department. Yosshs is committed to preserving local history in northeast adams county, pa. Church in reading, it may be of interest to first relate a few things about the development of catholicity in pennsylvania, in so far as it involves berks county. Dauphin county, 17881867 and york county, 17901860. No unauthorized commercial use may be made of this material. The courthouse in new berlin, pa new berlin beginnings from a handful of early settlers in 1792, on land laid out for george long by surveyor frederick evans, longa stettle or longstown, grew in size and importance, becoming the county seat for union county in 1814 to 1855.
History in 1682, the counties of chester, philadelphia and bucks were delineated within william penns providence of pennsylvania. Click on a municipality below to see its 1850 census rolls. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,035 people, 416 households, and 299 families residing in. It is an excellent educational resource continue reading pa history books. Kelly, 1936, by mary paul hallowell hough illustrated html at celebration of women writers filed under. Thomas hutchins, a distinguished geographer and historian, who published several works of merit. Meginness, 1895, 398 pages 17951895 lycoming county its organization and condensed history for one hundred years john f. Appears in 179 books from 18372008 page 259 at the corners are assembled juntos of village idlers and wise men, who take their stations there for the important purpose of seeing company pass. It is a snapshot of the website with minor modifications as it appeared on august 26. Local history books on pennsylvania arcadia publishing. Erie, pennsylvania historic book collection 8 books. Wellsboro, the county seat, was laid out in 1806 and incorporated on march 6, 1830. Each chapter offers a glossary, map study, bios, related history and student exercises.
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The communities of burnham, in the foreground, and yeagertown in the distance, are separated by kishacoquillas creek. History of the county of westmoreland, pennsylvania books. Foldout map following page 298 is damaged and areas may not be legible. A biographical history of york county, pennsylvania search. Snyder brings together a collection of vignettes to chronicle this fascinating history. Volumes include both editions of important texts and significant new research in the field. For her page 3 newyork historical society nyhistory store.
The promising town site, part of 226 acres purchased by long from george. The collection of the library contains 20,032 volumes. History originally constructed in 1902 by the philadelphia and reading railroad company, the station served passengers for more than 80 years. History of york county, pennsylvania from the earliest period to the present time, divided into general, special, township and borough histories, with a biographical department appended. This list of the best history books includes bestsellers, pulizter prize winners and editors picks from distinguished historians and biographers. About a biographical history of york county, pennsylvania bordered by the susquehanna river in southeastern pennsylvania, york county was formed in 1749 from neighboring lancaster county.
A legend of the ancient moravian sun inn of bethlehem, pennsylvania lititz, pa. For general information and books about pennsylvania, or to locate information about other counties, visit the pennsylvania page of time voyagers bookstore dont forget to check on the parent county from which a county was originally founded. David callahan, local business proprietor and avid newtown historian, is past president of the association. This library is affiliated with saegertown area library. With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, volume 1 george dallas albert l. The courthouse in new berlin, pa new berlin beginnings. Reader page images at hathitrust items below if any are from related and broader terms. History a sketch of the history of wyoming 1830, by isaac a. Based on the 1976 research of bernice dravis tkacik, the area now known as geistown was first inhabited by a tribe of shawonese indians, a tribe of approximately 250 led by chief okewlah in the first half of the eighteenth century. Ye olde sulphur spa historical society, york springs, pennsylvania. Alice sheppard to memories of summer baseball games long past and a community united in the aftermath of hurricane agnes, snyder deftly captures the. Designed to make highquality scholarship accessible for students, the pennsylvania history series has been published since 1948 and now features. The name means sandy or gravelly creek in the delaware indian language.
Here is some fiction set in new york city between the postcivil war gaslight era and the jazz age of the 1920s. Books have been a part of our daily lives since ancient times. By anne garner, curator of rare books and manuscripts. Yeagertown is a censusdesignated place cdp in mifflin county, pennsylvania, united states. Gouza, assistant treasurer for a local consulting, engineering, and landsurveying firm. The borough was named for a prominent family with the surname of wells. History recorded history began in york township in 1736 with the signing of a treaty between the indians and the penn proprietors and with the westward surge of settlers across the susquehanna river. Choose our history of pennsylvania books at arcadia publishing. Erie, pennsylvania historic book collection 8 books exploring erie, its history, culture and its genealogy important citizens in the 19th and early 20th centuries tha new media llc on. According to the united states census bureau, the cdp has a total area of 0.
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Turnofthecentury pre1900 and early 1900s new york city fascinates me. One early patron of steamtown, 96 yearold katherine edwards, recalled getting married when she was 20 years old and riding the train from elmhurst, pa, to scranton. Tioga county historical society the history center on. Church records benedictine sisters of erie erie, pennsylvania family history library church records, 18731900 chestnut street presbyterian family history library french forts in pennsylvania. In 1974 the southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority septa assumed operation of all remaining reading co. A brief history of this county will appear here soon. Pa history books physician assistant history society. All books set in huntingdon on the global book map. We found books set in huntingdon and 9 others set nearby.
An illustrated history, is a concise history of the people, places, and events that have propelled the concept of the physician assistant from its inception at duke university in 1965 to its position as a major force in american medicine today. A social history of pittsburghs first public high school keystone books. Page 208 gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin. Erie genealogy in erie county, pa usa 1,060,369 pennsylvania 62,615 erie county 990 erie 393. Gouza, assistant treasurer for a local consulting, engineering, and landsurveying firm, is president of the association. The early european settlers were of many nationalities including english, german, scotch, and irish, all with a common background in farming. Steamtown national historic site is one of only a few sites in the country to feature steam locomotion and its history as a living museum. With a theme built around hotair balloons, explore our past. The pa history societys book, the physician assistant. This database is a collection of biographical sketches of prominent men from the county in.
Every one who wished to go to school had to buy their own slates, tablets, pencils, and books. Most of these but not all are county history books that combine history and biographies of families within the county. Additional records are listed on the county and state pa. If you would like us to do a name lookup for this yearbook, please contact us before placing the order. This is a static, archived version of the phmc pennsylvania agricultural history project website which will not be updated. History of bradford county, pennsylvania by david craft, lh. Tioga comes from a native american word meaning the forks of a stream. Meginness, 1892, 1263 pages 17951895 official report of the proceedings of the centennial anniversary of lycoming county, pa john f. History of the county of westmoreland, pennsylvania. Biblio has over 100 million new, used and rare books for sale in every. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. History of york county, pennsylvania 1886 edition open. Read each book description for publication and condition details and price.
The year is guessed to be around 1890 and the town is quite different from what it is now. Andrews son john was the father of john jacob yeager the founder of yeagertown. Later the little and big school as they were called were torn down and the present front of the elementary building was built and then an addition was built at the back of the building and i think you know that some years later we built derry township. Snyder teaches courses on civil war history at montgomery county community college and for the pottstown department of parks and recreation. Church 17522017 as a preface to the history of saint peter the apostle r. Baptism register st johns catholic church us gen web. Mar 19, 2010 for the last eight years he has written feature articles on local history for the pottstown mercury. He is currently the president of the pottstown historical society. If you would like to confirm that this yearbook is not missing. History of bradford county, pennsylvania by david craft. History and books about tioga county, pennsylvania. History and books about lycoming county, pennsylvania. Lycoming county lycoming county was created on april, 1795, from part of northumberland county and was named for lycoming creek. Early european anatomical lifttheflap books made use of technologies available during the 16 th century.