Old Time Tales of Warren County
Author | : Arch Bristow |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2010-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781440197246 |
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Author | : Arch Bristow |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2010-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781440197246 |
Author | : Arch Bristow |
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Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 1932 |
Genre | : Frontier and pioneer life |
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Author | : Historical Records Survey of Pennsylvania |
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Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : Archival resources |
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Author | : Pennsylvania Historical Records Survey |
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Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : Archives |
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Author | : Thomas White |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2010-12-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1625845871 |
A folklorist chronicles the history and lore of witchcraft in the Keystone State from William Penn’s 17th century witch trial to 20th century occultism. As English and German settlers migrated to Pennsylvania, they brought their beliefs in magic with them from the Old World—sometimes with dangerous consequences. In 1802, for example, an Allegheny County judge helped an accused witch escape an angry mob. But Susan Mummey was not so fortunate. In 1934, she was killed in her home by a young Schuylkill County man who was convinced that she had cursed him. In other regions of the state, views on folk magic were more complex. While hex doctors were feared in the Pennsylvania German tradition, powwowers were and are revered for their abilities to heal, lift curses and find lost objects. In this revealing study, author Thomas White traces the undercurrent of witchcraft and occultism through centuries of Pennsylvania history.
Author | : William W. Betts Jr. |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2010-12-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1450267157 |
The Seneca war-chief Cornplanter was one of the most prominent and influential of all Native Americans during colonial times and throughout the American Revolution. The son of a Dutch trader and an Indian woman, he lived a long and intensely active life. Drama attended him everywhere. Chief Cornplanters exciting life unfolds in The Hatchet and the Plow, which follows the chief on his wilderness rivers, as a warrior for the British, as tireless diplomat, and as the devoted leader of his people. Author William W. Betts studies Cornplanter, also known as Gaiantwaka, closely, including his turbulent relationships with the leading figures of two worlds: George Washington, Henry Knox, Anthony Wayne, Timothy Pickering, Thomas Mifflin, John Graves Simcoe, David Mead, Timothy Alden, his uncle Kayahsotha, Handsome Lake, Red Jacket, Joseph Brant, Blacksnake, Little Beard, Blue Jacket, and Little Turtle. Some years after his death on his beloved Allegheny, a grateful Pennsylvania installed a marble monument at his gravesitethe first such monument ever erected to the memory of a Native American. Though it was moved up the river a short distance, it still stands today.
Author | : Lois Mulkearn |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 455 |
Release | : 2010-11-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822975319 |
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.
Author | : Warren County Historical Society |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467122513 |
Warren County's townships, nestled in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, were originally formed from the land grants awarded by William Penn and his descendants to many individuals and families. Warren County was established March 12, 1800, and grew in prosperity from agriculture, lumber, oil, rafting, railroads, and tanning. The Allegheny National Forest and Allegheny River both provide magnificent arenas for many local recreational and business opportunities. In 1965, Warren County became home to the Kinzua Dam as the flooding of Corydon and parts of Kinzua Township created the reservoir. While most of the eastern and southern parts of the county are broken and hilly, the northeastern section is mostly glacial territory. Hearts Content in Watson Township is one of the few virgin timber tracts remaining in the Allegheny National Forest.
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Total Pages | : 762 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Warren County (Iowa) |
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Total Pages | : 743 |
Release | : 1879 |
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