Pennsylvania Place Names
Author | : Abraham Howry Espenshade |
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Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
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Author | : Abraham Howry Espenshade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
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Author | : Anne Hollingsworth Wharton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2015-07-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781331738039 |
Excerpt from In Old Pennsylvania Towns So many citizens of old Pennsylvania towns have aided the writer in her researches that their names would fill many pages; she wishes, however, to make particular mention of the aid given her by such historians of Lancaster as Miss Martha Bladen Clark and the Honorable C.I. Landis; by Mr. Henry W.Shoemaker, that indefatigable Pennsylvania chronicler; by Dr. Thomas Lynch Montgomery, State Librarian at Harrisburg; by Judge and Mrs. Edward W.Biddle and Miss Emmeline K.Parker, of Carlisle; by the Honorable John Stewart, of Chambersburg, and Mr. George H.Stewart, of Shippensburg; by Miss Anna Valentine and Mrs. Harry Valentine, of Beliefonte; by George R.Bedford, Esq., and Mr. Christopher Wren, of Wilkes-Barre; by Baird Halberstadt, Esq., of Pottsville; by Mr. Oliver Ormsby Page and Mr. Sumner B. Ely, of Pittsburgh; by Miss Louise de Schweinitz, of Bethlehem; by General H. C. Trexler and Mr. Charles R.Roberts, of Allentown; by Mr. John P.Lyons, of Montrose, and last, but by no means least, by Governor William C.Sproul, of Lapidea, near Chester. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : George P. Donehoo |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2018-07-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780365255383 |
Excerpt from The Changing of Historic Place Names: With an Introduction and Glossary of Some Historic Names Changed or Misspelled in Pennsylvania Some of these early names are most beautiful lto hear, and some are not. But they are all of interest and historic value. Many of the most beautiful sounding names. And names of his toric value, 'have disappeared entirely from Ithe map of the state. Wyoming is an illustration of the disappearance of an old, beau tiful and historic name. Many people think that the name Wyoming belongs to the state to which it migrated from the beautiful vale of Pennsylvania, where it was made historic for all time. Some of the earliest place names now are applied to town-s and topographical features far removed from the place which gave them brath. Shamokin is an illustration of this change. This name is one of the very oldest on the Susquehanna River, and it was used during-the entire period of settlement, as well asduring the period of Indian occupancy, when the vice-gerent of the Iroquois Confederacy made it the Indian capitol of Penn sylvani'a. All of.the early travelers and all of the official docu ments relating to Indian affairs use this name for the present Sunbury. The name Sham-okin has been given to a town which is in no way connected with the historic town from which this name was taken. In order to 1avoid confusion, a historical writer now has to always refer to the old, historic place in this manner Shamokin (now Su The same rule has to apply to the other historic village of Wyoming. When this place is men tioned, the statement must be made as Wyoming (now Wilkes Barre). Probably the greatest crime of all is that which was committed by some classical school teacher in the change which was made from Tioga to Athens. The author in other publica tions has referred to the trail of the massacre of Indian place names by these classic school teachers from New England. It was one of the sad results of the Connecticut Settlement of Pennsylvania and Western New York. The Indian names were slaughtered without pity. The scotch-irish in Pennsylvania killed the Indians, but spared the names which the Indians had given to the rivers and mountains in the region in which they had lived. The New England school teacher slaughtered the names. Follow the trail of these classical scholars from Athens up into New York and you find a vertiable trail of blood of historic and beautiful Indian names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Abraham Howry Espenshade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
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Author | : William P. Holcomb |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2018-02-05 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780267864782 |
Excerpt from Pennsylvania Boroughs It may perhaps insure greater clearness to explain here that we have used the word town in this paper as it is used in Pennsylvania, where it is applied indifferently to a large village, a borough, or a city, but not to the township. The term borough has not this general application, like the town, but always means the incorporated village or town pos sessing a particular form of government. Boroughsl are by courtesy sometimes called cities, but cities are not called boroughs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Abraham Howry 1869-1948 Espenshade |
Publisher | : Hassell Street Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2021-09-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781013394706 |
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Release | : 1991 |
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ISBN | : 9789992125748 |
Author | : Abraham Howry Espenshade |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2014-02-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781294776130 |
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Author | : Sandy Nestor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2012-11-01 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : 9781558565685 |
Author | : George Patterson Donehoo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2012-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258465339 |
With Numerous Historical Notes And References.