Hopewell Village National Historic Site Pennsylvania

Author : Dennis C. Kurjack
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282978853
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) written by Dennis C. Kurjack and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania The community life was in some respects similar to that of the small feudal manors of medieval Europe and was largely self-sustaining. This condition prevailed at Hopewell, little changed, beyond the colo nial period, through most of the nineteenth century. The furnace was closed down permanently in 1883, after 113 years of activity. The quiet of abandonment gradually settled over the place, and it became a ghost community of another era. Even though abandoned, except for limited farm purposes, the quaint little group of early industrial structures and the surrounding picturesque houses were preserved because of the iso lated nature of the site in the hills back of the Schuylkill River. The restless hand of modern progress scarcely reached this little vale in the lovely forest-covered hills. Hopewell Village tells the story not of a single historical event, but rather of a broad sweep of American growth and productive effort. This story - from the first attempt at iron making in the New World, through the days of '76 when an already thriving industry was able to play its part for independence, down to recent times - is an inseparable part of the American saga. 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.