Sullivan Road A Paper

Author : Garrick M. Harding
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ISBN 13 : 9781332348916
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book The Sullivan Road, a Paper written by Garrick M. Harding and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sullivan Road, a Paper: Before the Wyoming Valley Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution While there has been a great deal written on the Old Sullivan Road there are not many such contributions to the literature of that subject as that made in to-day's Record by Judge Garrick M. Harding. He has undoubtedly spent more time in the vicinity of that historic military highway than any other living man. He has hunted and fished in its fastnesses for a life time, during all of which years he has been an earnest student of Wyoming history and of that interesting campaign when Gen. Washington sent Gen. John Sullivan to punish the Indians of New York for their atrocities at Wyoming in 1778 and other border horrors, less extensive but none the less bloodthirsty. How Gen. Sullivan's army came across the Pocono Mountains in 1779 from Easton to Wilkes-Barre and then passed up the Susquehanna to accomplish its cruel but necessary purpose is graphically told by Judge Harding. Tn this article the judge weaves into the narrative much that is not in the books - facts that came under his personal observation as to the location of the Sullivan road and as to the traces, there are that remain to-day. It is this latter feature which gives the address its special interest. The history of its construction is well known, but its relation to its successor - the Wilkes-Barre and Easton turnpike - and other existing mountain highways is almost unknown by the present generation and undoubtedly Judge Harding is the only man who can locate its real track from Wilkes-Barre to the Pocono. - Editorial from The Wilkes-Barre Record. 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.