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Author : Abraham S. Brendle
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of Schaefferstown written by Abraham S. Brendle and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Diane E. Wenger
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271047690
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book A Country Storekeeper in Pennsylvania written by Diane E. Wenger and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid-Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania-German community"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Diane Wenger and Jan Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467120847
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Schaefferstown and Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County written by Diane Wenger and Jan Taylor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural and charming, Schafferstown and surrounding Heidelberg Township in Lebanon County have preserved many of their earliest historic qualities. German immigrant Alexander Schaeffer laid out the village with a central square and built a water system around 1758 using underground wooden pipes to connect a spring-fed reservoir to two troughs on Market Street and the town square. It is one of the oldest public waterworks in the United States. Because the area was left isolated from rail lines, canals, and modern highways, the town did not grow appreciably in the 19th or 20th centuries. This greatly influenced the small-town look and feel that the area maintains today. Schafferstown retains many early log, stone, and even a few half-timbered houses as well as the original town layout. Today, it is the largest village in Heidelberg Township, which also includes Kleinfeltersville, Reistville, and Buffalo Springs.
Author : Philip Columbus Croll
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Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Pennsylvania-German written by Philip Columbus Croll and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lebanon County Historical Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Historical Papers and Addresses written by Lebanon County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Pennsylvania-German written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants.
Author : Richard Veit
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572339977
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)
Download or read book Historical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600-1850 written by Richard Veit and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Delaware Valley is a distinct region situated within the Middle Atlantic states, encompassing portions of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. With its cultural epicenter of Philadelphia, its surrounding bays and ports within Maryland and Delaware, and its conglomerate population of European settlers, Native Americans, and enslaved Africans, the Delaware Valley was one of the great cultural hearths of early America. The region felt the full brunt of the American Revolution, briefly served as the national capital in the post-Revolutionary period, and sheltered burgeoning industries amidst the growing pains of a young nation. Yet, despite these distinctions, the Delaware Valley has received less scholarly treatment than its colonial equals in New England and the Chesapeake region. In Historical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600–1850, Richard Veit and David Orr bring together fifteen essays that represent the wide range of cultures, experiences, and industries that make this region distinctly American in its diversity. From historic-period American Indians living in a rapidly changing world to an archaeological portrait of Benjamin Franklin, from an eighteenth-century shipwreck to the archaeology of Quakerism, this volume highlights the vast array of research being conducted throughout the region. Many of these sites discussed are the locations of ongoing excavations, and archaeologists and historians alike continue to debate the region’s multifaceted identity. The archaeological stories found within Historical Archeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600–1850 reflect the amalgamated heritage that many American regions experienced, though the Delaware Valley certainly exemplifies a richer experience than most: it even boasts the palatial home of a king (Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon and former King of Naples and Spain). This work, thoroughly based on careful archaeological examination, tells the stories of earlier generations in the Delaware Valley and makes the case that New England and the Chesapeake are not the only cultural centers of colonial America.
Author : Sally McMurry
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812204956
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720-1920 written by Sally McMurry and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase "Pennsylvania German architecture" likely conjures images of either the "continental" three-room house with its huge hearth and five-plate stoves, or the huge Pennsylvania bank barn with its projecting overshoot. These and other trademarks of Pennsylvania German architecture have prompted great interest among a wide audience, from tourists and genealogists to architectural historians, antiquarians, and folklorists. Since the nineteenth century, scholars have engaged in field measurement and drawing, photographic documentation, and careful observation, resulting in a scholarly conversation about Pennsylvania German building traditions. What cultural patterns were being expressed in these buildings? How did shifting social, technological, and economic forces shape architectural changes? Since those early forays, our understanding has moved well beyond the three-room house and the forebay barn. In Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720-1920, eight essays by leading scholars and preservation professionals not only describe important architectural sites but also offer original interpretive insights that will help advance understanding of Pennsylvania German culture and history. Pennsylvania Germans' lives are traced through their houses, barns, outbuildings, commercial buildings, churches, and landscapes. The essays bring to bear years of field observation as well as engagement with current scholarly perspectives on issues such as the nature of "ethnicity," the social construction of landscape, and recent historiography about the Pennsylvania Germans. Dozens of original measured drawings, appearing here for the first time in print, document important works of Pennsylvania German architecture, including the iconic Bertolet barns in Berks County, the Martin Brandt farm complex in Cumberland County, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German housemill, and urban houses in Lancaster.
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Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Year Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Columbus Croll
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Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lebanon County Imprints written by Philip Columbus Croll and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
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Total Pages : 1432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sale Catalogues written by American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : E.G. Alderfer
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 9780822972402
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (724 download)
Download or read book The Ephrata Commune written by E.G. Alderfer and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E. G. Alderfer has chosen a dramatic story to tell—the founding and subsequent history of Ephrata, a mystical religious community that flourished in eastern Pennsylvania in the mid-eighteenth century. The history of the commune is inseparable from that of its leader, Conrad Beissel, a German Pietist who came to America in 1720 seeking spiritual peace and solitude. When he settled in the virgin forest of Lancaster County, his talents and charisma attraced other German settlers who shared his vision of a community built in the image of apostolic Christianity.In its heyday, from about 1735 to 1765, the community at Ephrata numbered some two hundred people, the celibate members living in simple wooden buildings noted for the harmony and serenity of their architecture.The cultural achievements of the group were exceptional. They produced an extensive body of mystical literature and constructed the most complete printing establishment in the colonies at that time. They were also adept at the art of Fraktur, and many exquisitely decorated manuscripts survive. Music was a particular interest of Beissel's, and the choral music performed at Ephrata was well known and much admired.Mr. Alderfer, who has written widely on colonial Pennsylvania, shows the relationship of the Ephrata commune to other experiments at withdrawal from the world and in particular to the many strands of Old World mysticism and the German Pietist movement. He also discusses American religious and communal movements of later times in the light of the Ephrata experience. His is the first history of the community to provide extensive documentation, including analysis of many surviving manuscripts and books written at Ephrata.Although the commune died out in the nineteenth century, the site and many of the buildingts survived. Today the Ephrata Cloisters Park is operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
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Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lebanon County Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Woolf Jordan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania written by John Woolf Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to North American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Rhoads Roberts
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Total Pages : 1206 pages
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Download or read book History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families written by Charles Rhoads Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Morton Luther Montgomery
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Total Pages : 1130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania written by Morton Luther Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
