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Author : Cindy Vasko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634991278
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Western Pennsylvania written by Cindy Vasko and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement from publisher's website.
Author : Kari Miller
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634994842
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Western Pennsylvania written by Kari Miller and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once considered the powerhouse of American industry, much of Western Pennsylvania now lies in ruins. The collapse of the steel industry and deindustrialization led to a decline in population and an increase in abandonment. Abandoned Western Pennsylvania: Behind the Boards gives readers the chance to see these locations up close. Factories, prisons, hospitals, schools, and even entire villages sit rotting and fading away. Frozen in time, it is as if their former inhabitants just shut the doors one day and left, leaving behind belongings, machinery, and even hospital records. The architectural beauty of these locations sits in disrepair, waiting to be saved, demolished, or forgotten. Scrappers, vandals, and fires worsen the rate of decay and the future remains unknown. Some structures have been torn down; others have been left to mother nature. Follow photographer and author Kari Miller as she takes you on a journey into Western Pennsylvania's past, to the places that have been left empty and unprotected, soon to be forgotten.
Author : Susan Tassin
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811734110
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Pennsylvania Ghost Towns written by Susan Tassin and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia -- Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster County.
Author : Ryan Stowinsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634990950
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Or Forgotten written by Ryan Stowinsky and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement from publisher's website.
Author : W. Thomas Mainwaring
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268103607
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Tracks written by W. Thomas Mainwaring and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Abandoned Tracks, W. Thomas Mainwaring bridges the gap between scholarly and popular perceptions of the Underground Railroad. Historians have long recognized that many aspects of the Underground Railroad have been mythologized by emotion, memory, time, and wishful thinking. Mainwaring’s book is a rich, in-depth attempt to separate fact from fiction in one local area, while also contributing to a scholarly discussion of the Underground Railroad by placing Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the national context. Just as the North was not consistent in its perspective on the Civil War and the slavery issue, the Underground Railroad had distinct regional variations. Washington County had a well-organized abolition movement, even though its members helped a comparatively small number of fugitive slaves escape, largely because of the small nearby slave population in what was then western Virginia. Its origins as a slave county make it an interesting case study of the transition from slavery to freedom and of the origins of black and white abolitionism. Abandoned Tracks lends much to the ongoing scholarly debate about the extent, scope, and nature of the Underground Railroad. This book is written both for scholars of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad and for an audience interested in local history.
Author : Keith Curry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781519056559
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Haunted Pennsylvania written by Keith Curry and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunted PennsylvaniaYou enter this book at your own risk. Come inside and take a creepy yet somehow beautiful tour of abandoned houses in Western Pennsylvania. In making this book we photographed abandon houses all throughout Western Pennsylvania. Houses ranging from just a few years old to well over a hundred years old.This has to be one of the creepiest photo shoots my crew has ever done. Some days it was just a silent observation of houses that haven't been lived in for years. Other days it was a very creepy experience the kind that makes your hair stand on end. Many of the odd things we encountered can be found in this book along with photos of some not so normal things. At the onset of this project I wasn't a believer in the paranormal. After completing this assignment I'm not so sure. Join us as we take a tour of abandon Pennsylvania. Keith W. Curry
Author : Robyn Hodgson
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992985
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (929 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Pennsylvania written by Robyn Hodgson and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas White
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540202529
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Haunted Roads of Western Pennsylvania written by Thomas White and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghostly travelers are said to wander the lonely roads of western Pennsylvania. A creeping fog rises from Blue Mist Road, and stories of car crashes, lynchings and even strange beasts haunt this isolated stretch outside Pittsburgh. Is it the angry spirit of a jealous husband or a gypsy king who stalks Erie County's Axe Murder Hollow? Shades of Death Road in Washington County may be host to phantom coal miners killed during a deadly labor dispute. With firsthand accounts and historical research, authors Thomas White and Tony Lavorgne travel the backcountry roads and byways of western Pennsylvania to discover their ghost tales and mysterious legends.
Author : NOLAN. GRIMES
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781625451255
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Beaver County written by NOLAN. GRIMES and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In abandoned and forlorn places, there are clues to our past. Beaver County was once home to enormous industrial plants, deep coal and clay mines, productive farms, and many more people than today. All along the two rivers, huge contributions to our national pride and economy were made. In the last half-century, those factories have shuttered, the mines have dried up, some farms have been swallowed by forest, and a lot of people have left. Among the many sites in this book are brick manufacturers, a chemical company, empty docks, abandoned roads, crumbling houses, and decrepit railroad bridges. Beaver County is home to some of the most stunning abandoned landscapes in Western Pennsylvania. By exploring these places, we can get closer to the people who came before us and the world they built.
Author : Peter E. Gilmore
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822966678
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (666 download)
Download or read book Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830 written by Peter E. Gilmore and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770–1830 is a historical study examining the religious culture of Irish immigrants in the early years of America. Despite fractious relations among competing sects, many immigrants shared a vision of a renewed Ireland in which their versions of Presbyterianism could flourish free from the domination of landlords and established church. In the process, they created the institutional foundations for western Pennsylvanian Presbyterian churches. Rural Presbyterian Irish church elders emphasized community and ethnoreligious group solidarity in supervising congregants’ morality. Improved transportation and the greater reach of the market eliminated near-subsistence local economies and hastened the demise of religious traditions brought from Ireland. Gilmore contends that ritual and daily religious practice, as understood and carried out by migrant generations, were abandoned or altered by American-born generations in the context of major economic change.
Author : Kathleen Butler
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992404
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (924 download)
Download or read book Abandon Ruins of Eastern Pennsylvania written by Kathleen Butler and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scattered throughout Eastern Pennsylvania are remnants of history being reclaimed by nature. Join author and photographer Kathleen Butler on a journey to discover the little-known history of ruins deep in the woods of Pennsylvania that can only be reached by foot. Venture along and unearth remnants of the coal mining industry, mills, railroads, and more. Explore the history that is not taught in schools. Those who only live a few miles from these ruins do not know of their existence, let alone their past. Some are from industries that fell hard when the market was no longer in their favor. They ultimately abandoned their businesses or moved elsewhere. Others tried to establish themselves only to find that the area was not suitable, thus leaving their failed community behind. Soon, these abandoned ruins will disappear into the forests of Pennsylvania forever.
Author : Tawni O'Dell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780451215123
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (151 download)
Download or read book Coal Run written by Tawni O'Dell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-07 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened by a long-held and shocking secret.
Author : Chuck Beard
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634990462
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Pittsburgh written by Chuck Beard and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in a different format in 2013.
Author : Mark Nesbitt
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811732983
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Haunted Pennsylvania written by Mark Nesbitt and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eerie stories of ghosts, spirits, and hauntings from across the Keystone State.
Author : Timothy Murray, Michelle Smith and Haydn Thomas
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467119938
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Haunted Pittsburgh written by Timothy Murray, Michelle Smith and Haydn Thomas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded amidst the bloodshed of the French and Indian War, Pittsburgh is haunted by the ghosts of its gritty and sometimes violent past. Many believe American industrialist Henry Clay Frick still inhabits Clayton, one of the last surviving homes on Millionaires' Row. The spirit of Kate Soffel lingers at the Allegheny County Jail, where she helped plot the escape of the Biddle brothers and fell in love in the process. The Duquesne Incline in 1877 employed teens disguised as ghosts to boost business. However, an authentic sinister entity is said to haunt the nearby Monongahela Incline without compensation. Join the Haunted Pittsburgh team as it explores ghostly encounters in the Steel City.
Author : Janine Pendleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634991957
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (919 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Pennsylvania written by Janine Pendleton and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement from publisher's website.
Author : Carolyn Kitch
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027106885X
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Pennsylvania in Public Memory written by Carolyn Kitch and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.
