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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 : 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 : Renée Jacobs
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271036818
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Slow Burn written by Renée Jacobs and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A pictorial chronicle of the Centralia, Pennsylvania, mine fire disaster in 1962, which led, decades later, to the destruction of the town. Includes interviews and historical background"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Susan Hutchison Tassin
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811749878
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book New York Ghost Towns written by Susan Hutchison Tassin and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores towns, settlements, forts, and other areas that have been completely deserted or brought back to life as tourist attractions.
Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760350418
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Ghost Towns of the West written by Philip Varney and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ghosts Towns of the West is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West! Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The book reveals the little-known stories of long-dead soldiers, American Indians, settlers, farmers, and miners. This essential guidebook to the historic remains of centuries' past includes maps, town histories, color and historical photographs, and detailed directions to these out-of-the-way outdoor museums of the West. Plan your road trips by chapter--each section covers a geographic area and town entries are arranged by location to make this the most user-friendly book on ghost towns west of the Mississippi. Ghost towns are within a short drive of major cities out West, and they make excellent day trip excursions. If you happen to be in or near Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, or El Paso, for example, you ought to veer towards the nearest ghost town. Western ghost towns can also easily be visited during jaunts to national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, Glacier, Yellowstone, and many others throughout the West. Ghost Towns of the West is a comprehensive guide to former boomtowns of the American West, covering ghost towns in eleven states from Washington to New Mexico, and from California to Montana. This book has everything you need to learn about, visit, and explore a modern remnant of how life used to be on the Western range"--
Author : Jessica Weible
Publisher : Sunbury Press
ISBN 13 : 9781620062777
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Dead Letters written by Jessica Weible and published by Sunbury Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On assignment for a small-town newspaper in rural Pennsylvania, rookie reporter, Jessica Weible, meets Joan Swigart, a creative fireball and "pioneer in print". As the two women forge a relationship based on their passion for storytelling, Joan reveals a mystery that she had discovered years ago, but had never solved-a pile of dead letters found in an abandoned general store, just before it was torn down. Joan gives Jessica the letters, each stamped and dated over a hundred years ago, and encourages Jessica to investigate the untold stories of the people and places contained in each one. What begins as yet another assignment for the reporter, a young millennial who relies happily on email and texting as the primary means of communication, develops into a heartfelt mission to tell the story of the people and places in the letters. The young reporter's journey takes unexpected twists and turns through the quiet lumber towns of Pennsylvania, the early American settlements in Massachusetts, the bustling crowds at Ellis Island, the violent strikes at the Passaic textile mills, and beyond. Dead Letters is an intimate portrait of small town America and the people who, at times, risked everything in pursuit of economic prosperity, religious freedom, and social equity.
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 : David Dekok
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762758244
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Fire Underground written by David Dekok and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state's tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire's beginning nears.
Author : Deryl B. Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738536293
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Centralia written by Deryl B. Johnson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centralia is the saga of a Pennsylvania community consumed by an underground mine fire. The town, founded in 1866, has often been embroiled in tragedy and controversy. Beginning with the infamous Molly Maguires, Centralia was confronted with the murder of its founder and an assault upon its Catholic priest, who cursed the town, saying, "One day this town will be erased from the face of the earth." Almost one hundred years later, a vein of coal that ran underneath the town caught fire and has burned since 1962. In the 1990s, the state of Pennsylvania declared eminent domain and forced most of the town's sixteen hundred residents to leave. Ten people remain in Centralia today. This book chronicles many of the images and stories from this fascinating and colorful Pennsylvania community.
Author : Robert Currin
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811729659
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Pennsylvania Lumber Museum written by Robert Currin and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century ago, the forests of northcentral Pennsylvania provided white pine and hemlock timber for much of the United States, and the region boasted two of the world's largest sawmills.
Author : Steve Karns
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738504940
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Cherry Run Valley written by Steve Karns and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1855, the Cherry Run Valley was a quiet farming community in Venango County in northwestern Pennsylvania. The small town of Plummerville was the largest settlement in all of Cherry Run. Oil City, then know as Cornplanter, was little more then Hasson's Cornfield and Gristmill. Pithole was the home to several pioneers who had each acquired plots of four hundred acres from the Holland Land Company. However, on August 27-28, 1859, Col. Edwin L. Drake and Uncle Billy successfully struck oil near Titusvilleacross Oil Creek in north Venango County. As the news spread to the world, an onslaught of curious reporters, speculators, and adventurers filled the valley. Farms were bought and leased to investors and then often subleased before a well was even bored. Life was about to change dramatically for the people of the Cherry Run Valley. Images from private, local collections make Cherry Run Valley: Plumer, Pithole, and Oil City a true local treasure. From the earliest days to the first sighting of the new commodity to the migration down the length of Oil Creek, the Cherry Run Valley weathered it all. Plumer remains a beautiful village at the entrance to Oil Creek State Park, and Pithole went from buckwheat farm to boomtown to ghost town and now a popular state museum and park. This truly unique place and its history are captured in this long-awaited volume.
Author : Denise Dusza Weber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780935648331
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Delano's Domain: 1789-1930 written by Denise Dusza Weber and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wehrum and Claghorn are now mining ghost towns.
Author : Jannette Quackenbush
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940087429
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Little Book of Gettysburg Ghosts written by Jannette Quackenbush and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts and hauntings of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania including Devil's Den, Jennie Wade House, Little Round Top, Orphanage and more--28 ghost stories including walking tour and driving tour maps and info on local ghost tours so you can explore the hauntings. Discover the ghosts of Gettysburg with short driving and walking tour maps included.
Author : Thomas White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614234175
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Ghosts of Southwestern Pennsylvania written by Thomas White and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Witches of Pennsylvania and “Pittsburgh’s Historian of the Supernatural” takes on the region’s folklore, ghost stories, and urban legends (Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership). The ghostly woman of Summit Cut Bridge, a black hound that guards the Gates of Hell and the whispering dead entombed beneath the Black Cross—these are the spirits of southwestern Pennsylvania. Join local author Thomas White as he recounts such chilling stories as that of Revolutionary War witch Moll Derry and the phantom bride of White Rocks and the hair-raising tale of the angry specter of a steel millworker burned alive in a ladle of molten iron. Ascend the secret stairs of the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh and wander the dim stretch of Shades of Death Road in Washington County to encounter the otherworldly denizens of the Keystone State. Includes photos!
Author : Denise Dusza Weber
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738555416
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (554 download)
Download or read book Vintondale written by Denise Dusza Weber and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vintondale, located in Cambria County, holds a unique position in history. It was a coal-mining town with a notorious reputation based on an antiunion legacy that lasted until the New Deal. Warren Delano, maternal uncle of Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the founder and owner of the company town. Through vintage photographs, Vintondale traces the areas history from when the first coal was shipped in 1894 until the No. 6 mine was closed in 1968. It includes such Vintondale claims to fame as the first long-wall mining operation, lawsuits by the fledgling American Civil Liberties Union in the 1920s, a 1940 Chapter 13 bankruptcy and reorganization, and a homegrown terrorist called Friend of a Friend. Today the sleepy borough belies its past as the center of the bustling Ghost Town Trail and as a recreation area.
Author : Matt Weiland
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062043579
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book State by State written by Matt Weiland and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by Depression-era travel guides, an anthology of essays on each of the fifty states, plus Washington, D.C., by some of America’s finest writers. State by State is a panoramic portrait of America and an appreciation of all fifty states (and Washington, D.C.) by fifty-one of the most acclaimed writers in the nation. Anthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey Dave Eggers tells it straight: Illinois is Number 1 Louise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota Jonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York’s publicist . . . and personal attorney . . . and historian . . . and geologist John Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a “Massachusettsean” Edward P. Jones makes the case: D.C. should be a state! Jhumpa Lahiri declares her reckless love for the Rhode Island coast Rich Moody explores the dark heart of Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway, exit by exit Ann Patchett makes a pilgrimage to the Civil War site at Shiloh, Tennessee William T. Vollman visits a San Francisco S&M club And many more Praise for State by State An NPR Best Book of the Year “The full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory.” —The New Yorker “Odds are, you’ll fall for every state a little.” —Los Angeles Times
Author : Charles C. Leonard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The History of Pithole written by Charles C. Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
