A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania
Title | A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Lois Mulkearn |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Pages | 455 |
Release | 2010-11-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0822975319 |
This book presents a county-by-county guide to historic landmarks in western Pennsylvania, and how to reach them. Twenty-seven counties are included, along with maps of each. Along the way, travelers will find historic forts, residences of leading citizens, old iron furnaces, grist mills, churches, inns, taverns, tanneries, and many other intriguing places. Historians Lois Mulkearn and Edwin V. Pugh personally visited each site, and provide background vignettes on them, offering interesting facts and highlights gathered from archival documents.
A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania
Title | A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Lois Mulkearn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This book presents a county-by-county guide to historic landmarks in western Pennsylvania, and how to reach them. Twenty-seven counties are included, along with maps of each. Along the way, travelers will find historic forts, residences of leading citizens, old iron furnaces, grist mills, churches, inns, taverns, tanneries, and many other intriguing places. Historians Lois Mulkearn and Edwin V. Pugh personally visited each site, and provide background vignettes on them, offering interesting facts and highlights gathered from archival documents.
Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Pennsylvania
Title | Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Franscell |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2013-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 149300445X |
The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Pennsylvania is the ultimate guidebook to the crime, injustice, and seedy history of the Keystone State. With photographs, maps, directions, and sites to visit, this collection of outlaw tales serves as both a travel guide and an entertaining and informational read. It is a one-of-a-kind exploration into well-known and more obsure sites in Pennsylvania that retain memories of bandits and their scandalous deeds. The Crime Buff series offers indispensable guidebooks for criminal-history enthusiasts and travelers. Each site description includes a brief summary of the spot’s significance, historical context, maps, directions, and photos. Appealing to both residents and visitors, the books reveal the exploits of famous and less famous outlaws in an irresistable and informational manner. Readers will be shocked, unsettled, and captivated by the true stories and secrets illuminated in the Outlaw collection.
Reconnaissance Survey of Western Pennsylvania Roads and Sites
Title | Reconnaissance Survey of Western Pennsylvania Roads and Sites PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Cultural property |
ISBN |
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Title | Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy S. Shedd |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Engineering |
ISBN |
A Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania
Title | A Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Helene Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
A combination audiocassette with a pocket-size workbook. Its objective is to enable students or practitioners to learn the skill of heart sound interpretation. A standard guidebook for exploring historical sites in the 26 counties of western Pennsylvania. The new edition takes account of sites destroyed or discovered since first publication in 1976. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Pennsylvania
Title | Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Lake |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2009-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781402766862 |
A illustrated collection of tales about weird places and folk traditions in Pennsylvania to be used as a travel guide.