Along the Allegheny River
Title | Along the Allegheny River PDF eBook |
Author | Charles E. Williams |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738538457 |
The Allegheny River, of western Pennsylvania and New York, flows through a region rich in natural resources and human history. While the river is 320 miles long, the northern watershed district originates in Potter County, Pennsylvania, and joins the Clarion River near Parker, Pennsylvania. Along the Allegheny River: The Northern Watershed showcases over 200 vintage postcards of the river, its landscape, and its people. These captivating images chronicle over 200 years of history, from the French and Indian War to the timber and oil booms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Along the Allegheny River
Title | Along the Allegheny River PDF eBook |
Author | Charles E. Williams |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738538464 |
The Allegheny River of western Pennsylvania and New York rises in Potter County, Pennsylvania, and flows 320 miles to its confluence with the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny's southern watershed district begins in East Brady, Pennsylvania, and ends in Pittsburgh, and it includes the historic Redbank Creek, Mahoning Creek, Crooked Creek, and Kiskiminetas River valleys. Along the Allegheny River: The Southern Watershed features over 200 vintage postcards of the landscapes, people, industries, and events that shaped the history of the southern Allegheny River Valley and of the nation. These absorbing images chronicle over 200 years of history from the frontier wars of the 18th century to the rise and growth of the Industrial Revolution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Allegheny River
Title | The Allegheny River PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Sajna |
Publisher | Penn State University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) |
ISBN | 9780271008363 |
Of all the rivers in the country, few can claim as long, diverse, and colorful a history as the Allegheny. Jim Schafer and Mike Sajna take us on a trip from its mouth to its headwaters, charting the Allegheny River's history from its creation during the Ice Age to the present. Using historical records and accounts, interviews, personal experiences, and over 150 contemporary and historical photographs, Schafer and Sajna vividly portray the mighty Allegheny. The Allegheny played a key role in the French and Indian War, and after the Revolution it was the main thoroughfare for immigrants heading west to settle America from Ohio to the Northwest Territory, thus earning Pittsburgh the title "Gateway to West." Part of the river's story includes its role in the Industrial Revolution, for it once bore the environmental scars of unrestricted industrialization. Today it has rebounded to become one of the best fisheries in the state and home to a diverse collection of flora and fauna, including several endangered species. It is also now one of the most heavily used rivers for recreation in the country. Throughout the text, Sajna weaves vignettes with the famous figures and interesting character who have encountered the river, from George Washington, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and Andrew Carnegie, to Seneca Chief Cornplanter, John Wilkes Booth, "Johnny Appleseed," and Rachel Carson. He also interviews contemporary people who live, work, or take inspiration from the river, including a woodcarver, a riverboat captain, and vacationers and naturalists. Through words and photographs, Schafer and Sajna depict the ever-changing face of the river.
Allegheny River, Pennsylvania and New York
Title | Allegheny River, Pennsylvania and New York PDF eBook |
Author | United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on rivers and harbors |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1932 |
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ISBN |
Allegheny River, Pennsylvania
Title | Allegheny River, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) |
ISBN |
Written on Water
Title | Written on Water PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Ruggieri |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) |
ISBN | 9781936419302 |
The book is an anthology of poems and prose. The sound disc includes 12 pieces (songs and readings) 5 that are poems or prose from the anthology and 7 that are from outside sources.
The Allegheny River
Title | The Allegheny River PDF eBook |
Author | Sarepta Kussart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | Allegheny River |
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