Watt & Shand: East, West, Hame's Best
This is the history of the Watt & Shand store that opened on March 9, 1878, at 20-22 East King Street in Lancaster, Pa. The store was an immediate success...
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Little Swatara Church of the Brethren 250th Anniversary Book, 2020 Update
After the Church Historical Committee printed the History of the Little Swatara Church of the Brethren, 1751-2007, they immediately started to gather more information along with needed corrections. This update...
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Through the Ordeal of Fire and Blood: Fighting with the First Pennsylvania Reserves
As a result of years of researching pension and service records, visiting gravesites, searching the internet and newspapers, and making use of sources from historical societies and archives, the biographical...
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A Pottstown Reader: A Collection of Biographical and Historical Sketches About Early Pottstown
Founded in 1761 by ironmaster John Potts and originally known as Potts Grove, Pottstown is located in Montgomery Co., Pa., at the confluence of the Manatawny Creek and the Schuylkill...
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Thomas Rutter I (c1660-1730) of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Birth of the Pennsylvania Iron Industry
Thomas Rutter was an English Quaker and blacksmith who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1684. In 1714, he traveled up the Schuylkill River to Manatawny Creek and built Pennsylvania's first ironwork,...
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Historic Architecture of Adams County, Pennsylvania: Mansion in the Wilderness at Dawn of the 19th Century, Book 4
Featuring the architecture found at the dawn of the nineteenth century, this book highlights a grand and historic brick structure called Middlekauff Manor. It also recognizes water colorist, Johannes Bard...
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Cast Iron Town Signs of PA—Updates 2023
Rather than continuously reprint the original books every time he had an update, the author instead chose to put together this booklet of updates he has compiled through the years...
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The Pennsylvania Constitution, 1776
The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 represents an unusual amalgam of circumstances brought about by the American Revolution. The document is the result of four primary resources that were available to...
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History of the Village of Morgantown, 1770-2020
It was 1770 when Captain Jacob Morgan laid out the plan for Morgantown, Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The little village was referred to as “Morgan’s Town” or even “Caernarvon...
"Never I Shall Forget These Human People"
From September 1944 to February 1946, the Reading Army Air Field outside of Reading, Pennsylvania, maintained a camp for German prisoners of war, who served as workers at the air...
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John Potts Jr. (1738-c1800) of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and His Descendants Through Grandchildren
This biographical sketch of John Potts Jr., the son of Pennsylvania industrialist and founder of Pottstown, John Potts, details his many different professions. He was an ironmaster in Chester County...
1600
A Brief History of East Whiteland Township: The Great Dark Valley
To reawaken community interest in the people, places and events that took place in this community, this is a retelling of the facts as well as an historical narrative of...
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Historic Architecture of Adams County, Pennsylvania: African & Dutch Experience, Book 3
The book’s first theme is the story of the African-American people who formed a part of Adams County’s early history. Their contributions and history have remained unheralded in many ways,...
William Bird 1706-1761: Ironmaster of Berks County, Pennsylvania
William Bird started from humble beginnings as an indentured servant and a woodcutter for an ironmaster. Through hard work he became an ironmaster in his own right, owning large tracts...
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Valley Forge Folklore: A Historical and Biographical Sketch
In 1777, Valley Forge was a small village of houses and buildings, a merchant gristmill, and a functioning colonial ironwork that was part of the Potts family’s iron production and...
Reflections on Old Order German Sects in Berks County: Past, Present and Future
Almost a decade in the making, this book is a collection of essays written by seven students from Penn State Berks College and six members of Pennsylvania German communities. Combining...
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Clair Clawser's Pennsylvania
Gives an alphabetical listing of Pennsylvania towns including their county and interesting historical facts and unique places to visit in those towns. There are stories, full-color pictures, a quiz, a...
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Wills of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1713-1748
Names of testators, heirs, trustees, guardians, executors, and other persons named in the will; dates will was written and proved. Frequent surnames: Brown, Davis, Jones, Lewis, Williams, etc. (185pp. index....
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The Road to Ellenton, 1860-1940, Volume I
The town of Ellenton is located in McNett Township, Lycoming Co., Pa. When the author was given a map of the town listing all the people who resided in the...
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Mast Gathering Tour Booklet
This booklet was researched and prepared for the participants on the Mast Gathering Tour through Berks, Lancaster, and Schuylkill Counties that took place on Aug. 2, 2019, during the 2019...
