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Historic tales of the Pennsylvania Wilds / Kathy Myers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, Kathy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania Wilds (Pa.).
- Forest reserves--Pennsylvania--History.
- Forest reserves.
- Parks--Pennsylvania--History.
- Parks.
- Wilderness areas--Pennsylvania--History.
- Wilderness areas.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "With sixteen thousand miles of streams and rivers, twenty-nine state parks and nine state and national forests spread out over twelve counties, the Pennsylvania Wilds is an immensely special place in the Commonwealth. Beyond the stunning scenery lies important history of early America..."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE STORY BEGINS
- 1. Live Free Or Die
- 2. Indian Paths Of Pennsylvania
- 3. Penn's Woods
- pt. II THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
- 4. A Young George Washington
- 5. General Braddock
- 6. General Jeffrey Amherst
- 7. Shingas: A Delaware Sachem
- 8. Penn's Creek Massacre
- 9. Great Cove Massacre
- 10. Indian Captives
- 11. Mary Jemison
- 12. Into The Pennsylvania Wilds: Marie Leroy, Barbara Leininger And Barbara Hicks
- 13. White Indians
- James Smith
- Gershom Hicks
- The Girty Brothers
- 14. An Incident At Fort Pitt: Eighteenth-Century Germ Warfare
- 15. Return Of The Captives
- 16. Murdered Indians At Stump's Run
- pt. III THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
- 17. The Great Runaway
- 18. Wyoming Valley Massacre
- 19. General Sullivan's Scorched-Earth Campaign
- pt. IV A NEW NATION
- 20. Exploring The Pennsylvania Wilds
- 21. Witness Trees
- 22.1816. The Year Without A Summer
- pt. V COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM THE WILDS
- 23. Cameron County
- A Boy of Ten
- Revenge
- Captured
- 24. Clearfield County
- James Woodside
- Daniel Ogden
- Old "Uncle" Billy Long
- Early Schools
- 25. Clinton County
- The Legend of Youngwomanstown
- Great Island
- Cleary Campbell
- Jeremiah Church
- 26. Elk County
- Wapiti
- Benezette, Winslow Hill and Elk Country
- The Kersey Road
- 27. Jefferson County
- Joseph Barnett
- Sarah Barnett Graham
- Carpenter and Elizabeth Colburn Winslow
- 28. Warren County
- Cornplanter, a Seneca Chief
- Celeron
- General William Irvine
- Passenger Pigeons Fill the Skies
- 29. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-203).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781467149204
- 1467149209
- OCLC:
- 1243263698
- Publisher Number:
- 99989246943
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