Remembering Cheltenham Township Donald Scott, Sr

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Scott, Donald, 1954-

Series:

• American chronicles (Series)
• American chronicles : a History Press series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cheltenham (Pa. : Township)--History.
• Cheltenham (Pa. : Township)--Biography.

Physical Description:

144 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Cheltenham Township

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2009.

Contents:

• Early inhabitants, their industry, and Revolutionary War. Leni-Lenape and Chief Tamany ; Natives' appearance, customs ; Natives forced from land ; Jay Cooke and Ogontz ; Early founders, homesteads, churches, farms, and mills ; Tobias Leech, the country gentleman ; Richard Wall, a builder of religious spirit and hope ; The Shoemakers spark early mill industry ; Remarkable genesis of Blacks ; From slavery to Guineatown ; Moses Highgate, a trailblazing black miller ; Battling for liberty, the age of George Washington and Battle of Edge Hill ; From ancient pathways to stagecoach roads ; Early wealth development
• An epic Civil War and demanding liberty. Lucretia Mott, the ultimate freedom fighter ; The great Mott Abolitionists made Cheltenham home ; Raging Civil War and the founding of Camp William Penn ; Lucretia Mott's pinnacle and exceptional legacy ; Jay Cooke sets the stage for great growth
• The glorious Gilded Age and unspeakable wealth. Books, fortune, and tragedy of the Titanic ; Edward M. Davis, an original, dynamic land developer ; Cyrus H.K. Curtis and the making of a publishing dynasty ; Henry W. Breyer's sweet ice cream kingdom ; John Wanamaker, the ultimate retailer and deal maker ; William Welsh Harrison's magnificent sugar empire ; John B. Stetson, supreme hat maker ; Joseph M. Steele, a builder's dynasty
• Historic neighborhoods with matchless architecture. Wyncote's proud history and architect Horace Trumbauer ; Area contributions of the black architect Julian Abele ; Cheltenham Village, Shoemakertown, and Rowland Park ; Laverock ; Elkins Park (Ogontz Park), Ashbourne, and Melrose Park ; Guineatown, Edge Hill, and Glenside ; Chelten Hills, Camptown, and LaMott, integration triumphs and civil rights
• Legacy of civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches at Salem Baptist Church and Cheltenham High School
• Fighting fire and crime. Firing up history ; Police, from horse patrols to squad cars
• Legacy of education. Historical overview ; Baseball great Reginald "Reggie" Jackson ; Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Michael Brecker ; Michael S. Brown, MD, winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Medicine ; JoAnne A. Epps, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, law school professor, and Associate Dean ; Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ; Lisa Marlowe, national history teacher of the year.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-144).

ISBN:

• 9781596297494
• 1596297492

OCLC:

456729446