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Oley Valley heritage : the federal years, 1776-1862 / by Richard L.T. Orth and Richard H. Shaner.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA F 160 .G3 P4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orth, Richard L. T., author.
- Shaner, Richard H., author.
- Series:
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 49.
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; series 2, volume 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oley Valley (Pa.)--History.
- Oley Valley (Pa.).
- Material culture--Pennsylvania--Oley Valley.
- Material culture.
- Vernacular architecture--Pennsylvania--Oley Valley.
- Vernacular architecture.
- Pennsylvania--Oley Valley.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 131 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ephrata, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania German Society, 2015.
- Contents:
- Oley Valley, breadbasket of colonial Philadelphia
- Jefferson's 1803 Republic and the farming gentry
- Conestoga wagon commerce
- Ore mines, iron furnaces, and flour mills
- Domestic material culture of the Oley Valley
- Water-powered sawmills, gristmills, and bridges
- Antebellum aristocracy and architecture
- Nineteenth century Oley Valley through rare Fegley and Moyer photographs
- Religious diversification and church settlements.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780911122183
- 0911122184
- OCLC:
- 937416761
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