Corry / Jan Bemis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bemis, Jan., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corry (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.

Corry (Pa.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

By 1862, three railroads--the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, and the Oil Creek Railroad--ran through Corry. With three railways, Corry quickly grew. Though it did not have any oil wells, Corry became the most important transportation center in the oil region. Factories sprang up in this transportation hub, making products from wooden butter pails to parts for the space program. The Corry State Fish Hatchery, still in operation, is the oldest fish hatchery east of the Mississippi River. Ferdinand Johnson, known for drawing the Moon Mullins comic strip; Gen. Clarence Shoop, vice president of Hughes Aircraft Company; and Inez Mecusker, a world-famous opera star who sang for both Napoleon III and Queen Victoria of England, were all born in the Corry area.

Contents:

"X" marks the spot

Made in Corry

Sold in Corry

Designed by A.P. Mount

Built in Corry

Lived in Corry

The Corry Fair and Driving Park

Corry to Columbus Street Railway

People to see and places to go

The climax locomotive.

OCLC:

885207817