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Around Scottdale and Everson / Paul E. Eckman and Tom Zwierzelewski with the Scottdale Historical Society.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eckman, Paul E., Author.
- Zwierzelewski, Tom., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Everson (Pa.)--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Everson (Pa.).
- Everson (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.
- Everson (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Everson (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Scottdale (Pa.)--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Scottdale (Pa.).
- Scottdale (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.
- Scottdale (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Scottdale (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]
- Summary:
- Prior to the Great Depression, coal mines and coke ovens made Scottdale the wealthiest community in Westmoreland County. Once part of a region that was known as the world’s largest producer of metallurgical coke, the area’s prosperity created a thriving business district on the road to Pittsburgh, lined Chestnut Street with elegant Victorian mansions, and provided a home for a baseball farm team affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals. Immigrants from Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean joined earlier Scotch Irish and German settlers to create a rich cultural heritage. Around Scottdale and Everson celebrates this ethnic diversity. Pictured within are views of early homesteads, coke ovens, mills, and places where residents lived, shopped, worshiped, and played, including Lake Forest Park and the YMCA. Although recent economic growth shifted to nearby interstate highways, Scottdale and Everson occupy a strategic gateway to the Laurel Highlands, which promises to attract new immigrants preferring to live near open spaces and in neighborhoods without strangers.
- Contents:
- Getting started
- Living, shopping, and moving around
- Serving and protecting
- Learning and coming together
- Celebrating and having fun
- Representing a hometown.
- OCLC:
- 885207951
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