Author: Tom Rumer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625849338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home station on the Underground Railroad. Shortly after black emancipation, residents rallied to promote racial equality and harmonious living, helping to curtail the clout of the Ku Klux Klan. Van Camp Company, once the largest local employer, provided pork and beans for thousands of troops entrenched in World War I, and the community's strong agricultural tradition sustained the town through the Great Depression. Author and historian Tom Rumer chronicles the challenges of growth and change in this history of Westfield and Washington Township.
A History of Westfield, Indiana: The Promise of the Land
Author: Tom Rumer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625849338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home station on the Underground Railroad. Shortly after black emancipation, residents rallied to promote racial equality and harmonious living, helping to curtail the clout of the Ku Klux Klan. Van Camp Company, once the largest local employer, provided pork and beans for thousands of troops entrenched in World War I, and the community's strong agricultural tradition sustained the town through the Great Depression. Author and historian Tom Rumer chronicles the challenges of growth and change in this history of Westfield and Washington Township.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625849338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home station on the Underground Railroad. Shortly after black emancipation, residents rallied to promote racial equality and harmonious living, helping to curtail the clout of the Ku Klux Klan. Van Camp Company, once the largest local employer, provided pork and beans for thousands of troops entrenched in World War I, and the community's strong agricultural tradition sustained the town through the Great Depression. Author and historian Tom Rumer chronicles the challenges of growth and change in this history of Westfield and Washington Township.
A History of Westfield, Indiana
Author: Tom Rumer
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
ISBN: 9781540209825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home station on the Underground Railroad. Shortly after black emancipation, residents rallied to promote racial equality and harmonious living, helping to curtail the clout of the Ku Klux Klan. Van Camp Company, once the largest local employer, provided pork and beans for thousands of troops entrenched in World War I, and the community s strong agricultural tradition sustained the town through the Great Depression. Author and historian Tom Rumer chronicles the challenges of growth and change in this history of Westfield and Washington Township."
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
ISBN: 9781540209825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home station on the Underground Railroad. Shortly after black emancipation, residents rallied to promote racial equality and harmonious living, helping to curtail the clout of the Ku Klux Klan. Van Camp Company, once the largest local employer, provided pork and beans for thousands of troops entrenched in World War I, and the community s strong agricultural tradition sustained the town through the Great Depression. Author and historian Tom Rumer chronicles the challenges of growth and change in this history of Westfield and Washington Township."
History of Hamilton County, Indiana
Author: John F. Haines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hamilton County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hamilton County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Indiana Magazine of History
Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History
Author: George Streibe Cottman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
The Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History
Weik's History of Putnam County, Indiana
Author: Jesse William Weik
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Putnam County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Putnam County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
History of Hancock County, Indiana
Author: John H. Binford
Publisher:
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Category : Greenfield (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greenfield (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
History of the Colony of New Haven, Before and After the Union with Connecticut
Author: Edward Rodolphus Lambert
Publisher:
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Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description