Author: Oscar Jewell HarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civic leaders
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Author: Oscar Jewell HarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civic leaders
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Author: Oscar Jewell HarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wilkes-Barre (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Wilkes-Barre
Author: Elena CastrignanoPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738597775
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Wilkes-Barre, founded in 1769, is a city of changes: environmental changes brought on by the Susquehanna River and industrial changes that transformed a quiet farming community into a busy breaker town. When anthracite coal was discovered in the 1800s and massive coal breakers were built, immigrants from eastern, western, and southern Europe began to arrive. As these immigrants arrived, they changed the face of the city, creating their own communities and hamlets. Fortunately for the citizens of the Wyoming Valley, changes continue today, thanks to many forward-thinking men and women who see the potential in something old and take the time to make it new again.
The Great Flood of 1972
Author: Paul W. WarnagirisPublisher: Observer-Rygiel Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Hurricane Agnes, 1972
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The Pennsylvania School Journal
Author: Thomas Henry BurrowesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
Wilkes-Barre: Return to Glory Iii
Author: Brian W. KellyPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669846237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Wilkes-Barre PA is a dying city. It is time to pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and begin our return to glory. In the middle of the last century, Wilkes-Barre’s population was approaching 90,000. Today it is 43,000. This did not happen overnight. Over the years, many of the city’s kind benefactors, such as the Kirby family, helped keep the city vibrant. Whenever it needed a boost, they were there to rejuvenate. Having had half the population move out of town, Wilkes-Barre no longer could count on a local family to be there at the right time with the right answer. Wilkes-Barre saw its population declining with the mines no longer sustaining the City. We noticed stores, even the best of the best shutting down or moving out from necessity. We all noticed that other businesses that once provided hundreds of jobs not being able to continue. Mark Twain once said that “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Wilkes-Barre officials and residents over the years have heard the death knell for the City and instead of contesting it fiercely, allowed it to happen. Like Twain, our demise has been greatly exaggerated. Those times are in the past. Wilkes-Barre can and must find its way out of the mire and return to glory. May good leadership help Wilkes-Barre find a way to reclaim its future. Those who grew up in this City, as well as those who love our Diamond City, will enjoy this book. Few books are a must-read but Brian Kelly’s Wilkes-Barre, PA: Return to Glory! will melt your heart as your author recounts some great stories from the past and points out how to stop the decline and move this city back to Glory. This book needs to be at the top of your reading list, especially for those who have lived or now live in Wilkes-Barre.
Monthly Bulletin of the Dairy and Food Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Agriculture. Dairy and Food DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Investigation of Communist Takeover and Occupation of Poland, Lithuania, and Slovakia
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Communist AggressionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Pennsylvania; a Guide to the Keystone State,
Author: Best Books onPublisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760372
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 773
Book Description
compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of Pennsylvania ... Co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the University of Pennsylvania.
Author: Hugh Weir