Marion Lois Huffines

Mifflinburg and the West End

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mifflinburg and the towns of the West End have a story to tell. The hard work of making a life in early America demanded courage and determination of its settlers. There were good times when the towns thrived and tough times when efforts failed. Fires and accidents destroyed dreams, and financial distress halted progress, but the towns survived, and those that did celebrated their successes with fairs, parades, bands, and church dinners. Mifflinburg's buggy factories shipped buggies and sleighs across the young nation. The timber industry of the West End produced thousands of board feet, which built towns and propped up mines. Images of America: Mifflinburg and the West End tells the unfolding stories of Mifflinburg and the West End towns of Swengel, Millmont, Laurel Park, Pardee, Glen Iron, Weikert, Hartleton, and Laurelton. It is a history full of surprises and wonderful spirit.

Produktdetails

• Images of America
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 167mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780738592121
• ISBN-10: 0738592129
• Artikelnr.: 35057207

Autorenporträt

Marion Lois Huffines is president of the Union County Historical Society and professor emerita of Bucknell University. She has published widely on the culture and language of the Pennsylvania Germans as well as coauthored Images of America: Lewisburg. The photographs here represent the combined resources of the Union County Historical Society, the Mifflinburg Buggy Museum, and private collections.