Peggy Pearl

Brief History of St. Johnsbury (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tucked away in the dark forests of Vermont,s NortheastKingdom, St. Johnsbury was mostly unbroken wildernesswhen first chartered in 1786. Swinging axes soon made wayfor the burgeoning split-level town, with stately Main Streethomes on St. Johnsbury Plain presiding in grandeur over thebustling commerce of Railroad Street below. Peggy Pearl bringsa decidedly human element to this comprehensive history,wandering the graves of Mount Pleasant Cemetery and bringingto life the stories of those tanners, cobblers, millworkers andbrick makers who made St. Johnsbury their home. With excerpts from vintage newspapers like the Caledonian-Record and the Farmer,s Herald, Pearl unfolds the transformation from quiet mill town into picturesque manufacturing hub of Caledonia County.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781625843234
• Artikelnr.: 39239950

Autorenporträt

A native of St. Johnsbury, Peggy Pearl is a graduate of St. Johnsbury Academy and Vermont's Lyndon State College, where she majored in history. In the 1980s, Peggy wrote human interest stories for the local paper, The Caledonia Independent. She is currently the Director of Education and History Curator at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury. Peggy's curriculum and resource guide, History Comes to School, is used by educators throughout the region. Peggy's extensive research has led to several special exhibits at the Fairbanks Museum, including The Strong and Spirited-Women of the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont in the Civil War, Sheep in Vermont, and Vermont Inventors.