Bruce Edward Mowday

West Chester (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

West Chester has grown from the sleepy village originally known as Turk,s Head in the 1700s to a bustling community hosting West Chester University, a thriving educational institution. The selection of West Chester as the seat of Chester County,s government in 1785 led citizens to march on the town ,armed with a field-piece, a barrel of whiskey, and other warlike munitions., Architect Thomas U. Walter, who designed the U.S. Capitol, was responsible for several classic town buildings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439632499
• Artikelnr.: 37919613

Autorenporträt

West Chester features postcards from Bruce Edward Mowday's personal collection. He is the author of three additional books, Along the Brandywine River, Coatesville, and Downingtown. Mowday worked for a West Chester newspaper for more than twenty years. A member of numerous historical organizations and a board member of the Chester County Historical Society, he has written histories of Fort Delaware in the Civil War and the Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine.