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An illustrated history of greater Harrisburg : life by the moving road

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4928
Author
Barton, Michael.
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
974.818 B293
Responsibility
by Michael Barton ; pictorial research by Irwin Richman and John Beck.
ISBN
0965475441
Author
Barton, Michael.
Place of Publication
Sun Valley, Calif
Publisher
American Historical Press,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
224 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: pp. 217-219.
Contents
Prologue: the moving road that used to be -- 1733: the attempted history of John Harris' burning -- October 3, 1794: George Washington and the start of stopping by -- January 14, 1836: the first crusades -- February 25, 1858: seven women healing -- June 20-July 4, 1863: the lesser battles of greater Harrisburg -- April 29, 1877: the funeral of Harry Cook in the old "ate" ward -- September 14, 1885: children's day at the Dauphin County centennial celebration -- January 1, 1904: Harrisbrag [sic] -- 1911: aliens in Israel -- 1917: cub's ragtime -- March 31, 1928: the bottom line -- July 14, 1939: two tales of a city -- May 3, 1946-June 4, 1981: Harve Taylor's secret diary -- Greater Harrisburg's neighbors / by Mark Dorfman -- January 20, 1996: life by the overflowing road -- March 18, 1998: Mayor Reed sums up the State of the City -- Chronicles of leadership -- A timeline of greater Harrisburg's history.
Subjects
Harrisburg (Pa.) - History.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Richman, Irwin.
Beck, John.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 B293
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Annals of Harrisburg Dauphin County, Pennsylvania : and 460 Dauphin and Lebanon County death records, 1788-1838

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5025
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
974.818 A613
Responsibility
especially edited for this reprint by William L. Iscrupe, Shirley G.M. Iscrupe ; with new index.
Place of Publication
Laughlintown, Pa
Publisher
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
414, 23 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published under title: Annals, comprising memoirs, incidents and statistics of Harrisburg (Harrisburg : Geo. A. Brooks, 1858).
Includes indexes.
Contents
Index to Annals of Harrisburg ... / index compiled for Southwest by Patricia W. Collins.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Harrisburg (Pa.) - History.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Iscrupe, William L.
Iscrupe, Shirley G. M.
Collins, Patricia Wainwright.
Morgan, George H.
Additional Title
Annals, comprising memoirs, incidents and statistics of Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 A613
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The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3584
Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.818 H975
Responsibility
by C. H. Hutchinson.
Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Place of Publication
[Middletown, Pa.]
Publisher
Middletown Area Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
vii, 266 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Chapters 45-54 give war records of Middletown volunteers, 1861-1865. Chapters 55-56 give rolls of militia companies in 1862-1863.
Reprint of the 1906 ed. published by Hutchinson.
Includes index.
Subjects
Burd family.
Cameron famiy.
Smith family.
Fisher family.
Frey family.
Kendig famiy.
Landis family.
McClure family.
Snyder family.
Middletown (Pa.) - History.
Middletown (Pa.) - Biography.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
Middletown Area Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 H975
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