| California, Pennsylvania Contributor(s): California Area Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738511544 ISBN-13: 9780738511542 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 Annotation: PRIMARY COVERAGE AREA: California, Newell, West Brownsville |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 974.882 |
| LCCN: 2002113747 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.62" W x 9.26" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Along the winding Monongahela River and forty miles south of Pittsburgh lies California, Pennsylvania. Hopeful prospectors settled the area in 1849 and named their town in honor of those hunting gold out West. California, Pennsylvania traces the growth of this Mon Valley town and nearby communities from the days of boatbuilding, coal mines, and railroads to today. Drawing on the California Area Historical Society's extensive collection of old newspapers, municipal documents, and vintage photographs from the Harry Harris Photographic Collection, this volume also explores the history of early houses and local businesses, and the emergence of higher education from a state normal school into the California University of Pennsylvania. |
Contributor Bio(s): California Area Historical Society: - Established in 1992, the California Area Historical Society assists residents and historians with local research and has authored California, Pennsylvania in conjunction with its tenth anniversary. |