| Greensburg Contributor(s): DeRose, P. Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738536520 ISBN-13: 9780738536521 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: By 1771, a cluster of cabins flanked what would become the most traveled east-west road between the Allegheny Mountains and Pittsburgh. This settlement, originally called Newtown, emerged as the nucleus of a growing community later renamed for the late General Nathanael Greene. By 1799, Greensburg was already the first county seat and site of the first courts west of the mountains. With the coming of the Pennsylvania Railroad and bituminous coal mining, Greensburg by 1885 was growing, prospering, and bustling with commercial activity. Utilizing rare photographs, some unseen in sixty years, Greensburg concentrates on the city's evolution past 1900, into the years of boom and growth, and through the 1950s, hinting of future decline. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | Social History - Travel | United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 974.881 |
| LCCN: 2004107288 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.96" W x 9.18" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
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| Publisher Description: Old Newtown Pennsylvania, now Greensburg has a long history in coal, viewed here in rarely seen photographs. By 1771, a cluster of cabins flanked what would become the most traveled east-west road between the Allegheny Mountains and Pittsburgh. This settlement, originally called Newtown, emerged as the nucleus of a growing community later renamed for the late General Nathanael Greene. By 1799, Greensburg was already the first county seat and site of the first courts west of the mountains. With the coming of the Pennsylvania Railroad and bituminous coal mining, Greensburg by 1885 was growing, prospering, and bustling with commercial activity. Utilizing rare photographs, some unseen in sixty years, Greensburg concentrates on the city's evolution past 1900, into the years of boom and growth, and through the 1950s, hinting of future decline. |
Contributor Bio(s): DeRose, P. Louis: - Local resident and lawyer P. Louis DeRose is a member of the Westmoreland County Historical Society, Lincoln Highway Association, and Westmoreland Museum of American Art and former president of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. He is a frequent contributor to local publications and co-creator of a touring slide show about historic Greensburg. |
