Author: Oscar Jewell Harvey
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Category : Civic leaders
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Author: Oscar Jewell Harvey
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Category : Civic leaders
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civic leaders
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Author: Oscar Jewell Harvey
Publisher:
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Category : Wilkes-Barre (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wilkes-Barre (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Historical Record ...
Author: Frederick Charles Johnson
Publisher:
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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History of the Lackawanna Valley
Author: Horace Hollister
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Category : Lackawanna County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : Lackawanna County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Wild Yankees
Author: Paul B. Moyer
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801461723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Northeast Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley was truly a dark and bloody ground, the site of murders, massacres, and pitched battles. The valley's turbulent history was the product of a bitter contest over property and power known as the Wyoming controversy. This dispute, which raged between the mid-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, intersected with conflicts between whites and native peoples over land, a jurisdictional contest between Pennsylvania and Connecticut, violent contention over property among settlers and land speculators, and the social tumult of the American Revolution. In its later stages, the controversy pitted Pennsylvania and its settlers and speculators against "Wild Yankees"—frontier insurgents from New England who contested the state's authority and soil rights. In Wild Yankees, Paul B. Moyer argues that a struggle for personal independence waged by thousands of ordinary settlers lay at the root of conflict in northeast Pennsylvania and across the revolutionary-era frontier. The concept and pursuit of independence was not limited to actual war or high politics; it also resonated with ordinary people, such as the Wild Yankees, who pursued their own struggles for autonomy. This battle for independence drew settlers into contention with native peoples, wealthy speculators, governments, and each other over land, the shape of America's postindependence social order, and the meaning of the Revolution. With vivid descriptions of the various levels of this conflict, Moyer shows that the Wyoming controversy illuminates settlement, the daily lives of settlers, and agrarian unrest along the early American frontier.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801461723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Northeast Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley was truly a dark and bloody ground, the site of murders, massacres, and pitched battles. The valley's turbulent history was the product of a bitter contest over property and power known as the Wyoming controversy. This dispute, which raged between the mid-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, intersected with conflicts between whites and native peoples over land, a jurisdictional contest between Pennsylvania and Connecticut, violent contention over property among settlers and land speculators, and the social tumult of the American Revolution. In its later stages, the controversy pitted Pennsylvania and its settlers and speculators against "Wild Yankees"—frontier insurgents from New England who contested the state's authority and soil rights. In Wild Yankees, Paul B. Moyer argues that a struggle for personal independence waged by thousands of ordinary settlers lay at the root of conflict in northeast Pennsylvania and across the revolutionary-era frontier. The concept and pursuit of independence was not limited to actual war or high politics; it also resonated with ordinary people, such as the Wild Yankees, who pursued their own struggles for autonomy. This battle for independence drew settlers into contention with native peoples, wealthy speculators, governments, and each other over land, the shape of America's postindependence social order, and the meaning of the Revolution. With vivid descriptions of the various levels of this conflict, Moyer shows that the Wyoming controversy illuminates settlement, the daily lives of settlers, and agrarian unrest along the early American frontier.
History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (1893)
Author: Henry C Bradsby
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498147750
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1893 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498147750
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1893 Edition.
History of Wyoming (Second Edition)
Author: T. A. Larson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803279361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
"The History of Wyoming" explains detailed information of territorial and state developments. This second edition also includes the post-World War II chapters containing discussion about the economy, society, culture and politics not included on the previous edition.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803279361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
"The History of Wyoming" explains detailed information of territorial and state developments. This second edition also includes the post-World War II chapters containing discussion about the economy, society, culture and politics not included on the previous edition.
The Battle of Wyoming
Author: Mark Dziak
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722310202
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Battle of Wyoming: For Liberty and Life explores the infamous 1778 Revolutionary War battle in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The Battle of Wyoming (and the so-called Wyoming Massacre that followed) was a relatively small event, but its impact would help to dictate the fates of Britain, the American Indians, and the newborn United States. The Battle of Wyoming rebuilds this important conflict using factual narrative, quotations, illustrations, biographies, and even a guide to battle sites in modern-day Wyoming Valley.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722310202
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Battle of Wyoming: For Liberty and Life explores the infamous 1778 Revolutionary War battle in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The Battle of Wyoming (and the so-called Wyoming Massacre that followed) was a relatively small event, but its impact would help to dictate the fates of Britain, the American Indians, and the newborn United States. The Battle of Wyoming rebuilds this important conflict using factual narrative, quotations, illustrations, biographies, and even a guide to battle sites in modern-day Wyoming Valley.
Wyoming Valley's Earliest Settlers
Author: Sally Teller Lottick
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania ...
Author: John Franklin Meginness
Publisher:
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Category : Lycoming County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
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Publisher:
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Category : Lycoming County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
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