Author: Eric J. Moskala
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ISBN: 9781696421089
Category : Fayette City (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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From Freeport to Fayette City
Author: Eric J. Moskala
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781696421089
Category : Fayette City (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781696421089
Category : Fayette City (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Voices of Fayette City, Pennsylvania
Author: Eric J Moskala
Publisher: Independently Published
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In 1800 Colonel Edward Cook laid out the town of Freeport, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Monongahela River in the northwestern corner of what was to become Fayette County. The town changed its name to Cookstown to honor its founder in 1825 and then to Fayette City in 1854. For the better part of the first half of the 1800s, Fayette City was known for building boats, manufacturing glass, and farming. In the latter half of the century, coal mining became the predominant occupation. Coal production in and around Fayette City exploded during the last decade of the 1800s. The abundance of jobs in the mines generated an influx of immigrants, primarily from central and eastern Europe, causing Fayette City's population to double from just under one thousand in 1890 to just over two thousand by 1910. Coal production reached a peak around 1915 and then decreased well into the 1920s as many of the large mines became mined out. The closure of the mines and the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s had a devasting effect on Fayette City as well as on numerous other small towns in the Monongahela River Valley. The 1940s, however, would show a resurgence in the community and prove to be, with the benefit of hindsight, the last gasp of a small industrial town. From World War II to the town's extraordinary Sesquicentennial celebration in 1950, the 1940s offered devasting lows and exhilarating highs. This book is based largely on interviews with more than thirty men and women who lived in Fayette City during the 1940s. Their recollections, both good and bad, of this exceptional period offer insight into what made Fayette City a place that evoked such strong, fond, and enduring memories in the hearts of those fortunate enough to have experienced the town then. It truly was an era the likes of which we may never be seen again.
Publisher: Independently Published
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In 1800 Colonel Edward Cook laid out the town of Freeport, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Monongahela River in the northwestern corner of what was to become Fayette County. The town changed its name to Cookstown to honor its founder in 1825 and then to Fayette City in 1854. For the better part of the first half of the 1800s, Fayette City was known for building boats, manufacturing glass, and farming. In the latter half of the century, coal mining became the predominant occupation. Coal production in and around Fayette City exploded during the last decade of the 1800s. The abundance of jobs in the mines generated an influx of immigrants, primarily from central and eastern Europe, causing Fayette City's population to double from just under one thousand in 1890 to just over two thousand by 1910. Coal production reached a peak around 1915 and then decreased well into the 1920s as many of the large mines became mined out. The closure of the mines and the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s had a devasting effect on Fayette City as well as on numerous other small towns in the Monongahela River Valley. The 1940s, however, would show a resurgence in the community and prove to be, with the benefit of hindsight, the last gasp of a small industrial town. From World War II to the town's extraordinary Sesquicentennial celebration in 1950, the 1940s offered devasting lows and exhilarating highs. This book is based largely on interviews with more than thirty men and women who lived in Fayette City during the 1940s. Their recollections, both good and bad, of this exceptional period offer insight into what made Fayette City a place that evoked such strong, fond, and enduring memories in the hearts of those fortunate enough to have experienced the town then. It truly was an era the likes of which we may never be seen again.
The Coal Field Directory
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
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Construction Reports, Building Permits
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Category : Building permits
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category : Building permits
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate, and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania
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Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
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Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
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Annual Report
Author: Pennsylvania. Banking Dept
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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First[- ] Annual Report of the Commissioner of Banking
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Banking
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ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Report of the Superintendent of Banking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. Banking Dept
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Banking, Being the ... Annual Report of the Banking Department of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year ...
Author: Pennsylvania. Banking Department
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Publisher:
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Bulletin
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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