David Ira Kagan: 2 books
by David Ira Kagan
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Pioneer settlers began arriving in Pine Creek Valley after the Revolutionary War, drawn to the pristine wilderness filled with towering white pines and hemlocks. In the 1880s, descendants of those settlers began extensive lumbering operations aided greatly by the arrival of the railroad through the valley....
by David Ira Kagan, Edward William Sunbery
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2009
Middletown was settled in 1752, when George Fisher arrived from Philadelphia and built a home on the west bank of Swatara Creek. Named Middletown because it was midway between Lancaster and Carlisle, this oldest town in Dauphin County became incorporated as a borough in 1826. Through the years Middletown...