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Greensburg, the county seat after 1785, was incorporated as a borough on february 9, 1799 and as a city in 1928. Allegheny county historic pittsburgh collection is a digital collection that provides an opportunity to explore and research the history of pittsburgh and the surrounding. Our gift shop is a great place to shop for unique historical gifts and books, all year round. Wallace luckenbill, fleetwood junior high school lectures, 19381945. A new county had to be erected by an act of assembly and on february 26, 1773, the assembly passed the act organizing a new county westmoreland from bedford county. The first court held in greensburg was on january 7, 1787. Ocrd made fulltext searchable and uploaded by user rwmaps. Pas past history of westmoreland county, pennsylvania vol. The incredibly convoluted history of westmoreland county.
Westmoreland county created on february 26, 1773, from part of bedford county and named for a county in england. The state administration in pennsylvania, 19031906. Early days in rostraver an informal history of rostraver township, westmoreland county, pa source. Library and genealogy westmoreland county historical society.
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History of westmoreland county, pennsylvania 2 want to read published 1906 by the lewis publishing company in new york, chicago. Pennsylvania westmoreland county heritage books, inc. These pages may be linked to but not used on another web site. Learn more about visiting the library and different ways you can conduct research below. History of bedford, somerset and fulton counties, pa. Formed from, successively, lancaster, northumberland, and later bedford counties, westmoreland county was founded on february 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west. During the last twenty years of the nineteenth century, morton montgomery undertook the colossal task of writing a comprehensive history of berks county.
The voyage to america by durs thommen and gottlieb mittelberger the phelan letter october 17th 1795 by rev lawrence s phelan about old world cemeteries by jerilyn pennsylvania. Allegheny, shearers crossroads bell, perrysville bolivar, adamsburg, new stanton, grapeville, middletown, arona, paintertown burrell, mclaughlinsville. Biographical and historical cyclopedia of westmoreland county, pennsylvania 1890 source. The books in this section are all printed books most are hardbound, and are not cds or dvds.
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Wallace luckenbill, fleetwood junior high school lectures, 19381945 hundreds of years ago, great forests of very old trees grew in the gentle valleys, on the rolling hills, and on the steep mountains of what is now berks county. History of westmoreland county, pennsylvania, volume 3 history of westmoreland county, pennsylvania, john newton boucher pennsylvania county and regional histories. History of westmoreland county, pennsylvania by students of yough school district and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. History of the county of westmoreland, pennsylvania. Genealogy publisher new york, chicago, the lewis publishing company collection newyorkpubliclibrary. History of the county of westmoreland, pennsylvania 1882 source. History of westmoreland county, pennsylvania, volume 1 history of westmoreland county, pennsylvania, john woolf jordan pennsylvania county and regional histories. Pa history books physician assistant history society. History of westmoreland county, pennsylvania database online. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading history of westmoreland county, pennsylvania volume 1. Pas past early history of western pennsylvania, and of the west, and of western expeditions and campaigns 1846 source.
Anyone may copy and use the information provided here freely for personal use only. History of the county of westmoreland, pennsylvania, philadelphia, l. History of bradford county, pennsylvania by david craft. A new county had to be erected by an act of assembly and on february 26, 1773, the assembly passed the act organizing a new countywestmoreland from bedford county. It enters the county on the north line in the township of athens, which is located centrally upon the northern boundary of the county. Westmoreland county, pennsylvania genealogy project. We can help you find the pennsylvania history books you are looking for. Choose our history of pennsylvania books at arcadia publishing. Pa s past slickville civilian conservation corps camp scs3 pa trafford history. A log court house was built on the ground which has since been used for the same purpose, and upon which stands the present structure.
Our work has been featured by the new york times, time magazine, history channel, discovery channel, smithsonian, mental floss, npr, and. History of the county westmoreland county, pa official. Pennsylvania history and books history of berks county. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. Historical and biographical annals of berks county pennsylvania. We feature smart, groundbreaking research and wellwritten narratives from expert writers. Pennsylvania history new, used and rare books and ephemera. For general information and books about pennsylvania, or to locate information about other counties, visit the pennsylvania page of time voyagers bookstore dont forget to check on the parent county from which a county was originally founded. Westmoreland county 1876 pennsylvania historical atlas. Internet archive a geography of pennsylvania, 1843 westmoreland. Pollins memorial library is the premier resource for studying the history of westmoreland county. History of berks county in pennsylvania library of congress. Boucher, 1906 york county history of york county, pennsylvania.
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Westmoreland county these antique maps and atlases are part of the historic map works, residential genealogy historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. Books were personally hand scanned one page at time at a resolution of 600dpi paying careful attention to detail. The movement to select a permanent county seat finally, on december 10, 1785, resulted in the selection of newtown, now greensburg. Morton montgomery was a reading attorney who lived in the block of penn street. Page 208 gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin. The pa history societys book, the physician assistant. These are books that were published by a wide variety of publishers between the 1880s and recent years and. Ancestors and descendants of william and nancy huston galbraith of westmoreland county, penn.
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