Bedford county, pennsylvania, quarter sessions, 17711801. Pennsylvania history, a complete outline of essential facts, by lambert greenawalt. Read about the early history of pennsylvania, its oil history, its cultural evolution, and much. Paxton moved from chartiers to rainsburg in the late 1970s, where her interest in local history prompted her to sew a flag, which is on display at the bedford county historical. The cove and the township are bordered on the east by tussey mountain and on the west by evitts mountain. The town was first known as the fountain inn, after a 1730s tavern, and the tavern later became the townas first post office. Local history books on pennsylvania arcadia publishing. The indians are still around, sometimes friends, sometimes enemies. George stuckey, at rainsburg, late wednesday night. Following closely upon the tragedy of the death of simon oppenheimer, prominent bedford merchant, came the announcement of the tragic death of mrs. According to the united states census bureau, rainsburg has a total area of 0. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of. An illustrated history of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. Early land holdings in bedford county, pennsylvania.
This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. I grew up in pennsylvania, and i never knew this book even existed. He had worked at several companies in the lima area until he went out. The markleysburg school photos on this page were donated by jack j. Fountain inn was renamed parkesburg after prominent politician john g. These images show major landowners on the date of publication. The school is said to educate pupils on the history of ghosts starting with the first known hauntings in ancient babylonia. Wikiproject pennsylvania rated startclass, midimportance this article is within the scope of wikiproject pennsylvania, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of pennsylvania on wikipedia. Published fall of 2010, the book is available from heritage books. The artifacts, documents, dates and events included in this book, unless otherwise designated, were all from within the present borders of bedford county, pa.
Browse the most recent rainsburg, pennsylvania obituaries and condolences. He has authored a number of books and journal articles and has several ongoing publication projects jerry researches regularly at a number of pennsylvania and maryland repositories as well as the new england historic genealogical society. Genealogical and personal history of western pennsylvania. These are books that were published by a wide variety of publishers between the 1880s and recent years and. Biblio has over 100 million new, used and rare books for sale in every. While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken. The rainsburg colerain township bike loop takes you through18. The distance from rainsburg to washington dc is 109 miles. As i try to read a section of that map, this is what i see. He went on to explain that he and his fellow soldiers had felt the need of a summer outing, and thought we would take it at the north. This volume abstracts and indexes dockets 1 and 2 of the bedford county quarter session dockets. Katherine workman thomas in 1976 for a bicentennial celebration in the borough. Before 1800, this area was settled by one, james donahoe. Archives of historical books of reading, pa and berks county.
A rare of collection of historical books of reading, pa and berks county. The church built in schellsburg in 1806 is the oldest one in the county. Explore the best trails in rainsburg, pennsylvania on traillink. The bridesburg historical society was established in 1989 to gather and preserve the history of the neighborhood, making the stories of past generations available for todays and tomorrows generations.
Guide to bedford county, pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth. Bridesburg is a neighborhood in lower northeast philadelphia, pennsylvania, bounded by the delaware river and the frankford creek. A number of important businesses had connections to parkesburg, including the philadelphia and columbia. Washington and the continental army battled the elements, not the british, during the grueling winter at valley forge learn more a virtual marching tour of the american revolution. Rainsburg is a borough in bedford county, pennsylvania, united states. Adobe acrobat reader required to view digital books. Mcevoy, 1914, by lambert greenawalt page images at hathitrust contributions to pennsylvania history. The book, the first comprehensive history of pennsylvania in almost three decades, sets the pennsylvania story in the larger context of national social, cultural, economic, and political development. Bedford county, pennsylvania genealogy familysearch. The table below compares rainsburg to the other 1,761 incorporated cities, towns and cdps in pennsylvania by rank and percentile using july 1, 2019 data. This is basically a snapshot of how our nation was built, many personal stories from varied sources. With more than 20 rainsburg trails covering 4270 miles, youre bound to find a perfect trail like the lower trail or 6 to 10 trail system. Bonnie paxton obituary bedford, pa observerreporter.
Designed to make highquality scholarship accessible for students, the pennsylvania history series has been published since 1948 and now features. Choose our history of pennsylvania books at arcadia publishing. In order to avoid confusion among patrons using this published finding aid, to the extent practical series titles have been made to conform to titles appearing in donna mungers guide. Bchs store books bedford co historical society, pa.
Elias gump came in 1818 from frederick county, maryland, to operate a carpentry business and became justice of the peace. The books listed here are books that were not published by hearthstone legacy publications. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. Paranormal researcher vince wilson operates this cottage and attraction that offers ghost tours, paranormal research training, and seances.
Over the past sixty years it has also published occasional books on topics pertinent more. Abdullah is a charming and engaging reenactor of a historical era that deserves. Web site of the bedford county historical societybchs, bedford pa, bchs store. History of berks county in pennsylvania internet archive. Bridesburg historical society historical society of. The volume is part of the pennsylvania history series published by the pennsylvania historical association in partnership with temple university press. Publications the pennsylvania historical association. Some of this information is held at the databoards and some is on the county pages. You may be aware of a handdrawn 1986 map by lucile wiley. The history of bedford, somerset and fulton counties of pa, is recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this 73 page booklet, reprinted primarily from four hardtofind vintage books. Along the way, you will travel through the historic town of rainsburg which has existed prior to bedford countys incorporation. This is a bibliography of most of our biographical and historical volumes currently being used for transcription to our various pennsylvania counties.
Michael barton, who received his doctorate in american civilization at the university of pennsylvania in 1974 and has been a faculty member in the american studies program at the harrisburg campus of penn state university for. Gerald jerry smith, cg sm is a professional genealogist who specializes in pennsylvania families prior to 1900. Plr on which the records are described in donna mungers pennsylvania land records, a history and guide for research. At we believe that every life has a story that deserves to be told and preserved is the online source for current local and national obituary news and a supportive community where friends and family can come together during times of loss and grieving to honor the memories of their loved ones with lasting personal tributes. Walker which can be used in conjunction with the 1860 census to help pinpoint your ancestors. He married rachel margaret morgart 02 dec 1819 in bedford county, pennsylvania, daughter of peter morgart and christina hess. As part of its mission to advocate and advance knowledge about the history and culture of pennsylvania and the midatlantic region, the pennsylvania historical association has published, since 1933, the awardwinning academic quarterly journal pennsylvania history. History books the bedford county visitors bureau bedford. Rainsburg is located in southern bedford county at within colerain towit lies at the south end of a valley called friends cove between tussey mountain to the east and evitts mountain to the west pennsylvania route 326 passes through the borough, leading north 11 miles. Other merchants were abraham and john fulk, john gump, a.
One of the first settlers was james donahoe sometime before 1800. Likely, you are aware of the worley family in the southern and upper part of friends cove, near rainsburg, colerain twp, bedford county, pa. Podcast for kids nfb radio 101 sermon podcast backstage opera for iphoneipod pauping off all steak no sizzle podcast church of the oranges. Rainsburg was a 1991 graduate of liam senior high school. Simons wonderfully illustrated and written book should serve as the entry into philadelphias history for a variety of audiences.
Brief history of bedford county page 2 a brief history of bedford county published march 1924, inquirer printing company, bedford, pa this brief history of bedford county, by districts, in the order of their organization, has been compiled from early records by william l. Pennsylvania history new, used and rare books and ephemera at. They do so by emphasizing the evolution of pennsylvania as a place and an idea. The distance to the pennsylvania state capital is 93 miles. Parkesburg is located in chester county, one of william pennas original three counties. Who would have thought history could be so interesting. Get the rainsburg public records youve been looking for.
He married margaret catherine stuckey 07 oct 1841 in bedford county, pennsylvania, daughter of simon stuckey. Fully illustrated chronicle enlivened with colorful anecdotes of the engaging people and events in the history of greater harrisburg. Marks lutheran church cemetery, yeager lutheran cemetery at rainsburg, cove methodist protestant cemetery, charlesville methodist church cemetery and trinity reformed cemetery at friends cove, all in colerain twp. Read about the early history of pennsylvania, its oil history, its cultural evolution, and much more. Click the book cover to read the history book pictured here. Pa state archives rg17 series titles records of the. My friends, he began with good cheer, how do you like this way of coming back into the union. Books were personally hand scanned one page at time at a resolution of 600dpi paying careful attention to detail. List of books and articles about pennsylvania history.
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