History
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Steve E Troutman
Geology of the Mahanoy, Mahantongo, and Lykens ValleysSomething about the Earth We Walk On Author Ste...Something about the Earth We Walk On Author Steve E. Troutman taps his training in geology to take you on a tour of the Mahantongo, Mahanoy and Lykens Valleys from the beginning of time until human... -
John L Moore
Bows, Bullets, and BearsFrontier Pennsylvania Series Jack Armstrong die...Frontier Pennsylvania Series Jack Armstrong died violently along the Juniata River in early 1744. Armstrong was a rough-and-tumble frontier trader whose sharp business practices antagonized one Ind... -
George P Donehoo
Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvaniaby George Donehoo Originally published in 1928 ...by George Donehoo Originally published in 1928 by The Telegraph Press as A History of the Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania with Numerous Historical Notes and References This book, D... -
John L Moore
Warriors, Wampum, and Wolvesby John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series In...by John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series In April 1753, frontier missionary David Zeisberger prepared for a month-long voyage up the Susquehanna River’s North Branch by walking along the river ... -
John L Moore
Cannons, Cattle, and Campfiresby John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series Au...by John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series Author John L. Moore serves up a miscellany of fascinating depictions of obscure but authentic people and situations in this non-fiction book about the ... -
John L Moore
Forts, Forests, and FlintlocksFrontier Pennsylvania Series As the officer in ...Frontier Pennsylvania Series As the officer in charge at Hyndshaw’s Fort in the Pocono Mountains, Captain John Van Etten knew that few Indian war parties raided the settlements during the snowy win... -
John L Moore
Rivers, Raiders, and Renegadesby John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series As...by John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series As the Delaware Indians moved west through Pennsylvania during the 1700s, they carried with them tribal memories of the day they first met people from E... -
John L Moore
Settlers, Soldiers, and Scalpsby John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series Ba...by John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series Barbara Leininger and Marie LeRoy were teenage girls living along Penns Creek in central Pennsylvania in 1755 when an Indian war party captured them and... -
John L Moore
Pioneers, Prisoners, and Peace Pipesby John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series Hi...by John L Moore Frontier Pennsylvania Series Histories can be two-dimensional; these contain information strung along timelines. Other histories are three-dimensional, fleshing the basics out with ... -
Robert Joe Stout
Hidden Dangers: Mexico on the Brink of Disasterby Robert Joe Stout Mexico on the Brink of Disa...by Robert Joe Stout Mexico on the Brink of Disaster Mexico is undergoing economic and political changes that lie like landmines ready to explode beneath Uncle Sam’s footsteps. By the close of the f... -
Tim Dempsey
Well I'll Be Hanged: Early Capital Punishment in Nebraskaby Tim DempseySam Richards was more than likely...by Tim DempseySam Richards was more than likely Nebraska’s first serial killer. Among his many victims were a mother and her three children who were savagely beaten to death. In 1879, Richards was ... -
William A Cook
The Lindbergh Baby Kidnappingby William A Cook “No one will ever know how mu...by William A Cook “No one will ever know how much I have suffered. If I know anything about it, I would tell for the sake of my wife and baby. I don’t know gangsters, and if I had something to do...
