Hidden History of Bucks County
Hidden History of Bucks County

Author: Jennifer Rogers

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 143966613X

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Bucks County was an original county in William Penn's newly formed Pennsylvania province and has carried the weight of history ever since. Join author Jennifer Rogers as she recounts the lesser-known history of Bucks County. Industrial power in the region expanded in the late 1700s as Irish laborers sacrificed life and limb to construct a section of the Pennsylvania Canal and the Durham Furnace. In 1921, a gruesome train wreck claimed the lives of twenty-seven people, forever leaving its tragic mark on the busy rail lines emerging from Philadelphia. Raised a Quaker in Doylestown, James A. Michener went from local English teacher to Pulitzer Prize-winning author, leaving his philanthropic mark at the art museum named for him.

History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Author: J. H. Battle

Publisher: Southern Historical Press

Published: 2020-04-09

Total Pages: 1090

ISBN-13: 9780893089122

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By: J.H. Battle, Pub. 1887, reprinted 2020, 1086 pages, Index, hard cover, ISBN #0-89308-912-5. Bucks County was created in 1682 and was one of the first three counties created within the state. It is the parent county to Northampton and Lehigh counties. It sits in the Delaware Valley just north of Philadelphia in the Southeastern portion of the state boarding New Jersey. This book is broken up into two main sections. The first deals with the history of the county with such things as: early settlements on the Delaware, Dutch occupation, Indian hostilities and land claims, pioneer life, Dutch & English immigration, the Militia, the court system, slavery within the county, along with the discussion of the development & history of the various towns or boroughs found throught the county. The second section of this book is devoted to 1028 biographical sketches of these early settlers broken down via townships or boroughs and followed up with a new Full Names Index with approximately 27,000 entries.

Bucks County Adventures
Bucks County Adventures

Author: Carl Lavo

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11-14

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9780998120805

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Travel the byways of Bucks County and discover the many interesting towns, parks and museums in this historic county.