Upper Darby (Images of America) - Softcover

Rorer, Beverly; Marinelli, Barbara; Upper Darby Historical Society

 
9780738576374: Upper Darby (Images of America)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0738576379 ISBN 13: 9780738576374
Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Upper Darby, one of the earliest settlements west of Philadelphia, began with the Lenni Lenape Indians and early Swedish settlers of the 1650s. From the beginning, influential families left their mark.

Mills and farming were fueled by several creeks forming a fall line before dropping off to the Piedmont through Upper Darby. The descendants of Samuel Sellers were inventors whose skills benefited the nation. Dr. George Smith authored the bill for Pennsylvania public education, and famous financiers A.J. Drexel and his son A.J. Drexel Jr. created beautiful estates with landscaped vistas where residents enjoyed leisure activities. By the early 1800s, most farms had turned to dairying and became part of ""the Butter Belt."" The Sixty-Ninth Street Terminal, built in 1907, was the transportation hub for those going farther west and brought rapid development to the community. Upper Darby chronicles the people and the changing demographics of this thriving area.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Beverly Rorer, a founder and first president of the Upper Darby Historical Society, taught elementary school for 35 years in the Upper Darby School District. Barbara Marinelli, vice president of the historical society, is a 30-year member NSDAR and a descendant of Ralph Lewis, one of Upper Darby's first Quaker families.

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Verlag
ARCADIA PUB (SC)
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0738576379
ISBN 13 
9780738576374
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
127
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Verantwortliche Person
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Krügerweg 1
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Brandenburg
14959
Deutschland

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