Around Philipsburg
"Philipsburg is a community on the Moshannon Creek, which flows east off the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania. The region was blessed with rich seams of bituminous coal that have provided the area with employment and prosperity. With interests in Philadelphia, the Philips brothers of...
| Main Authors: | McGeehan, Debra Schnarrs (Author), McGeehan, Dennis (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charleston, South Carolina :
Arcadia Publishing,
[2016]
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| Series: |
Images of America.
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| Online Access: |
Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: |
"Philipsburg is a community on the Moshannon Creek, which flows east off the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania. The region was blessed with rich seams of bituminous coal that have provided the area with employment and prosperity. With interests in Philadelphia, the Philips brothers of England founded a colony in the wilds of frontier Pennsylvania in 1797. A gristmill, sawmill, iron forge, and screw factory began the taming of the wilderness. The Philips brothers eventually returned to England over political differences, but the town they founded carried on. Coal, timber, clay, railroads, and metal fabrication have created a community intensely proud of its history. Prone to flooding, the Moshannon Creek divides Centre and Clearfield Counties. This collection of photographs includes communities on both sides of the creek, highlighting the area's people, industry, commerce, architecture, and famous visitors to the town."--Cover. |
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| Physical Description: |
127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781467124263 1467124265 |