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Pennsylvania History Books


Pennsylvania local and regional history books feature vintage images of small towns and downtowns across the state. Each title celebrates the unique cultures and traditions of the 'Keystone State' through historical images and descriptive captions.

From the first groundhog pageant in 1887 to the legend of Punxsutawney Phil, from the thrills and chills of Dorney Park, Indian Trail and Edgemont Amusement Park, and Hersheypark, to coal mining in the Anthracite Region, the battlefields of Gettysburg, condiment company H.J. Heinz, the famed Hess's Department Store, and towns like Allentown, Bucks County, Erie, and more, each book features stunning vintage images revealing the unique people, places, and events that make up the history of the great state of Pennsylvania.


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Abington, Jenkintown, and Rockledge
Abington, Jenkintown, and Rockledge

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Abington, Jenkintown, and Rockledge presents a portrait of the area that was originally the township of Abington, now a northern suburb of P ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738504735
African Americans in Mercer County
African Americans in Mercer County

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
African Americans in Mercer County have a legacy spanning two centuries of progress. Runaway slaves secreted along stations of the Undergrou ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738565019
African Americans in Pittsburgh
African Americans in Pittsburgh

$21.99 Backordered
state: Pennsylvania
series: Black America
African Americans in Pittsburgh chronicles the distinct trends in this African American community. There was never one centralized neighborh ...
Black America Backordered $21.99 9780738544878
African Americans in Sewickley Valley
African Americans in Sewickley Valley

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
The African Americans of Sewickley Valley have a history as rich and deep-rooted as the valley itself. Originally pioneered by Quakers and a ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738556871
African Americans of Harrisburg
African Americans of Harrisburg

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Black America
Harrisburg served as a refuge and passageway for many African Americans fleeing the South via the Underground Railroad and moving north in s ...
Black America Available $21.99 9780738536682
Allegheny City: 1840-1907
Allegheny City: 1840-1907

$21.99 Reprinting
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Allegheny Town was established in 1784 by order of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. By 1840, the tiny wilderness community had ...
Images of America Reprinting $21.99 9780738555003
Allentown
Allentown

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Allentown is many things to many different people. It is a historical city, a city of churches, a city of immigrants, and a place that value ...
Postcard History Available $19.99 9780738544519
Allentown
Allentown

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Allentown, the Queen City of the Lehigh Valley, is the youngest but largest of the three cities in the valley. Founded in 1762 by William Al ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738509969
Along Pennsylvania's Lincoln Highway
Along Pennsylvania's Lincoln Highway

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Unlike today’s interstate highway system, the earlier routes offered ever-changing scenes and roadside attractions. Although the Lincoln Hig ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738545110
Along the Allegheny River: The Northern Watershed
Along the Allegheny River: The Northern Watershed

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
The Allegheny River, of western Pennsylvania and New York, flows through a region rich in natural resources and human history. While the riv ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738538457
Along the Allegheny River: The Southern Watershed
Along the Allegheny River: The Southern Watershed

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
The Allegheny River of western Pennsylvania and New York rises in Potter County, Pennsylvania, and flows 320 miles to its confluence with th ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738538464
Along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: From Cumberland to Uniontown
Along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: From Cumberland to Uniontown

$21.99 Backordered
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
During the turn of the century, the railroad was an extremely important transportation and shipping resource to thousands of people and busi ...
Images of America Backordered $21.99 9780738537429
Along the Brandywine River
Along the Brandywine River

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
This fascinating new history of the historical river that winds through Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the upper regions of Delaware and ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738509402
Along the Bucktail Highway
Along the Bucktail Highway

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
The Bucktail Highway, Pennsylvania Route 120, traverses over 100 miles of the commonwealth’s historic northern tier, linking Ridgway in the ...
Postcard History Available $19.99 9780738555232
Along the Octorara
Along the Octorara

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
This fascinating visual history provides a glimpse into the past of the area around the Octorara Valley, a region in Southeastern Pennsylvan ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738554655
Along the Perkiomen
Along the Perkiomen

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern bor ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738538099
Along the Route 100 Corridor
Along the Route 100 Corridor

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
" The tiny villages along what is now known as the Route 100 Corridor are Bally, Eshbach, Bechtelsville, New Berlinville, Boyertown, and Was ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738536330
Along the Route 100 Corridor Revisited
Along the Route 100 Corridor Revisited

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Along the Route 100 Corridor Revisited documents the villages and townspeople along the Route 100 Corridor that were instrumental in the beg ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738538440
Along the Schuylkill River
Along the Schuylkill River

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
The Schuylkill River got its name, meaning “hidden river,” from Dutch settlers who discovered its mouth sequestered behind the Delaware Rive ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738565484
Along the Wissahickon Creek
Along the Wissahickon Creek

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Originally called Wisauksicken and Wisamickon by the Lenni Lenape tribe of southeastern Pennsylvania, the creek was renamed Wissahickon by E ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738535210
Altoona
Altoona

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Altoona is a city built by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Cities usually grow to maturity and then sprout suburbs. With Altoona, it was the oppo ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738505169
Altoona
Altoona

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
The Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated in 1846 and immediately began the task of finding an all-rail route to connect Philadelphia with ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738572611
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of Rail
Dating back to 1882, the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway has humble origins, but it quickly became a viable transportation system ...
Images of Rail Available $19.99 9780738538976
Ambler
Ambler

$19.99 Backordered
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Ambler, a working-class town located fifteen miles north of Philadelphia, boasts some of the grandest homes in Montgomery County. Its evolut ...
Images of America Backordered $19.99 9780738534831
Ambridge
Ambridge

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
In 1905, the German religious settlement of Economy changed forever from what its charismatic founder had planned in 1824. Built to await th ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738554860
Annville Township
Annville Township

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Annville Township, located on the north bank of Quittapahilla Creek, was originally settled in the 1720s by millers who made use of the cree ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738574608
Around Avondale and West Grove
Around Avondale and West Grove

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Chester County was one of the three original counties established by William Penn, giving it a long history of settlement and growth. Around ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738545660
Around Bangor
Around Bangor

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Located in Northampton County, Bangor and the surrounding Slate Belt towns lie just a few miles from the Pocono Mountains and the Delaware R ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738539027
Around Blair County
Around Blair County

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Blair County is a picturesque area of five hundred thirty square miles, carved from the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains in western Penn ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738510248
Around Bradford
Around Bradford

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
When people think of Bradford in any historical sense, they think of oil and the remarkable effect that it has had on the community. The dis ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738597003
Around Bradford: Volume II
Around Bradford: Volume II

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Around Bradford Volume II further looks at the history of the area as it has not been seen before. Once one of the largest cities in Pennsyl ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738565453
Around Cambridge Springs
Around Cambridge Springs

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
In 1903, Cambridge Springs was described in Cutter's Guide as "the Great Health and Pleasure Resort of Pennsylvania." Located in northwester ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738513270
Around Chadds Ford
Around Chadds Ford

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Chadds Ford grew along an important early thoroughfare where it crossed the Brandywine Creek. Travelers along this east–west highway between ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738536453
Around Conneautville
Around Conneautville

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Surveyor Alexander Power chose the Conneaut Creek Valley as a place to build a home after discovering its beauty in 1795. Within the decade, ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738575179
Around Cresson and the Alleghenies
Around Cresson and the Alleghenies

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
The Allegheny Mountains constantly challenged early settlers to use their creativity and skills to conquer what seemed an almost insurmounta ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738590400
Around Curwensville
Around Curwensville

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Curwensville, one of the oldest towns in Clearfield County, began as a lumber town. Some of the area’s finest families made their fortunes b ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738555065
Around Damascus Township
Around Damascus Township

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Damascus Township was formed in 1798, though the first recorded settlers arrived in 1755 at Cushetunk, as the area was called by the Lenni L ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738592268
Around DuBois
Around DuBois

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Prior to the 1870s, DuBois was a forest settlement with only a handful of families living in the area. John DuBois changed that when he sett ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738537160
Around Ford City
Around Ford City

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Ford City was once known as one of the fastest-growing communities in Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company and the Ford China Co ...
Postcard History Available $19.99 9780738557878
Around Galeton and Coudersport
Around Galeton and Coudersport

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Potter County’s abundance of forests in the late 1800s played a large part in making the town of Williamsport the lumber capital of the worl ...
Postcard History Available $19.99 9780738557199
Around Glen Rock
Around Glen Rock

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Glen Rock is situated in a valley along Codorus Creek in Shrewsbury Township in southern York County. Incorporated in 1860, the town is loca ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738564623
Around Hazleton
Around Hazleton

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Once called the jewel of Pennsylvania’s middle anthracite coal fields, Hazleton grew up on a solid foundation of black diamonds and prospere ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738537399
Around Hughesville
Around Hughesville

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
In 1816, Jeptha Hughes purchased a tract of land along Muncy Creek and named it Hughesburg. The town grew, and it was renamed Hughesville in ...
Postcard History Available $19.99 9780738554570
Around Lake Ariel
Around Lake Ariel

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
The modern day village of Lake Ariel is located in Lake Township. The town and the surrounding area have a long and colorful heritage. The e ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738546421
Around Montgomery
Around Montgomery

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Incorporated in 1887, Montgomery is the youngest borough in Lycoming County, yet it possesses a deeply rich and proud history. Nestled betwe ...
Postcard History Available $19.99 9780738557663
Around Montgomery Borough: 1940-1990
Around Montgomery Borough: 1940-1990

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Although the borough of Montgomery and its surrounding townships may epitomize the phrase “small town,” there is nothing small about the cha ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738575216
Around New Freedom
Around New Freedom

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
Located just north of the Mason-Dixon Line in southern York County, New Freedom quickly developed into a thriving industrial town because it ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738538389
Around Oxford
Around Oxford

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
Around Oxford features vintage postcards and photographs from Oxford and the surrounding area, including Lincoln University—the oldest Afric ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738572109
Around Phoenixville
Around Phoenixville

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Postcard History
The small town of Phoenixville has a multifaceted industrious past that developed around the Phoenix Iron Company, the silk mill, and the By ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738572079
Around Picture Rocks
Around Picture Rocks

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of America
When the Sprout and Burrows families purchased what became Picture Rocks for $2,500 in October 1848, the land was considered worthless. The ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738544731

 
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