Author: Jim Campbell
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439620369
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
While Selinsgrove is typical of the many towns located along the shores of the Susquehanna River, it has cultivated its own identity as the home of Susquehanna University, founded in 1858 as the Missionary Institute and later becoming one of the nation’s first coeducational colleges. Prior to the Pennsylvania Canal, several Selinsgrove mills were vital in the worldwide flour trade, where wheat was ground into flour and floated on arks downriver to Baltimore. For most of the 20th century, Rolling Green Park was a leading recreational attraction, and for over 60 years the Selinsgrove Speedway’s sprint car races have caused spectators to hail it as “the fastest half-mile dirt track in the East.” What truly makes Selinsgrove and the surrounding area prominent is the unique individuals that have marked its history. Through more than 200 photographs, many previously unpublished, Around Selinsgrove depicts the places and people who have made these communities into what they are today.
Around Selinsgrove
Around Selinsgrove
Author: Jim Campbell
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738557113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
While Selinsgrove is typical of the many towns located along the shores of the Susquehanna River, it has cultivated its own identity as the home of Susquehanna University, founded in 1858 as the Missionary Institute and later becoming one of the nation's first coeducational colleges. Prior to the Pennsylvania Canal, several Selinsgrove mills were vital in the worldwide flour trade, where wheat was ground into flour and floated on arks downriver to Baltimore. For most of the 20th century, Rolling Green Park was a leading recreational attraction, and for over 60 years the Selinsgrove Speedway's sprint car races have caused spectators to hail it as "the fastest half-mile dirt track in the East." What truly makes Selinsgrove and the surrounding area prominent is the unique individuals that have marked its history. Through more than 200 photographs, many previously unpublished, Around Selinsgrove depicts the places and people who have made these communities into what they are today.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738557113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
While Selinsgrove is typical of the many towns located along the shores of the Susquehanna River, it has cultivated its own identity as the home of Susquehanna University, founded in 1858 as the Missionary Institute and later becoming one of the nation's first coeducational colleges. Prior to the Pennsylvania Canal, several Selinsgrove mills were vital in the worldwide flour trade, where wheat was ground into flour and floated on arks downriver to Baltimore. For most of the 20th century, Rolling Green Park was a leading recreational attraction, and for over 60 years the Selinsgrove Speedway's sprint car races have caused spectators to hail it as "the fastest half-mile dirt track in the East." What truly makes Selinsgrove and the surrounding area prominent is the unique individuals that have marked its history. Through more than 200 photographs, many previously unpublished, Around Selinsgrove depicts the places and people who have made these communities into what they are today.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate from ...
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
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Susquehanna University, 1858-2000
Author: Donald D. Housley
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9781575911120
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Susquehanna University's history from 1858 to 2000 has occurred in three stages, each expressing a different mission. The school was founded in 1858 as the Missionary Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church to fulfill the vision of the Rev. Benjamin Kurtz, a Lutheran cleric and editor of the Lutheran Observer. He was a partisan of the American Lutheran viewpoint caught up in a fratricidal battle with Lutheran orthodoxy. The Missionary Institute sustained his viewpoint in the preparation, gratis, of men called to preach the gospel in foreign and home missions. A complementary purpose was to educate young people in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania at both the Institute and its sister school, the Susquehanna Female College. When the Female College folded in 1873, the Institute became coeducational.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9781575911120
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Susquehanna University's history from 1858 to 2000 has occurred in three stages, each expressing a different mission. The school was founded in 1858 as the Missionary Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church to fulfill the vision of the Rev. Benjamin Kurtz, a Lutheran cleric and editor of the Lutheran Observer. He was a partisan of the American Lutheran viewpoint caught up in a fratricidal battle with Lutheran orthodoxy. The Missionary Institute sustained his viewpoint in the preparation, gratis, of men called to preach the gospel in foreign and home missions. A complementary purpose was to educate young people in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania at both the Institute and its sister school, the Susquehanna Female College. When the Female College folded in 1873, the Institute became coeducational.
Year Book of the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies
Author: Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Yearbook ...
Author: Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Acts and Proceedings ... Annual Meeting
Author: Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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