Pittsburgh's Rivers (Images of America) - Tapa blanda

Burns, Daniel J.

 
9780738545141: Pittsburgh's Rivers (Images of America)
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ISBN 10: 0738545147 ISBN 13: 9780738545141
Editorial: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2006

Sinopsis

For centuries, the land at the forks of the Ohio River was known to the Native Americans of western Pennsylvania, but it was not until 1753 that a British officer named George Washington surveyed the area for Gov. Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia. He described the land as well timbered and convenient for building, and with that, the first community at the site of modern-day Pittsburgh was established. Over the next two and a half centuries, Pittsburgh changed from a small settlement in the Pennsylvania wilderness to a city that has flourished because of, and continues to be identified by, its surrounding rivers. The Allegheny, the Ohio, and the Monongahela Rivers have played an inimitable role in the industrial growth of America as they have provided for the movement of coal, lumber, and steel to the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Pittsburgh's Rivers highlights the immeasurable contributions these three rivers
have made to the area both economically and socially.

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Acerca del autor

Daniel J. Burns, president of the Mifflin Township Historical Society, is a police officer and a freelance writer. He is the author of Duquesne and Bedford and Its Neighbors. For Pitsburgh's Rivers, Burns partnered with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, which serves the dynamic and diverse needs of people living in western Pennsylvania.

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Editorial
ARCADIA PUB (SC)
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0738545147
ISBN 13 
9780738545141
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
127
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