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Legendary Locals of Latrobe by Joseph A. Comm

Located at the base of the rolling hills of the Laurel Highlands, Latrobe is best known as the birthplace of children's television pioneer Fred Rogers and golf legend Arnold Palmer. It is the home of Rolling Rock Beer, Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, and St. Vincent College. Latrobe has also been...

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Pennsylvania’s Covered Bridges (Images of America)

Starting in the early 1800s, Pennsylvania's rich forests provided natural material for the construction of more than 1,500 covered bridges across the state. The first covered bridge was built in 1805. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges looks at the earliest covered bridges as well as those that have survived modern progress. Images...

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Independence Cake: A Revolutionary Confection Inspired by Amelia Simmons, Whose True History Is Unfortunately Unknown by Deborah Hopkinson & Giselle Potter

Celebrate American independence with this delightful picture book as you travel to Revolutionary America and meet the amazing Amelia Simmons: mother's helper, baker of delectable cakes, and soon-to-be authoress of the first American cookbook! Master of the historical fiction picture book Deborah Hopkinson takes us back to late eighteenth-century America...

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John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith

Here is the story of five little lads before they became five really big Founding Fathers, from New York Times bestselling creator and Caldecott Honor recipient Lane Smith Once there were four lads . . . John [Hancock], Paul [Revere], George [Washington], and Ben [Franklin]. Oh yes, there was also Tom [Jefferson],...

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True Murder Mysteries of Southwestern Pennsylvania (Murder & Mayhem) by A. Parker Burroughs

In the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, beyond the picturesque scenes of the Monongahela River Valley, there are long-forgotten mysteries of scandal and murder. Amid the hardship of life on the frontier of Washington County in 1795, young Isabel Stewart was found dead and her killer never identified in the oldest...

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Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle

Alice Morse Earle was a social historian of great note at the turn of the century, and many of her books have lived on as well-researched and well-written texts of everyday life in Colonial America. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days was published in 1896. It is a catalog of early...

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Along Pennsylvania’s Lincoln Highway by Richard W. Funk

Unlike today's interstate highway system, the earlier routes offered ever-changing scenes and roadside attractions. Although the Lincoln Highway crosses the entire country from New York City to San Francisco, the route it follows through Pennsylvania offers some of the most diverse and beautiful scenery. From the relatively flat terrain in...

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Early American Cookery, “The Good Housekeeper” 1841 by Sarah Josepha Hale

This delightful early Victorian cookbook allows today's cooks, readers and food lovers to enter the intriguing world of the mid 19th century homemaker.

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The Trials of a Scold

The incredible true story of writer Anne Royall written by Jeff Biggers. From the cover: "Anne Royall was an American original, a stranger to fear who defied nineteenth-century skeptic as a prolific literary force, satirist, and social critic". "Drawing from her largely overlooked literary works, The Trials of a Scold is...

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From Cotton Fields to Coal Fields: The Walter Haile Story

Written by Phylis Peitrusza as told by Walter Haile Sr. who was once caretaker of the Historic Hanna's Town site. "The reader is invited to walk with Walter Haile, Sr. from the cotton fields of Heath Springs in South Carolina to the coal fields of western Pennsylvania.

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Membership – Business or Organization

This membership level includes... Free subscription to Westmoreland History magazine Quarterly newsletter Free admission to Historic Hanna's Town Free use of the research library and discount on photocopies 10% discount on purchases in WCHS office and Hanna's Town Museum Shop Discounts on program fees Invitations to Historical Society events

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