Not everyone in the states likes speed, though. ___28___. The Amish people in Pennsylvania and the Midwest still use the clock in the eighteenth century. They still live in the unhurried style of those days, refusing to use cars, telephones, televisions, or any other modern invention....
Benjamin West was born in Pennsylvania but eventually settled in London when two wealthy families paid for him to travel to Europe. In time he would teach a generation of American artists who travelled to London and then returned to America. He learned to make paints from a group of ...
James Stewart, also known by the stage name Jimmy Stewart, was an influential figure in the world of Hollywood, with an acting career that spanned over 50 years. Born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Stewart's humble beginnings were far from the glitz and glamor of Tinseltown....
An account of three people on the western frontier circa 1750 including John Patten, an Indian trader who made an influential manuscript map of the Ohio country including western Pennsylvania. See also Who Made the Trader's Map? in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,Vol. 65, ...
Cook Camp Hill, Pennsylvania: Christian Publications 2000, xvii, 346 pp., paper, $14.99 Reviewed by Joseph A. Perez This book explores the problem faced by every generation of Christians of all theological persuasions within evangelicalism: how to keep the faith vital. Historical drift is the ...
Prior to joining Historical Concepts, Lucas worked as a Town Planner for Dover, Kohl & Partners in Miami, and even spent a summer as a roofer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The son of missionaries, Lucas spent his childhood in Guyana and Papua New Guinea but now calls Atlanta home. Outside ...
Sudarkasa, Niara –[231 Pages, 98MB] – Niara Sudarkasa (1938–2019) was an influential African American anthropologist, scholar, and university president who broke new ground as the first female president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Born Gloria Albertha Marshall in Fort Lauderdale, ...
Commander-in-Chief,Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War “I would like to let you know you were a BIG hit at the meeting.”“I had several people tell me “that was about the best program we have had.” Ron Nurmi Des Moines Civil War Roundtable ...
The Amish, a group of people who live without the use of modern technology, live in the countryside of Pennsylvania. The capital is Harrisburg and the state bird is the ruffed grouse. Overview of Pennsylvania History and HeritageIn 1643, the Governor of New Sweden, Johan Printz, established ...
People traveled near and far to see the museum, which tells the story of western Pennsylvania's pivotal role during the French and Indian War, the American Revolution and as the birthplace of Pittsburgh through interactive exhibitions, life-like figures and 18th-century artifacts. ...