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Centre County: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1915 (Metalmark) - Softcover

Mitchell, J. Thomas

 
9780271034607: Centre County: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1915 (Metalmark)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0271034602 ISBN 13: 9780271034607
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1915

Synopsis

This brief volume provides readers with an overview of Centre County’s history from its earliest European settlement up to the year 1915. Exploring the county’s major events across several centuries, J. Thomas Mitchell delves into such subjects as early living conditions, county government, and the establishment of townships. Mitchell also offers a history of Centre County’s schools and of the Pennsylvania State College (now University) as well as a discussion of its transportation, industry, and major public figures.

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About the Author

J. Thomas Mitchell was a Bellefonte lawyer and one-time president of the Centre County Historical Society.

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Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date
1915
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0271034602
ISBN 13 
9780271034607
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
132