Snyder County (Postcard History) - Softcover

Campbell (le, Dr Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738537403 ISBN 13: 9780738537405

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2005

Synopsis

Snyder County was carved out of the southern portion of Union County in 1855. Named after Selinsgrove resident and Pennsylvania's only three-term governor Simon Snyder (1808-1817), the county is unique in many ways. It is part of the extensive early-nineteenth-century Pennsylvania Canal System's Susquehanna Division and home to one of the nation's first coeducational colleges, Susquehanna University. In the western section of the county, McClure is a town that was created by and for the convenience of the mid-nineteenth-century Middle Creek Valley Railroad. Snyder County is a historical tour of these ever-changing communities through more than two hundred new and far-ranging images, many never before published, mainly from the outstanding postcard collection of county resident Ron Nornhold.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Campbell and the Snyder County Historical Society collaborated to produce this volume. Campbell is also the author of Snyder County, in the Images of America series. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Snyder County Historical Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738537403
• ISBN 13: 9780738537405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128