Union County, Pennsylvania: A Celebration of HistoryThis updated and revised book covers the gamut of Union County's history. It begins with the region's earliest days when the Delaware Indians were in residence and how the arrival of settlers, who ventured into this frontier area from Berks and Lancaster counties, marked the beginning of major changes. Synder's text, first published in 1976, has been expanded and updated to reflect newly discovered material on such groups as the Amish and the developments in Union County up to 2000. Distributed by Penn State University Press by arrangement with the Union County Historical Society. |
Contents
I | 12 |
III | 31 |
V | 43 |
VII | 57 |
IX | 75 |
XI | 98 |
XII | 122 |
XIV | 143 |
XX | 192 |
XXII | 213 |
XXIV | 232 |
XXVI | 252 |
XXVII | 265 |
XXIX | 278 |
XXX | 297 |
XXXII | 314 |
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Popular passages
Page 10 - The Indians gave us enough to do. We had to tan leather, to make shoes (moccasins) , to clear land, to plant corn, to cut down trees and build huts, to wash and cook. The want of provisions, however, caused us the greatest sufferings. During all the time that we were at Kittanny we had neither lard nor salt; and sometimes we were forced to live on acorns, roots, grass and bark. There was nothing in the world to make this new sort of food palatable excepting hunger itself.
Page 11 - Dann waun ich ganz verlassen scheine, Vertreibt mir Jesus selbst die 'zeit, Ich bin bey ihm, und er bey mir, So Kommt mirs gar nicht einsam für.
Page 11 - Alone, and yet not all alone, Am I, in solitude though drear, For when no one seems me to own, My Jesus will himself be near, I am with Him and He with me, I therefore cannot lonely be.