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Authors : Reed, George Irving, Lambing, Andrew Arnold, 1842-1918, Glover, Eli Sheldon
Title: Century cyclopedia of history and biography of Pennsylvania, v.1
Print source: Century cyclopedia of history and biography of Pennsylvania v.1
Reed, George IrvingLambing, Andrew Arnold, 1842-1918Glover, Eli Sheldon
Chicago: The Century Publishing and Engraving Co, 1904
Publication Info: Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, Digital Research Library
2013
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URL: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=31735060396185;view=toc;c=pitttext

Contents
Century cyclopedia of history and biography of Pennsylvania, v.1
[Front Cover]
[Front Matter]
[Tittle Page]
[Preface]
[Table of Content]
The Pre-Historic Border Line.
Indian Tribes Occupying the Territorry.
Indian Names of Rivers.
Early Explorers and Traders.
The Ohio Land Company.
French and English Claims to the Country West of the Allegheny Mountains.
Preparations of Both Nations to Possess the Valley.
The Forks of the Ohio, Key of the West.
The French Take Possession of the Forks-Fort Du Quesne.
Braddock's Expedition and Defeat.
Fall of Fort Du Quesne-Expulsion of the French.
Beginning of Permanent Occupation-Trouble with the Indians.
The Conspiracy of Pontiac.
Consternation of the Frontiersmen.
Fourth and Fifth Purchases of Indian Territory.
Pennsylvania and Virginia Boundary Dispute.
Western Pennsylvania During the Revolution.
Condition of Western Pennsylvania at the Close of the Revolution.
Expulsion of Indians and Overthrow of Their Power.
The Whiskey Insurrection.
Formation of Western Counties.
War of 1812-Allegheny Arsenal.
Early Means of Transportation.
The Pennsylvania and Other Canals.
Travel and Traffic on the Watercourses.
Mining and Manufacturing.
Early Forges and Furnaces.
The Great Fire in Pittsburgh-1845.
Influence of the Mexican War on Western Pennsylvania.
The Dry Summer of 1854.
The Cholera of 1854.
Financial Panic of 1857.
Railroads-Their Influence on Travel Transportation, and the Development of the Country.
The Lumber Industry.
The Discovery of Petroleum.
Churches and Schools.
Domestic and Social Life of the People.
Principal Causes Leading to Rebellion.
General View of Conditions at the Outbreak of the Rebelion.
on the Eye of the Rebellion.
Responding to the President's Call.
Record of the Civil War.
Two Secretaries of War-Simon Cameron, Edwin M. Stanton.
Evolution of Generals.
The Progress of Peace.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott's Offer.
The Western University of Pennsylvania.
Higher Education in Western Pennsylvania/ The Early Years.
The Early Academies.
Colleges and Universities: Washington and Jefferson College.
Allegheny College.
Waynesburg College/The Pennsylvania State College/Westminster College.
The Pennsylvania College for Women/Thiel College.
Pittsburgh College/Geneva College/Grove City College/Theological Seminaries.
History of Astronomy in Western Pennsylvania.
Bituminious Coal Basins.
Developtment of Oil-Fields.
The Production of Coke.
History and Development of Natural Gas.
Mining in Pennsylvania.
Agriculture in the State.
Live Stock Interests/The Population.
The Lumber Industry.
Beautiful Rivers.
The Great Railroad Strike.
Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts.
The Carnegie Museum.
The Carnegie Technical Schools.
The Carnegie Libraries in Pennsylvania.-Educational Value of the Public Library.
Authors and Writers.
Historical Society of Wester Pennsylvania/The Public Press.
Society of the Cincinnati.
The Pennsylvania Railroad-An Outline.
The Jay Cooke Panic.
The Johnstown Flood.
Another Park Dam Disaster.
In the War with Spain.
Pittsburgh as an Industrial Center.
[Back Matter]
[Back Cover]