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Horse and buggy transportation originated in New England and edged westward through Pennsylvania to center later in the Middle West. The buggy was a very light, high-wheeled carriage unique to the United States. This vehicle created a centralized trade concentrated in such towns as Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, identified near and far as "The Buggy Town." This book is an illustrated story of "The Buggy Town," its shops, vehicles, and customs as they reflected an era of transportation in America.
Continuing Education (the third CAA\ CWF Carriage Symposium) by KEN WHEELING Runabouts by the Hundreds (how Mifflinburg, Penn., became "Buggy Town") by BRONWEN ANDERSON-SANDERS Welcome to Argentina (a photo essay by E.G. Moody) Suspension of American Carriages {reprinted from The Carriage Journal, Winter 1984} Out and About in Williamsburg (a photo essay by Jennifer Singleton)
View From the Box . On the Trail of the Borel Break ... Achenbach's Safe, Sane Driving Grips Les Equipages a Paris . . . . . . . The Hall of Flame Collection . Questions and Answers ... The Birth of the Canoga Carriage Company . Black Walter . Letters to the Editor The Carriage Association of America Annual Conference ..... The Horse's Mouth Miniatures of History . Vint Greeley ... collector An Unfortunate Accident A Wheelchair Carriage Book Reviews . The Carriage Trade
This 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.
Geared towards parents with children between the ages of two and twelve, Fun with the Family Pennsylvania features interesting facts and sidebars as well as practical tips about traveling with your little ones.
Mifflinburg and the towns of the West End have a story to tell. The hard work of making a life in early America demanded courage and determination of its settlers. There were good times when the towns thrived and tough times when efforts failed. Fires and accidents destroyed dreams, and financial distress halted progress, but the towns survived, and those that did celebrated their successes with fairs, parades, bands, and church dinners. Mifflinburg's buggy factories shipped buggies and sleighs across the young nation. The timber industry of the West End produced thousands of board feet, which built towns and propped up mines. Images of America: Mifflinburg and the West End tells the unfolding stories of Mifflinburg and the West End towns of Swengel, Millmont, Laurel Park, Pardee, Glen Iron, Weikert, Hartleton, and Laurelton. It is a history full of surprises and wonderful spirit.
THE PASSING SCENE THE CABRIOLET AND THE VICTORIA THE EIGHT-SPRING VICTORIA RICHARD ANDREWS OF SOUTHHAMPTON - COACHBUILDER THE KIMBALLS OF NEW ENGLAND, Part II by Susan Green WOOD LAMINATION: A TECHNIQUE FOR THE CARRIAGE BUILDER AND RESTORER A BUGGY MUSEUM FOR MIFFLINBURG by Charles M. Snyder . QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . BOOK REVIEWS A DREAM CAN COME TRUE! by James Laird

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Published: 1953

Total Pages: 1544


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