Research Catalog

Title

Hidden history of Bucks County / Jennifer Rogers.

Author

Rogers, Jennifer (Historian)

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2019.

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Details

Description

190 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Bucks County was an original county in William Penn's newly formed Pennsylvania province and has carried the weight of history ever since. Industrial power in the region expanded in the late 1700s as Irish laborers sacrificed life and limb to construct a section of the Pennsylvania Canal and the Durham Furnace. In 1921, a gruesome train wreck claimed the lives of twenty-seven people, forever leaving its tragic mark on the busy rail lines emerging from Philadelphia. Raised a Quaker in Doylestown, James A. Michener went from local English teacher to Pulitzer Prize-winning author, leaving his philanthropic mark at the art museum named for him. Join author Jennifer Rogers as she recounts the lesser-known history of Bucks County.

Series Statement

Hidden history

Uniform Title

Hidden history (Charleston, S.C.)

Subject

• Cemeteries
• Taverns (Inns)
• Underground Railroad
• Bucks County (Pa.) > History
• Bucks County (Pa.) > Biography
• Pennsylvania > Bucks County

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Series statement taken from publisher's website.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.

Contents

The founding of Bucks County -- William Penn and the Lenni-Lenapes -- Buck county -- Prominent families and homesteads -- The Grundy family -- The Thompson family: John and Robert Thompson -- The Cravens -- Henry Mercer -- John Lacey -- John Fitch -- William Watts Hart Davis -- James A. Michener -- The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania Canal and the construction of the Durham Furnace -- Irish laborers -- The Dunham Furnace -- Abolition and the Underground Railroad in Bucks County -- The Purvis brothers -- Harriet Tubman -- Local shops along the Underground Railroad : Warminster ; New Hope ; Yardley ; Telford ; Northampton Township -- Runaway slaves of Bucks County : Benjamin Jones ; Mount Gilead Community Church ; Basil Dorsey -- From Civil War to Dentistry: one Bucks County soldier's account and life after the war -- Civil War diary -- From private to doctor -- The American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army in Bucks County and the Battle of Crooked Billet -- The Revolutionary War -- Washington crosses the Delaware -- General Washington's headquarters : Summerseat, Morrisville ; John Harris House ; John Moland House ; The Keith House -- The Battle of Crooked Billet -- Inns and Taverns: serving up ales and history -- The Red Lion Inn -- The Ferry Inn -- Dilworth's Tavern -- General Greene Inn -- Piper Tavern -- The Spinnerstown Hotel -- McConkey Ferry Inn and Washington Crossing Inn -- Black Bass Hotel -- Temperance House -- McCoole's at the Red Lion Inn -- The Logan Inn -- The horrific train wreck that rocked Bucks County to its core -- The wreck -- The aftermath -- Doan outlaws: the Plumstead cowboys -- The Doan gang in Bucks County -- Historic cemeteries and mass graves in Bucks County -- Pemberton Graveyard and Watson Graveyard -- Yardley Borough unmarked cemetery -- Cross Keys cemetery -- Washington Crossing unknown graves -- Slate Hill cemetery -- Buckingham Friends Meeting cemetery -- Warminster Township mass graves -- Upper Southampton Old School Meeting House.

Call Number

JFE 19-10120

ISBN

• 9781467138703
• 1467138703

LCCN

2018960969

OCLC

1053557489

Author

Rogers, Jennifer (Historian), author.

Title

Hidden history of Bucks County / Jennifer Rogers.

Publisher

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Hidden history

Hidden history (Charleston, S.C.)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-10120