Download or read book The Allegheny River written by Mike Sajna and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the rivers in the country, few can claim as long, diverse, and colorful a history as the Allegheny. Jim Schafer and Mike Sajna take us on a trip from its mouth to its headwaters, charting the Allegheny River's history from its creation during the Ice Age to the present. Using historical records and accounts, interviews, personal experiences, and over 150 contemporary and historical photographs, Schafer and Sajna vividly portray the mighty Allegheny. The Allegheny played a key role in the French and Indian War, and after the Revolution it was the main thoroughfare for immigrants heading west to settle America from Ohio to the Northwest Territory, thus earning Pittsburgh the title "Gateway to West." Part of the river's story includes its role in the Industrial Revolution, for it once bore the environmental scars of unrestricted industrialization. Today it has rebounded to become one of the best fisheries in the state and home to a diverse collection of flora and fauna, including several endangered species. It is also now one of the most heavily used rivers for recreation in the country. Throughout the text, Sajna weaves vignettes with the famous figures and interesting character who have encountered the river, from George Washington, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and Andrew Carnegie, to Seneca Chief Cornplanter, John Wilkes Booth, "Johnny Appleseed," and Rachel Carson. He also interviews contemporary people who live, work, or take inspiration from the river, including a woodcarver, a riverboat captain, and vacationers and naturalists. Through words and photographs, Schafer and Sajna depict the ever-changing face of the river.
Download or read book Allegheny River Pennsylvania and New York written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Allegheny River written by Sarepta Kussart and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Along the Allegheny River written by Charles E. Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allegheny River of western Pennsylvania and New York rises in Potter County, Pennsylvania, and flows 320 miles to its confluence with the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny's southern watershed district begins in East Brady, Pennsylvania, and ends in Pittsburgh, and it includes the historic Redbank Creek, Mahoning Creek, Crooked Creek, and Kiskiminetas River valleys. Along the Allegheny River: The Southern Watershed features over 200 vintage postcards of the landscapes, people, industries, and events that shaped the history of the southern Allegheny River Valley and of the nation. These absorbing images chronicle over 200 years of history from the frontier wars of the 18th century to the rise and growth of the Industrial Revolution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Download or read book Pittsburgh s Rivers written by Daniel J. Burns and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the land at the forks of the Ohio River was known to the Native Americans of western Pennsylvania, but it was not until 1753 that a British officer named George Washington surveyed the area for Gov. Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia. He described the land as well timbered and convenient for building, and with that, the first community at the site of modern-day Pittsburgh was established. Over the next two and a half centuries, Pittsburgh changed from a small settlement in the Pennsylvania wilderness to a city that has flourished because of, and continues to be identified by, its surrounding rivers. The Allegheny, the Ohio, and the Monongahela Rivers have played an inimitable role in the industrial growth of America as they have provided for the movement of coal, lumber, and steel to the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Pittsburghs Rivers highlights the immeasurable contributions these three rivers have made to the area both economically and socially. For centuries, the land at the forks of the Ohio River was known to the Native Americans of western Pennsylvania, but it was not until 1753 that a British officer named George Washington surveyed the area for Gov. Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia. He described the land as well timbered and convenient for building, and with that, the first community at the site of modern-day Pittsburgh was established. Over the next two and a half centuries, Pittsburgh changed from a small settlement in the Pennsylvania wilderness to a city that has flourished because of, and continues to be identified by, its surrounding rivers. The Allegheny, the Ohio, and the Monongahela Rivers have played an inimitable role in the industrial growth of America as they have provided for the movement of coal, lumber, and steel to the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Pittsburghs Rivers highlights the immeasurable contributions these three rivers have made to the area both economically and socially.
Download or read book Along the Allegheny River written by Charles E. Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05-17 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allegheny River, of western Pennsylvania and New York, flows through a region rich in natural resources and human history. While the river is 320 miles long, the northern watershed district originates in Potter County, Pennsylvania, and joins the Clarion River near Parker, Pennsylvania. Along the Allegheny River: The Northern Watershed showcases over 200 vintage postcards of the river, its landscape, and its people. These captivating images chronicle over 200 years of history, from the French and Indian War to the timber and oil booms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Download or read book The Allegheny River written by Sarepta Cooper Kussart and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Written on Water written by Helen Ruggieri and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is an anthology of poems and prose. The sound disc includes 12 pieces (songs and readings) 5 that are poems or prose from the anthology and 7 that are from outside sources.
Download or read book Along the Allegheny written by William Garbarino and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Allegheny Pilot written by Edwin L. Babbitt and published by Metalmark. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travel guide to western Pennsylvania's rivers and navigable waterways, first published in 1855. Includes detailed maps, notes, and charts. Documents the original path of the Allegheny and its tributaries, which have since been changed by the Kinzua Dam and other man-made alterations to the landscape.
Download or read book Reservoirs at the Headwaters of the Allegheny Monongahela and Ohio Rivers and Their Tributaries written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Sanitary Survey of the Allegheny River Basin written by Pennsylvania. Department of Health and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Allegheny written by Frederick Way and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of an Allegheny River Town Freeport Pennsylvania written by Steven Gardner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive overview of the settlement of western Pennsylvania, with a focus on the evolution of the Borough of Freeport from its founding in 1797 to today. Included is a brief summary of the influences of the Native American Indians, founders William and David Todd, transportation including the Pennsylvania Mainline Canal and the Railroad systems, business and industry development from early settlement to current services, distilleries, newspapers, churches and much more.
Download or read book Allegheny River Paddling Guide written by Piper L. Lindell and published by . This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allegheny River Paddling Guide clocks 45 miles of the Allegheny River (from Kinzua Dam to Tionesta), noting major landmarks, historical sites, wildlife information, GPS coordinates and where paddlers can stop for supplies, camping, hiking and more. Each feature is marked on a detailed map of the river that's laid out consecutively over several pages. Many of the sights are also captured in photos taken from the river, to help readers further identify what they¿re seeing as they paddle down the Allegheny.The book was written and designed by the owners of two canoe and kayak liveries on the Allegheny River, with the help of a former journalist. The trio embarked on the project after several of their livery customers showed up asking for a guidebook (including one customer, they said, who reported he¿d spent $60 buying and laminating government river maps because there wasn¿t anything available in bookstores).The Allegheny River Paddling Guide does not have ads. The authors wrote in the introduction: ¿Our general rule of thumb when compiling it was to include as much objective information as possible, so visitors could stop and check things out for themselves. Where we did make suggestions -- about local history books, restaurants, upcoming festivals -- we've tried to be transparent and honest in our recommendations.¿All 36 pages of the guide have a thick (5 mil) lamination for water resistance. In addition to the river maps, the book also includes a river classification chart, paddling terms, vessel diagrams and a list of safety rules and regulations pertinent to the upper Allegheny River.
Download or read book Comprehensive Water Resources Plan for the Allegheny River Basin written by Allegheny River Basin Regional Water Resources Planning Board (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flood Plain Information written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Pittsburgh District and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
