Search Results: history of the lackawanna valley by hollister h md

New York: C. A. Alvord, 1869. Fair condition, LACKING title page. NOT a library discard. Rear inner hinge cracked, but holding. Several pages have an old light waterstain, but no musty smell. Not in prime collector's condition but perfectly suitable for reading/reference. Original cloth, moderately worn at spine ends and corners. Pages are securely bound. Second Edition, "Thoroughly Modified and Revised" (from Preface). Well illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of Slocum Hollow (now Scranton) in 1840. Plus numerous other illustrations -- portraits, maps, engravings, etc. Includes sections on: Indian History of Wyoming; Indian Village of Capoose; War-Paths; Silver Mine; Gold Mine; Lead Mine; Isaac Tripp; Westmoreland; Wallenpaupack Settlement; James Leggett; First Wagon Road from Pittston to the Delaware; Mills upon the Lackawanna; Dr. Joseph Sprauge; Dr. William Hooker Smith -- Old Forge; The Wyoming Massacre; History of Scranton; Settlement of Abington; Settlement of… Read More