Meadville Contributor(s): Moore, William B. (Author), Rekas, Elizabeth H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738597813 ISBN-13: 9780738597812 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
Dewey: 974.8 |
LCCN: 2012941981 |
Series: Postcard History |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1788, David Mead and nine companions established the first settlement, Cussewago, on the present site of Meadville. The town grew slowly at first, but business was stimulated by the arrival of the canal and the railroad. The young town did not want for culture as two colleges, a theater, a library, and an art association were established. By 1910, downtown business buildings crowded out residential holdouts, streets were paved and lighted by electricity, and streetcars brought people to work from the tree-lined boulevards blocks away. Within the next decade, larger industries arrived, blunting the effects of the Great Depression. After World War II, residents moved farther into the suburbs and the city center went through urban renewal, but vestiges of efforts by the early settlers remain visible among today's newer landmarks. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moore, William B.: - William B. Moore and Elizabeth H. Rekas are both longtime residents of Meadville and have strong roots in the community. Both are active in the Crawford County Historical Society, which has graciously provided postcards from its extensive archives for this publication. |