Berlin

Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
Cover of the book Berlin by Kathleen L. Murray, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Kathleen L. Murray ISBN: 9781439611289
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: August 6, 2001
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Kathleen L. Murray
ISBN: 9781439611289
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: August 6, 2001
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
Located in the geographical center of the state, Berlin is best known as the Home of the Yankee Peddler. The first white settler, John Beckley, arrived in 1650, followed by a few families from Farmington in the late 1600s. Initially, Berlin was both a religious and an agrarian community. Farming was the way of life when the first church was built in 1712 in the Great Swamp Settlement of Berlin. As the settlement grew, small industries arose, mills sprang up along the rivers and streams, tinsmith shops opened, and the Yankee peddler wagon became a traveling store. Gradually over the years, the industries expanded and the farms diminished.

Berlin focuses on the townspeople-the doctors and merchants, artists and artisans, poets and painters. The town has three population centers: East Berlin is separated from Kensington and Berlin by a highway and a line of hills, and each of these sections has retained its villagelike atmosphere. The book highlights the diversity of Berlin's religious community and the spirit of ecumenicalism that spread throughout its neighborhoods. Individuals who appear include the Leatherman, a gentle person who traveled through Berlin in ages past, and the Goat Man, the personification of the kind neighbor. Dr. Willard Wallace said it very well, "Berlin is just Berlin . . . people of many different religious and ethnic backgrounds who live successfully together."

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Located in the geographical center of the state, Berlin is best known as the Home of the Yankee Peddler. The first white settler, John Beckley, arrived in 1650, followed by a few families from Farmington in the late 1600s. Initially, Berlin was both a religious and an agrarian community. Farming was the way of life when the first church was built in 1712 in the Great Swamp Settlement of Berlin. As the settlement grew, small industries arose, mills sprang up along the rivers and streams, tinsmith shops opened, and the Yankee peddler wagon became a traveling store. Gradually over the years, the industries expanded and the farms diminished.

Berlin focuses on the townspeople-the doctors and merchants, artists and artisans, poets and painters. The town has three population centers: East Berlin is separated from Kensington and Berlin by a highway and a line of hills, and each of these sections has retained its villagelike atmosphere. The book highlights the diversity of Berlin's religious community and the spirit of ecumenicalism that spread throughout its neighborhoods. Individuals who appear include the Leatherman, a gentle person who traveled through Berlin in ages past, and the Goat Man, the personification of the kind neighbor. Dr. Willard Wallace said it very well, "Berlin is just Berlin . . . people of many different religious and ethnic backgrounds who live successfully together."

More books from Arcadia Publishing Inc.

Cover of the book Forgotten Columbus by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Southern West Virginia by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Washington County Revisited by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Greeks in San Francisco by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book A Culinary History of Kentucky by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book The Civil War in Spotsylvania County: Confederate Campfires at the Crossroads by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Fred and Ethel Noyes of Smithville, New Jersey by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Hartford Trolleys by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Manatee County by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Seattle's Historic Restaurants by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Lost Ski Areas of the Southern Adirondacks by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Mount Mitchell by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Delta County by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book The Wildwoods in Vintage Postcards by Kathleen L. Murray
Cover of the book Newport Revisited by Kathleen L. Murray
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy