Remembering Norristown

Stories from the Banks of the Schuylkill River

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Stan Huskey ISBN: 9781625842565
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: August 31, 2009
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Stan Huskey
ISBN: 9781625842565
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: August 31, 2009
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
Olympians, soldiers and abolitionists have all hailed from the bustling shores of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Beginning as a modest seventeenth-century settlement along the �hidden
river,� it became an industrial boomtown and attracted waves of immigrants to its forges, railways and mills. Local journalist Stan Huskey brings together lively vignettes and fascinating firsthand accounts to introduce such characters as Union general Winfield S. Hancock, hero of Gettysburg, and baseball greats Tommy Lasorda and Mike Piazza. From tales of calamitous train wrecks to the bygone era of streetcars, Huskey brings readers back to the glow of the hometown lights.
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Olympians, soldiers and abolitionists have all hailed from the bustling shores of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Beginning as a modest seventeenth-century settlement along the �hidden
river,� it became an industrial boomtown and attracted waves of immigrants to its forges, railways and mills. Local journalist Stan Huskey brings together lively vignettes and fascinating firsthand accounts to introduce such characters as Union general Winfield S. Hancock, hero of Gettysburg, and baseball greats Tommy Lasorda and Mike Piazza. From tales of calamitous train wrecks to the bygone era of streetcars, Huskey brings readers back to the glow of the hometown lights.

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