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Source:
THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
A Narrative Account of Its History Progress, Its
People and Its Principal Interests
by John Miller
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. I
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago
1909
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I.
THE COUNTY
| I.
- |
The Scene of
the Story |
1 |
|
II. - |
The Earliest
Inhabitants |
10 |
|
III. - |
The French in
Possession |
19 |
|
IV. - |
Washington's
Mission |
30 |
| V.
- |
The Fall of
French Power |
40 |
|
VI. - |
Pontiac's
Conspiracy |
49 |
|
VII. - |
The Triangle |
57 |
|
VIII. - |
Ready for the
Settles |
65 |
|
IX. - |
Coming of the
Pioneers |
72 |
| X.
- |
Death of
Anthony Wayne |
81 |
|
XI. - |
Settlement
Begun |
88 |
|
XII. - |
Laying Out the
Roads |
97 |
|
XIII. - |
The County
Organized |
107 |
|
XIV. - |
The War Cloud's
Shadow |
117 |
|
XV. - |
Non-Combatants |
128 |
|
XVI. - |
Perry Meets the
Enemy |
137 |
|
XVII. - |
After Victory
was Won |
147 |
|
XVIII. - |
The Religious
Development |
160 |
|
XIX. - |
Schools of the
County |
175 |
|
XX. - |
Early
Industries |
187 |
|
XXI. - |
How Commerce
Grew |
203 |
|
XXII. - |
The Peninsula |
214 |
|
XXIII. - |
The Canal Built |
234 |
|
XXIV. - |
Coming of the
Germans |
245 |
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XXV. - |
The Railroads
Enter |
258 |
|
XXVI. - |
The Railroad
War |
267 |
|
XXVII. - |
The Railroads
Built |
294 |
|
XXVIII. - |
Slavery in Erie |
308 |
|
XXIX. - |
Erie's War
Regiments |
324 |
|
XXX. - |
The Lake Navy |
341 |
|
XXXI. - |
Minute Men and
Conscripts |
352 |
|
XXXII. - |
The War Debt
Paid |
363 |
|
XXXIII. - |
The Bench and
Bar |
374 |
|
XXXIV. - |
The Spanish War |
390 |
|
XXXV. - |
Notable People |
400 |
|
XXXVI. - |
The Grape Belt |
412 |
|
XXXVII. - |
Political
Record |
419 |
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PART TWO -
TOWNSHIPS AND CORRY
| I.
- |
Amity |
437 |
|
II. - |
Concord |
440 |
|
III. - |
Conneaut and Albion |
443 |
|
IV. - |
Elkcreek |
451 |
| V.
- |
Fairview
Township and Borough |
455 |
|
VI. - |
Franklin |
463 |
|
VII. - |
Girard Township
and Borough |
466 |
|
VIII. - |
Greene |
477 |
|
IX. - |
Greenfield |
481 |
| X.
- |
Harborcreek |
486 |
|
XI. - |
Le Boeuf and
Mill Village |
491 |
|
XII. - |
McKean and
Middleboro |
496 |
|
XIII. - |
Millcreek |
500 |
|
XIV. - |
North East |
510 |
|
XV. - |
Springfield and
East Springfield |
522 |
|
XVI. - |
Summit |
528 |
|
XVII. - |
Union and Union
City |
531 |
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XVIII. - |
Venango and
Wattsburg |
541 |
|
XIX. - |
Washington and
Edinboro |
547 |
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XX. - |
Waterford
Township and Borough |
556 |
|
XXI. - |
Wayne |
563 |
|
XXII. - |
The City of
Corry |
568 |
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PART THREE -
THE CITY
| I.
- |
The Site of the
Town |
585 |
|
II. - |
The Town of
Erie |
591 |
|
III. - |
The Borough
Chartered |
604 |
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IV. - |
Becomes a City |
623 |
| V.
- |
Erie's Harbor |
641 |
|
VI. - |
Burning of the
Erie |
657 |
|
VII. - |
In Time of War |
665 |
|
VIII. - |
Public Markets |
680 |
|
IX. - |
Erie's
Industries |
688 |
| X.
- |
Vanished
Industries |
713 |
|
XI. - |
Business
Affairs |
727 |
|
XII. - |
Electricity
Enters |
739 |
|
XIII. - |
By Trolley
Route |
748 |
|
XIV. - |
Public
Buildings |
763 |
|
XV. - |
The Medical
Profession |
779 |
|
XVI. - |
The City
Schools |
788 |
|
XVII. - |
Erie Churches |
802 |
|
XVIII. - |
Social
Organizations |
830 |
|
XIX. - |
Hotels,
Theatres, Sports |
845 |
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XX. - |
Parks and
Reports |
855 |
|
XXI. - |
Journals and
Journalists |
869 |
|
XXII. - |
Conclusion |
881 |
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