Lycoming County's Industrial Heritage

by Louis E. Hunsinger Jr. and Robin Van Auken

Book Overview

Lycoming County has a rich industrial history, first in lumber and then in manufacturing. Thousands were employed as lumberjacks, and others worked in sawmills, planing mills, or furniture factories that processed the lumber. Until 1894, lumber was the county's main industry. Inevitably, the mountainsides were denuded and floods toppled the remaining lumbering companies. The heyday over, many company towns collapsed. Boards of trade were created to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738537896
• ISBN13: 9780738537894
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"