Pownal

by Pownal Historical Society

Book Overview

In the 1700s, the fertile valley lands and wooded hills of Pownal attracted Dutch tenant farmers and English settlers. French Canadians soon arrived in the villages of Pownal to work in the mills, as both adults and children. Later painters and magazines captured the beauty of the land, while hill farmers struggled to make the thin soil produce. Following World War II, a United Nations magazine featured Pownal on its cover as a symbol of the peace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073857242X
• ISBN13: 9780738572420
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"