Remembering Crawford County

Pennsylvania's Last Frontier

Robert D. Ilisevich

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2008
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9781625848871
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

When George Washington ventured into northwestern Pennsylvania in 1753 to confront the French, he discovered anuntouched land of extensive, rich meadows'Pennsylvania's last frontier. Thirty-five years later, the first group of settlers moved into the territory, where they encountered western tribes of Native Americans and vicious battles over land claims. As the wake of the Industrial Revolution swept away any vestiges of thefrontier, Crawford County became an island of capitalism at the edge of the wilderness. In Remembering Crawford County, historian Robert D. Ilisevich has collected the best of his historical essays to look at the happenings that helped advance a community and how they influenced national events.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Looking at Crawford County
• County’s Last “Duel in the Sun”
• Early Land Barons of Crawford County
• Perry’s Helpmates: County Contributed to 1813 Lake Erie Victory
• Early Politics Nearly Led to a Meadville Riot
• Harm J. Huidekoper: Early Promoter of the Canal System
• Justices Often Disappoint Presidents Who Appoint Them
• Direct Primary Has County Roots
• Nothing Remains of Crawford County’s Earliest Commune
• Yes…Spare the Rod: Early Educator Rejected Corporal Punishment
• First Local Republicans Joined Together to Elect Lincoln
• A Soldier Writes of His Civil War Experience
• The Oil Boom Pleased Many, But Not All
• He Wanted to Build a Railroad, and He Did
• Flora Best Harris, a Meadville Missionary
• When the Railroad Came to East Fallowfield
• Macbeth or Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show?
• Four Women Who Made a Difference
• To Save or Not to Save?
• Crawford County’s Workingmen and Farmers Rebelled in 1896
• Local Authors Stood Out in Progressive Movement
• Gone Industries That Were So Unique
• “A Tool! A Tool! My Kingdom for a Tool!”
• A Salute to the Custodians of the Past
• Preserving the Past through Local History
• Is Our County a Melting Pot?
• Society Celebrates a Century of Progress
• Blackouts? Earth Hour? Please, Just Turn Off the Lights
• Conneaut Lake Is a Western Paradise
• About the Author