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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Dezember 2006
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
ISBN:	9780738549217
EAN-Code:	9780738549217
Verlag:	Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Serie:	Postcard History
Dimensionen:	H 235 mm / B 167 mm / D 9 mm
Gewicht:	322 gr
Seiten:	128
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Muncy, a small river town founded shortly after the French and Indian War, was the earliest European settlement in the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna River. By 1769, land speculator Samuel Wallis had acquired more than 7,000 acres, so he sold much of this land to pioneers in search of a better way of life. By 1772, the West Branch Canal made Muncy a business thoroughfare and lumber boomtown. Like most Pennsylvania river towns, Muncy suffered great loss in the flood of 1889, which also devastated Johnstown. Another massive flood in 1894 sounded the death knell for the canal system. The railroad, which superseded the canal system throughout the United States, kept the local industry alive, although the port businesses disappeared. Through vintage postcards, Muncy depicts the varied past of this quiet town.