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Snyder County was carved out of the southern portion of Union County in 1855. Named after Selinsgrove resident and Pennsylvania's only three-term governor Simon Snyder (1808-1817), the county is unique in many ways. It is part of the extensive early-nineteenth-century Pennsylvania Canal System's Susquehanna Division and home to one of the nation's first coeducational colleges, Susquehanna University. In the western section of the county, McClure is a town that was created by and for the convenience of the mid-nineteenth-century Middle Creek Valley Railroad. Snyder County is a historical tour of these ever-changing communities through more than two hundred new and far-ranging images, many never before published, mainly from the outstanding postcard collection of county resident Ron Nornhold.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780738537405
  • ISBN-10: 0738537403
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
  • Publish Date: June 2005
  • Dimensions: 9.28 x 6.56 x 0.36 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.49 pounds
  • Page Count: 130

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