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From: "Billie R. McNamara" <>
Subject: Clarion County, PA, history reprinted
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 05:04:44 -0500 (EST)


This ain't no April Foolin' -- 'tis real! The "Bible" of Clarion County
history is finally available again!

>From the "Progress News":

The Clarion County Historical Society is proud to offer a reprint
publication of the 1887 "History of Clarion County Pennsylvania" by A.
J. Davis. The scheduled release date is June 20, 1997 during the
Society's Old Fashioned Strawberry Festival. Pre-publication price is
$49.50 if ordered on or before Saturday, May 3, 1977. For further
information and a pre-publication sales flyer contact the Society at 18
Grant St., Clarion, PA 16214 or phone (814) 226-4450.
This early publication on the history of Clarion County was dedicated
by A. J. Davis to "the people of Clarion County." Included is a history
of Pennsylvania from first settlement to the Revolution and from the
Revolution to 1877, including a history of the War of 1812 and Civil War
as it relates to Clarion County. Specific to Clarion County is
topography, geology and mineralogy, lumber and coal industries,
political leadership, schools, a history of each township and borough,
and biographical sketches of Clarion County residents. This is a "must
have" publication for the history buff, library and genealogist.


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