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History of irish immigrants to wayne county pennsylvania, with emphasis on their experiences in building the delaware and hudson canal from 1825 to 1828, then working on its operation and maintenance as they settleld in the canal area's two main towns, Honesdale and Hawley. Prior to the canal construction, a few irish families settled in the county to engage in farming, tanning, logging. Photos, maps, bibliography, index included, 112 pages.
A man of strong evangelical faith, Edwin Mendenhall surrendered to a religious calling and enthusiastically told his bishop, I am your missionary to Wayne County! In 1844, he uprooted his family and embarked on a journey to the remote northeastern corner of Pennsylvania, an area he believed was a spiritual fi eld ready for harvest. Almost forgotten, Mendenhalls story is about a mans singular mission to share a timeless message of hope. For that cause, he would devote his life, saying, How thankful I feel that I have preached full and free salvation . . . in Christ Jesus.
Relive the drama of the Irish in Pennsylvania, from the earliest arrivals to the persistence of Irish culture in the twentieth century. See the state through the eyes of the refugees from the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s and follow their experiences in nineteenth-century Pennsylvania. Learn how Irish Americans contributed to the rise of industry and grappled with the challenges of industrial decline. Sample Irish traditions, music, and language in this booklet, which reflects Dennis Clark's life-long study of the Irish experience in the Keystone State. (1991). 55 pages, map, illustrations, population table, and suggestions for further reading.
Excerpt from History of Wayne County Their homely joys, and destiny obscure Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. Judge Woodward regretted that he had not begun at an earlier day to collect materials for his history, which might have been obtained from the old settlers themselves. But those old settlers are now all gone, and but very few of their children survive. If their history is ever written it must be done soon. Already some of it is fragmentary and uncertain; but such as it is, I have concluded, after much hesitation, to pre sent what I have collected; not for fame, but as a tribute of respect to the people of my native county. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.