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Welcome to
Erie County, Pennsylvania
History & Genealogy
Know as 'Old Dominion State'

Source: 
THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

A Narrative Account of Its History Progress, Its
People and Its Principal Interests
by John Miller
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. I
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago
1909

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I.
THE COUNTY
I. - The Scene of the Story 1
II. - The Earliest Inhabitants 10
III. - The French in Possession 19
IV. - Washington's Mission 30
V. - The Fall of French Power 40
VI. - Pontiac's Conspiracy 49
VII. - The Triangle 57
VIII. - Ready for the Settles 65
IX. - Coming of the Pioneers 72
X. - Death of Anthony Wayne 81
XI. - Settlement Begun 88
XII. - Laying Out the Roads 97
XIII. - The County Organized 107
XIV. - The War Cloud's Shadow 117
XV. - Non-Combatants 128
XVI. - Perry Meets the Enemy 137
XVII. - After Victory was Won 147
XVIII. - The Religious Development 160
XIX. - Schools of the County 175
XX. - Early Industries 187
XXI. - How Commerce Grew 203
XXII. - The Peninsula 214
XXIII. - The Canal Built 234
XXIV. - Coming of the Germans 245
XXV. - The Railroads Enter 258
XXVI. - The Railroad War 267
XXVII. - The Railroads Built 294
XXVIII. - Slavery in Erie 308
XXIX. - Erie's War Regiments 324
XXX. - The Lake Navy 341
XXXI. - Minute Men and Conscripts 352
XXXII. - The War Debt Paid 363
XXXIII. - The Bench and Bar 374
XXXIV. - The Spanish War 390
XXXV. - Notable People 400
XXXVI. - The Grape Belt 412
XXXVII. - Political Record 419


PART TWO -
TOWNSHIPS AND CORRY

I. - Amity 437
II. - Concord 440
III. - Conneaut and Albion 443
IV. - Elkcreek 451
V. - Fairview Township and Borough 455
VI. - Franklin 463
VII. - Girard Township and Borough 466
VIII. - Greene 477
IX. - Greenfield 481
X. - Harborcreek 486
XI. - Le Boeuf and Mill Village 491
XII. - McKean and Middleboro 496
XIII. - Millcreek 500
XIV. - North East 510
XV. - Springfield and East Springfield 522
XVI. - Summit 528
XVII. - Union and Union City 531
XVIII. - Venango and Wattsburg 541
XIX. - Washington and Edinboro 547
XX. - Waterford Township and Borough 556
XXI. - Wayne 563
XXII. - The City of Corry 568
 

PART THREE -
THE CITY

I. - The Site of the Town 585
II. - The Town of Erie 591
III. - The Borough Chartered 604
IV. - Becomes a City 623
V. - Erie's Harbor 641
VI. - Burning of the Erie 657
VII. - In Time of War 665
VIII. - Public Markets 680
IX. - Erie's Industries 688
X. - Vanished Industries 713
XI. - Business Affairs 727
XII. - Electricity Enters 739
XIII. - By Trolley Route 748
XIV. - Public Buildings 763
XV. - The Medical Profession 779
XVI. - The City Schools 788
XVII. - Erie Churches 802
XVIII. - Social Organizations 830
XIX. - Hotels, Theatres, Sports 845
XX. - Parks and Reports 855
XXI. - Journals and Journalists 869
XXII. - Conclusion 881

 



 
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