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Order two of our popular Trail of History guidebooks and receive a FREE hardbound edition of Pennsylvania's Historic Places (a $19.95 value).
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Anthracite Heritage Museum and Scranton Iron Furnaces:<br>Trail of History® Guidebook
In this guidebook, the author condenses his vast knowledge of anthracite history in Pennsylvania and follows with tours of the Anthracite Heritage Museum.
$10.00
Brandywine Battlefield Park: Trail of History® Guidebook
Recounts the devastating September 11, 1777 Revolutionary War Battle in which the British defeated Washington's troops near Chadds Ford.
$10.00
Bushy Run Battlefield: Trail of History® Guidebook
A guide to the site of the 1763 encounter between British and Native American forces that decided the territorial fate of the Pennsylvania frontier.
$10.00
Conrad Weiser Homestead: Trail of History® Guidebook
A guide to the property that was home to the Colonial diplomat who mediated relations with the Iroquois Indians, contributing to the "Long Peace" that provided security for Pennsylvania's residents in the early eighteenth century.
$10.00
Cornwall Iron Furnace: Trail of History® Guidebook
This guidebook explains the technology of ironmaking and its importance as an industry in Pennsylvania, recounts the human story of Cornwall Iron Furnace from its eighteenth-century origins to its preservation as an historic site.
$10.00
Daniel Boone Homestead: Trail of History® Guidebook
This stunning guide offers a concise biography of Daniel Boone and his youth in the Oley Valley, the history of his homestead and its occupants over time, and a detailed tour of the homestead and grounds.
$10.00
Drake Well Museum and Park: Trail of History® Guidebook
Recounts the momentous story of the first oil drilling, looks at the Titusville region during the short-lived oil boom, and provides a complete tour of Drake Well Museum and Park, with stops at McClintock Well #1 and the oil boomtown Pithole City.
$10.00
Eckley Miners' Village: Trail of History® Guidebook
Provides a brief overview of the anthracite industry in Pennsylvania, then fully delineates the rise of Council Ridge, the work of the colliery, the community life of the workers and families at Eckley, labor struggles.
$10.00
Ephrata Cloister: Trail of History® Guidebook
Describes the austere lifestyle and culture of the eighteenth-century religious community, led by Conrad Beissel.
$10.00
Erie Maritime Museum and U.S. Brig Niagara: Trail of History® Guidebook
Relive the story of the crucial American victory at the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Learn about the naval and maritime history of Erie and the reconstruction of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship, the U.S. Brig Niagara.
$10.00
Fort Pitt Museum: Trail of History® Guidebook
This guidebook traces the story of the construction of Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio by the French, the failed attempt of Gen. Edward Braddock and his British forces to capture the fort in 1754.
$10.00
Graeme Park: Trail of History® Guidebook
Examines the Georgian architecture of the house at Graeme Park, recounts the lives of its distinguished inhabitants, and takes the reader on a tour of the three floors of the mansion and its grounds.
$10.00
Hope Lodge and Mather Mill: Trail of History® Guidebook
An outstanding example of Georgian domestic architecture, built for Samuel Morris during the 1740's, Hope Lodge is where visitors today can compare and contrast the lifestyles of its first and final private owners.
$10.00
Joseph Priestley House: Trail of History® Guidebook
A brief biography of Priestley, an account of his later years in Northumberland, a tour of the house and laboratory of Pennsylvania's most famous immigrant.
$10.00
Landis Valley Museum: Trail of History® Guidebook
Landis Valley Museum, a complex of more than twenty-five buildings in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, founded in the 1920's, preserves Pennsylvania Dutch rural life from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.
$10.00
Old Economy Village: Trail of History® Guidebook
Describes how the Harmony Society, a Christian communal that emigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the early nineteenth century, eventually settled in Beaver County and practiced celibacy while working for the good of society.
$10.00
Pennsbury Manor: Trail of History® Guidebook
This book guides you through the reconstructed home of William Penn— America’s foremost Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania, statesman, and diplomat, and offers a succinct biography of the first proprietor.
$10.00
Pennsylvania Lumber Museum: Trail of History® Guidebook
A century ago, the forests of north central Pennsylvania provided white pine and hemlock timber for much of the United States, and the region boasted two of the world's largest sawmills.
$10.00
Pennsylvania Military Museum: Trail of History® Guidebook
This museum memorializes the men and women who have served their country in every war from the Colonial era to the present.
$10.00
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Trail of History® Guidebook
A guidebook to the museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, covering the history of the state's railroad industry, with a tour of the 100,000 square foot exhibit hall, which displays dozens of historic locomotives and rolling stock significant to Pennsylvania's railroad heritage.
$10.00
Somerset Historical Center: Trail of History® Guidebook
A guide to western Pennsylvania's rural heritage museum in Somerset that recalls the fervent spirit that settled the Pennsylvania frontier.
$10.00
The State Museum of Pennsylvania: Trail of History® Guidebook
Features highlights of the museum of Pennsylvania's heritage from earth's beginnings to the present, including archaeology, fine and decorative arts, industry, and military history.
$10.00
Washington Crossing Historic Park: Trail of History® Guidebook
A concise look at the American Revolution in 1776, the year George Washington and his army experienced numerous defeats, forcing them to retreat from New Jersey to Pennsylvania by December.
$10.00
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