Rich in Natural Resources: Spring Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania
It was the rich natural resources in Spring Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. that fueled the rise of several businesses: Warm Springs that drew hundreds of visitors at a time, five gristmills, and two iron furnaces. Elliottsburg came into prominence when two railroad companies built stations in the 1890s. Remarkably, entrepreneurs of three creameries in the early 1900s and three milk plants in the mid-1900s found Elliottsburg to be a good location for shipping. Hard-working men and women sent their children to one-room schools close by and worshipped in a local Church of God, Lutheran, or Reformed Church.
Softbound, 8 x 11 1/2 inches, 198 pages
It was the rich natural resources in Spring Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. that fueled the rise of several businesses: Warm Springs that drew hundreds of visitors at a time, five gristmills, and two iron furnaces. Elliottsburg came into prominence when two railroad companies built stations in the 1890s. Remarkably, entrepreneurs of three creameries in the early 1900s and three milk plants in the mid-1900s found Elliottsburg to be a good location for shipping. Hard-working men and women sent their children to one-room schools close by and worshipped in a local Church of God, Lutheran, or Reformed Church.
Softbound, 8 x 11 1/2 inches, 198 pages
It was the rich natural resources in Spring Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. that fueled the rise of several businesses: Warm Springs that drew hundreds of visitors at a time, five gristmills, and two iron furnaces. Elliottsburg came into prominence when two railroad companies built stations in the 1890s. Remarkably, entrepreneurs of three creameries in the early 1900s and three milk plants in the mid-1900s found Elliottsburg to be a good location for shipping. Hard-working men and women sent their children to one-room schools close by and worshipped in a local Church of God, Lutheran, or Reformed Church.
Softbound, 8 x 11 1/2 inches, 198 pages