Discovering Bloomsburg a bicentennial history - Baillie, William M. 1940-; Bloomsburg Bicentennial Commission (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg Bicentennial Commission, 2002)
Introduction -- The archaeological past / DeeAnn Wymer -- Bloomsburg's founders / William M. Baillie -- Bloomsburg in the nineteenth century / I.W. Hartman ; ed. George Turner -- The changing face of Main Street / Brian Johnson -- The trolley comes to Bloomsburg / Robert Dunkelberger -- The long decline : railroads in the twentieth century / L.B. Fuller -- "Do not sneeze or cough" : the influenza epidemic of 1918 / Sarah Skodacek -- The floods of 1936 and 1972 / Emily Rupert -- Rev. D.J. Waller / Linda B. Bailey -- Growing up on Magee Row / C. "Chic" Thackara -- The Bloomsburg perspective of Honest Abe / Joseph Lucadamo -- Pennsylvania's only town and a political experiment / George Turner -- The women's suffrage movement / Tiffany Enama -- The iron industry / Ann Brandt -- Moyer Bros. drug store / Patricia Parker -- Women at work : the silk industry / William M. Baillie -- Magee Carpet Company / Douglas Karsner -- Bloomsburg's earliest churches / William M. Baillie -- The first two high schools / Linda B. Bailey -- The town's role in higher education / R. Dunkelberger -- The V-12 program during World War II / Megan Engle -- The Bloomsburg Fair / David Millard -- The Bloomsburg Fire Department / Robert Rupp -- The Bloomsburg Public Library / Hal Pratt.
On cover: 1802-2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-278) and index.
CSSP-8875 donated by Prof. Mamoru Tsuda.
Keywords: Bloomsburg (Pa.) -- History