PENNSYLVANIA RETROSPECTIVE CD-ROM SERIES: NORTHWESTERN PA - HISTORY BY RIESENMAN, 1943. 2002 By Retrospect Publishing. This CD-Rom, developed for Windows 95 through XP, will allow you to conduct full text searches, view the images of the original pages, create your own bookmarks and print pages. This CD contains the images of the original pages along with a full text search capability for the following book: (1) HISTORY OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF ERIE, CRAWFORD, MERCER, VENANGO, WARREN, FOREST, CLARION, MCKEAN, ELK, JEFFERSON, CAMERON, AND CLEARFIELD; VOLUMES I, II & III (Joseph Riesenman, Jr.; Lewis Historical Pub. Co., Inc.; 1943). Northwestern Pennsylvania was considered the outpost of a new nation during Washington's times and consequently is rich in history. This three volume history will give you a better understanding of the history, people and places of NW PA from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. Search for over 7,000 people in Riesenman's extensive biographies of residents of the NW counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Warren, Forest, Clarion, McKean, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, and Clearfield. Learn more about the birth of the petroleum industry and Drake's well, the first commercial oil well. Whether you are searching for a listing of boroughs and townships and their origin, or trying to locate information on pioneer life, you are bound to learn more about the people and places that comprised this region. ISBN 1-929356-12-9 (2109 pages)

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ISBN:	1-929356-12-9