Local Authors Past and Present
Work in progress here -- the field is richer than first envisioned. We hope to incorporate past authors (Marianne Moore, Jean Craighead George, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and so on), present authors/illustrators (Amy Bates, Megan Lloyd-Thompson, Adrienne Su, Kim van Alkemade, Sherry Knowlton, and so on), and books from authors who knew the Valley well and wrote about events here (Lois Lenski, Lois Lowry, Conrad Richter, and so on). We will organize them with category headers for better searching and annotate them with the particulars as we work on this. Keep checking!
Blain: A Small Town Rich in History, 1755-1955
Blain: A Small Town Rich in History, 1755-1955
More than one hundred years ago, Blain was the economic center for western Perry County. It boasted a railroad station, dry goods and grocery stores, specialty shops and blacksmith shops, and even a bank. Read the book to find out how the railroad station came to town and what happened in the 1905 train wreck. Learn about fire fighting in the early 1900s and the Samuel Baker GAR Post. Enjoy the more than two hundred vintage paragraphs in this two hundred year history of Blain, Pennsylvania.