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!
Farming on the Ridges and in the Valleys of Perry County
Farming on the Ridges and in the Valleys of Perry County
The Historic Barn & Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania put together a tour in 2019, and they had the wisdom and good fortune to have local historian and photographer Jerry Clouse as Tour Chair. This 66-page book is a guide to that tour. It has many color photographs and detailed drawings to supplement Clouse’s excellent and meticulous essays on such topics as the beginning of agriculture in Perry County, Terry Necciai’s essay on the county as an example rural landscape, and essays considering each of the eight barns chosen for in-depth consideration.