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Mining Communities in Pennsylvania: Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Mining Communities in Pennsylvania: Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Franklin B. Gowen, Molly Maguires, Lattimer massacre, Eckley Miners' Village, Wyoming Valley, Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, Knox Mine disaster, Mid Valley Region. Excerpt: Franklin Benjamin Gowen (February 9, 1836 - December 13, 1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (commonly referred to as the Reading Railroad) in the 1870s and 1880s. Today he is mostly identified with the undercover infiltration and subsequent court prosecutions of the Molly Maguires (sometimes Mollies), an alleged secret society of immigrant Irish Catholic mine workers, saloonkeepers and low-level local politicos arraigned and tried for multiple acts of violence, including murders and attempted murders of coal mine operators, foremen and workers, and peace officers. Gowen several years earlier had begun to publicly portray such a secret society as comprising the core of a labor union he was intent upon decimating. There are, however, broader aspects of Gowen's presidency that deserve consideration: Franklin Benjamin Gowen was born in Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania, now part of Philadelphia, the fifth child of Irish Protestant immigrant and successful grocer James Gowen and his German American wife, Mary Miller. Though his formal education was ended by his father at age 13, when he apprenticed the youth to a Lancaster, Pennsylvania merchant; as a young adult Gowen studied law under a local attorney in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Following admission to the bar and joining the local Democratic party, he was elected District Attorney for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1862. H...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157069522
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 46
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 100 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157069525
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
  • Width: 189 mm


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