Bucks County was an original county in William Penn's newly formed Pennsylvania province and has carried the weight of history ever since. Join author Jennifer Rogers as she recounts the lesser-known history of Bucks County. Industrial power in the region expanded in the late 1700s as Irish laborers sacrificed life and limb to construct a section of the Pennsylvania Canal and the Durham Furnace. In 1921, a gruesome train wreck claimed the lives of twenty-seven people, forever leaving its tragic mark on the busy rail lines emerging from Philadelphia. Raised a Quaker in Doylestown, James A. Michener went from local English teacher to Pulitzer Prize-winning author, leaving his philanthropic mark at the art museum named for him.

Reprint of v. 3 of the 1905 ed. published by Lewis Pub. Co., New York under title: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time.

Journey to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for an intimate depiction of a community that's known throughout the world for its natural beauty and nurturing of the arts. Explore remnants of the county's 330-year history through 191 images and story-essays, showing how the present has roots in the past - how the old becomes new. This collection goes beyond the iconic fieldstone farmhouse and covered bridge to capture the magic flavor of the region. Visit spots most tourists never see and discover some surprising secrets, such as the oldest "old boy's club" in the world, pyramids, Ivy League Indians, and more. From estate to public park, old towns to villages, relive the history of Bucks County as it enters a prosperous now.

Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks is a collection of genealogical and historical information pertaining to the first settlers of the upper part of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Separate chapters are assigned to each family, and approximately 12,000 persons are named and identified. The genealogies commence with the first of the Bucks County line (usually during the period of the eighteenth century, but also earlier) and proceed, on average, through about eight generations.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania--the name conjures up images of colonial villages, pastoral vistas, and famous artists. Walking down the streets of Doylestown or New Hope in the 1930s or 40s, you might have glimpsed humorist Dorothy Parker at a lunch counter or satirist S. J. Perelman at the hardware store, not to mention Pulitzer-Prize-winning writers like Oscar Hammerstein, James A. Michener, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart, or Pearl S. Buck. Thanks to cheap real estate, proximity to New York City, and the lure of country living, Bucks County became such a well-known haven for creativity that the New York media began to call it "the genius belt." This book tells the story of Bucks County's rich artistic tradition: from the nineteenth-century's best-known primitive painter, Edward Hicks, to the turn-of-the-century birth of a major art colony along the Delaware River, to the influx of literary and theatrical figures during the Depression. A colorful introduction by James Michener begins with the renowned author's boyhood in Doylestown and recalls his delightful memories of the county's "golden years."

Stone Houses is a unique presentation of a beloved building tradition in one of the most charming and historically significant regions in the nation.