The Shop at the Vicary Mansion
Presents
Some of Our Collections
Landmarks Foundation
Collection:
A Guide to
Historic Landmarks in Beaver County by Charles W. Townsend III, Bob Bauder
and Denver Walton. A
comprehensive directory of Beaver County (PA) houses, inns, trails, commercial
buildings, parks, waterfalls, etc., designated as worthy monuments to Beaver
County history. Each is represented by a photograph and
description. A map is included. (111 pages, soft bound) $15.00
Rivers
of Destiny by Denver and
Eugenia Walton, Bob Bauder, et.al. A selection of writings and
photographs depicting the history of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Arranged by topics. Subjects include aspects of manufacturing and
transportation, education and shopping.
(288 pages, hard bound, cloth cover, with gold lettering) $35.00
The 20th
Century History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania 1900-1988 by Cheryl Weller
Beck (Ed.) An illustrated and indexed
narrative arranged by topic. Emphasizes the daily lives of Beaver County
residents. (644
pages, hard bound with cloth cover and gold lettering.) $35.00
Beaver County History Collection:
1833 Residents of Phillipsburg
(now Monaca, PA) Compiled by Eileen
Aiken English. An historic register
transcribed from German script and supplemental notes. (74 pgs. Soft cover). $20.00
Beaver County Soldiers in the Civil War. By William E. Irion. Short biographies and
information on Beaver County soldiers and the units in which they served. Paperback 141 Pgs. $17.00
Beaver
County Trolleys by Benson W. Rohrbeck Illustrated history
of the trolleys and inclines in Beaver
County. Soft cover 81 pgs. $8.00
Beaver
Falls: Gem of Beaver
County by Kenneth
Britton. History of
the town of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. (160
pages Soft cover). $24.99
Beaver Valley Railroad Company by Wayne A. Cole. Illustrated. Tells the history of the Beaver Valley Railroad from 1899 to 1969. (88 pages Soft cover) $20.00
A Brief
History of Early Beaver
County Reprint of a speech
given by Daniel Agnew at the dedication of the new courthouse in 1877. Paperback 15 pgs. $4.00
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! By Karen Helbling.
Articles are gleanings of historical tidbits taken from local newspapers
from 1855, 1883, 1884, 1885 & 1889. Softcover.
$16.00
Ghost
Rails 1850 – 1980 Volume I. By Wayne A. Cole. Stories of abandoned rail lines and their industries in Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. (144 pages Hard cover). $30.00.
Ghost Rails Vol. II Western Allegheny
Railroad Company By Wayne A.
Cole The last steam in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the last F
Units in revenue service in America. Hardcover 224 pages $45.00
Ghost Rails Vol. III Electrics By Wayne A. Cole Chronicles the electric trolley companies of
the Upper Ohio
Valley including West
Virginia, Ohio
and Pennsyvlania.
. Hardcover 224 pages $40.00
Greersburg Academy and the Station House. By Wayne A. Cole. (51 pages Soft cover). $15.00
The History of
Beaver County Schools. Volume
I By Belle Adams. (207 pages softcover).
$12.00
History
of the Water Supply of the Borough of Beaver by Harry Phillips $1.00
The
Historic Town of Harmony Butler County, Pennsylvania from an address by
John H. Wilson. Paperback 33 pgs. $6.00
Location and
Origins of the Cemeteries of Beaver County. By Mark Barnes (Soft
cover) $20.00.
The Lost Muster Rolls of the 61st PA Vols. Company E. by Karen Helbling Paperback
51 pages. $10.00
Matthew Stanley Quay.
Pub. By the Beaver Area
Heritage Foundation. Paperback 12 pgs. $1.00
Pensioners in Western Pennsylvania
in 1883, Vol. 1 by Western PA Genealogical Society.
For Beaver, Lawrence, and Allegheny Counties. Listing of individuals who
received pension from various wars, with pension numbers, post offices for
mailing payments, and dates of insurance. With this information, you can get copies of
actual files from the National Archives and Records Administration. Index. (57 pages
paperback) $11.95
Portraits in
Steel by David H. Wollman and Donald R. Inman. An Illustrated history of the Jones and
Laughlin steel company. (329 pages Hard
cover) $75.00
The
Public Squares in Beaver by Beaver Area Heritage Founation. Reprint of a brief filed by Daniel Agnew in
the Beaver court of Common Pleas in 1882.
Paperback
$2.00
St. Peters Lutheran Church Records by Paul Miller Ruff. St.
Peters Church was
the earliest religious structure in Beaver
County, except for the one at
Economy. It was established in 1832 by
secedes from the Harmony Society. They
were the founders of Phillipsburg
(now Monaca). The church records begin
in 1835 and continue to 1900. Recently
they were discovered and painstakingly transcribed from Old German script. Included are names of the respective German
villages. Records of non-German members
are also included. (134 pages, soft bound) $25.95
Where the Earth Dissolves Like
Snow: The Keystone Driller Story By
Wayne A. Cole The Story of Robert Magee Downie and the Keystone Driller Company. Softcover 96 Pages $20.00
Our Narratives of America Collection:
Blue Jacket
by John Sugden. A biography of the Shawnee war chief
by a premier researcher and weaver of tales. Blue jacket was the mentor of Tecumseh, and the galvanize of the intertribal confederacy which waged a
long, bloody war against encroaching white settlers. $29.95
The Conquerors by Allen W. Eckert. The third in Eckert’s Winning of American series. The
story of Pontiac’s uprising and the men involved in it: the English, who had
set out to man the former French outposts, secure land for the Crown, and
exploit its riches; and Pontiac, chief of the Ottawas,
who was driven to violence to protect his way of life from encroachment of the
whites. (Soft cover $15.00) Hard cover $30.00
Dark and Bloody River by Allen W. Eckert. The acclaimed scholar combines meticulous
research with a powerful storytelling style to portray the struggle for domination
of the Ohio River Valley. Describes the heroism and savagery on the
part of both whites and the native people, the
political pressure on the British governors of the Colonies to hold back
expansion, and the enterprising and indomitable spirit of America’s
earliest pioneers. (soft
cover) $15.95
The Handbook of Freedom by Ronald R. Wenning. A handbook containing the complete texts of
the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the
Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. Paperback 48 pgs. $5.95
Wilderness Empire by Allen W. Eckert. The second of Eckert’s Winning of America series. A gripping narrative of the struggle between
the English and the French, and the powerful and feared Iroquois, whose favor
each tried to curry. Eckert focuses on
English, Indian, and French individuals whose lives intertwine in the greatest
territorial battles in history – The French and Indian War. (Soft cover $17.00) Hard cover $30.00
Wilderness
War by Allen W.
Eckert Hardcover $30.00
A Sorrow
in Our Heart by Allen W.
Eckert Softcover $7.99
Gateway
to Empire by Allen W. Eckert Softcover $15.00
Twilight
of Empire by Allen W.
Eckert Softcover $15.00
Our Main Regional
History Collection:
A Country
Between – the upper Ohio Valley and its Peoples 1724 – 1774. by
Michael N. McConnell. Chronicles the
plight of the native American tribes and their
struggles with the white man in the upper Ohio
Valley. (282 pages soft cover) $20.00
American Woodlands Indians by Jay Custer. This book is an unrivaled source of
authentic, detailed, attractively presented , and
easy-to-read information on the history of Eastern Woodlands Indians. Features 8 pages of
full-color Indians in period dress and 35 black and white photos. Excellent for re-enactors. (48 pages, paper back) $16.00
Ancient Carpenter’s Tools By Henry C. Mercer. Softcover 339 pgs. $19.95
Bayonets in the Wilderness –
Anthony Wayne’s Legion in the Old Northwest. By Alan D. Gaff. Definitive account of General Anthony Wayne’s
Fallen Timbers campaign (370 pages Hard cover). $40.00.
Book of Old
Time Trades and Tools. By Anonymous Softcover 316 pgs. $12.95
Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley by William Hintzen. The true frontiersmen of the last part of the
18th century and the impact of Daniel Boone, Lewis Wetzel, Simon Girty, Simon Kenton, George Rodgers Clark, Anthony Wayne
and others. From the
Revolutionary War to the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Described as fascinating.
(390 pages, soft bound) $26.95
Chronicles of Border Warfare By Alexander Scott Withers. History of the settlement
by the whites of Northern Virginia and the Indian wars and massacres. Softcover 447 pgs. $16.95
Civil
War Soldiers Life: In Camp and Battle
by George F. Williams. (3rd
edition, 2001, with intro and new materials by Patrick A. Schroeder) The author served for the first three years
of the Civil War as a soldier, and for the last year as a journalist. He describes his first time in battle, how it
felt later as a veteran, and the difficulties of transition from civilian to
soldier. Unbiased; pays tribute to
soldiers of both sides. (44 pages, soft
bound) $8.00
Colonial and Early American Lighting by Arthur H. Hayward (Soft cover) $10.95
Colorful Characters Compiled
by Brandon Scott. A
study of paint schemes, colors, and sources of the native people of the eastern
woodlands. (paper
back) $10.00
Conrad Weiser 1696 – 1760 – Friend of Colonist & Mohawk. By Paul A. Wallace. (575 pages Hard cover). $50.00
David Zeisberger’s History of the
North American Indians in 18th Century Ohio, New York
& Pennsylvania. Edited by Archer Butler Hubert.
(189 pages Soft cover)
$19.95
Diplomacy and
Indian Gifts by Wilbur R Jacobs.
Describes the French-English rivalry for Indian
loyalties during the French and Indian War years 1784-1763. Contains over 1,000
footnotes and bibliography of 90 published sources. Exceptional reference. (208 pages, hard back) $30.00
Drums in the Forest. By
Alfred Proctor Jones and Charles Morse Stotz. Special reissue
commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French & Indian War.
Book describes the conflict in the wilderness as well as the forts and defense
of Western Pennsylvania.
Softcover $18.95
Early Architecture of Western
Pennsylvania by Charles Morse Stotz. This
high quality book describes and illustrates classical construction of the era.
(Hard cover with dust jacket) $45.00
Early
History of Pennsylvania by I.D. Rupp (reprint of 1864, 776p.). An important book on Western Pennsylvania history. Includes the exact journals of Washington, Croghan, Braddock, Bouquet, Weiser, and others as they frequented the Ohio
River valley. (Hard cover
with embossed gold leaf binding) $50.00
Early
Western Journals 1748 – 1765. Compiled by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Contains the early journals
of Conrad Weiser, George Croghan,
Christian Frederick Post and Thomas Morris covering the first recorded travels
west of the Alleghenies. ( 328 pages Hard cover).
$40.00
Eastern
Frontier Art By Andrew Knez, Jr. A
collection of artwork by noted artist Andrew Knez,
Jr. depicting life on the Western Pennsylvania frontier
before and during the American Revolution.
Softcover $28.00
Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America. By Michael Johnson $40.00
Hard back
Greetings from the Lincoln Highway. By
Brian Butko.
Takes readers on a 14 state scenic tour of the
historic Lincoln Highway. Softcover 288 pages $39.95
A Guidebook to Historic Western
Pennsylvania by Helene Smith and
George Swetnam. (384 pages)
Revised edition. (Soft cover) $19.95
Guns at the Forks.
By Walter O’Meara. O’Meara tells the story of five forts at the
forks of the Ohio and the
dramatic part that they played in the war between 1750 and 1760. Softcover 270 pages $22.95
Handbook
of the Delaware Indian Language by
Scott Hayes Wenning complete with a brief history of
the Delaware, or Lenape, the most historic of the Algonquin tribes. Includes a 3000 word
vocabulary with complete pronunciation guide, and grammatical key to Delaware
language. Original artwork cover by Geoff Harding.
(144 pages, soft bound) $17.00
History
of an Expedition Against Fort
Duquesne in 1755. By Winthrop Sargent. Chronicles the history of
General Braddock’s disastrous attempt to take Fort Duquesne
from the French and their Indian allies in 1755. (421 pages Hard cover).
$44.95
The Historic Town of Harmony by
John H. Wilson. Reprint of the 1937 edition.
Recollection of the town, its people, and industries
back to the year 1875. Photos. (booklet of 35 pages) $6.00
The History of the Five Indian
Nations, Depending on the Province
of New York in America by Cadwaller Colden. Reprint of work written in 1727 and
1747. Discusses the
religion, customs, manners, law among the five nations of Iroquois. Gives accounts of battles,
treaties, and trade until 1689.
(182 pages soft bound) $13.00
History of the Girtys by C.W.
Butterfield. Reprint
from 1890 edition. The adventures
of Simon Girty and his four brothers in Lord Dunsmore’s War, on the western border war of the
Revolution, and in the Indian War, 1790-1795.
(310 pages, paper back) $22.95
History
of North American Indians in 18th Century Ohio,
New York, and Pennsylvania by David Zeisberger. Possibly
the best book published on how the Indians lived their everyday lives. (190 pages, paper back with original art
work) $20.00
Indian Chiefs
of Pennsylvania by C Hale Sipe (Reprint of 1927, 569p.). Factual account of
contributions made by outstanding chiefs in shaping the Eastern frontier. Discusses chiefs and their
tribes from the formation of the Iroquois federation in 1750 thought Cornplanter’s death in 1836. Includes chronological
table. (Soft cover) $39.95
Indian Paths
of Pennsylvania. By
Paul A.W. Wallace. Softcover 227
pgs. $14.95
Indian
Villages and Place
Names in Pennsylvania by George Donehoo. A comprehensive guide to Indian place names, including towns,
creeks and other landmarks. (289
pages Soft cover) $19.95
Indian Wars of
Pennsylvania by C. Hale Sipe. (Reprinted) An account of the Indian events
in Pennsylvania during the French
and Indian War, Pontiac’s War, Lord Dunmore’s War, the Revolutionary War and
the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795.
(908 pages Hardcover in red with gold leaf embossing) $49.95
In Search of York by Robert B. Betts. Tells the story of the
slave who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their epic journey to the Pacific and
back.
(Soft cover) $29.95
The Journals of Lewis and Clark Newly abridged by Anthony
Brandt. Includes
Lewis’s travel through Beaver County. (445 pages Soft
cover) $16.00
The Journal of Major George Washington.
An account of Washington’s
first official mission, made as emissary from the Governor of Virginia to the
Commandant of the French forces on the Ohio River,
October, 1753 through January, 1754. (42
pages , hard cover with dust cover) $10.00
The Journal of
Samuel McClay, while surveying the west branch of the
Susquehanna, the Sinnemahoning and the Allegheny Rivers in 1790. Pub. By John S. Meginess. Paperback 63 pgs. $8.95
Klondikes,
Chipped Ham and Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly’s. By Brian Butko. Softcover 100 pages $14.95
The Lenape-Delaware
Indian Heritage 10,000
B.C. to AD 2000 by Herbert C.
Kraft. Comprehensive
history of the Delaware Indian culture.
Paperback 670
pgs. $40.00
The Lenape and Their Legends by Daniel G. Brinton. This
volume groups a series of ethnological studies of the Indians of Eastern Pennsylvanid, New Jersey
and Maryland. (262 pages Hard cover). $40.00
The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel By C.B. Allman Softcover 244 pgs. $25.50
Lincoln
Highway.
By Kevin Kutz. Paintings and drawings
depicting scenes along the old historic Lincoln Highway. Softcover 122 pages $29.95
Lincoln’s Men by William C. Davis. Book draws on thousands of unpublished
letters and diaries to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested
president could become “Father Abraham” throughout both the army and the North
as a whole. Hardback 315 pgs. 25.00
Marriages and Deaths from the Pittsburgh
Dispatch 1858-1860 by Western PA Genealogical
Society (1993, 88p). Over 4500 names are
listed here from a time Pennsylvania
did not keep vital records. Includes names from all over Western
PA, Ohio, and West Virginia. (soft cover) $17.95
Massy Harbison . An account in her own words
of her captivity, the murder of her two children and her escape from the
Indians. Hardcover 81 pgs. $20.00
Notes on the
Settlements and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia
and Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1783 by Rev. Joseph Doddridge. (Reprint of 1912 work, 320
p). Wealth of
information on the settlement of Pennsylvania and
Virginia; biographical notes on Logan, Cresap, Girty, and others. Index. (320 pp.,
paperback) $16.95
The Ohio
Company of Virginia and the Westward Movement 1748-1792 by Kenneth P.
Bailey. Complete with 5 maps,
extensive 20 page bibliography, 682 footnotes and complete index. A study of exploration,
Indian policy and problems, and traders and their problems. The Logstown conference is featured. The definitive work on the
Ohio Company of Virginia. (347 pp., hard
bound in navy blue with gold leaf embossing) $39.95
The Ohio River
in American History and Voyaging on Today’s River By Captain Rick Rhodes. 300 years of river history from the French
and Indian War to the 21st century.
Also includes the Allegheny, Muskingum, Monongahela, Kanawaha, Kentucky,
Green and Wabash Rivers. Softcover 320 pages
Illustrated $35.95
Olden Times Just off the press! Volume one of two-volume work. Call for details. $50.00
Old
Westmoreland: A History of Western Pennsylvania
During the Revolution by
Edgar W. Hassler.
The book describes the trials and heroism of the frontiersmen and
settlers in their conflicts with tories, British
partisans, and Indian tribes. (200 pages
Soft cover) $23.00
Pensioners of Western
Pennsylvania in 1883 Vol. I. Pub. By the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Softcover 57 pages $11.95
The Pennsylvania
Bucktails: A Photographic Album of the 42nd,
149th, and 150th Regiments by Patrick A.
Schroeder. From the
collection of Ron Palm. Contains 264 images of noted soldiers in the three regiments. Detailed biographical sketch about each
identified Bucktail, encapsulated unit histories, and
photo index. (Glossy paper, 318 pages,
hard cover) $53.95
Pennsylvania’s Covered Bridges
by Benjamin and June Evans. Color photos, maps and drawings of the location, construction, and
history of 221 covered bridges.
Fits in glove compartment (paperback, 226 pages) $20.00
The Pennsylvania
Housewife – English Household Receipts in the Middle Colonies Being a
Collection of One Hundred of the Most Approved Receipts. Illustrated. By Pastmasters. Meticulously researched and illustrated
showing proper food handling, recipes and food preparation prior to the
Revolution. (203 pages Soft cover) $35.00
Pills, Petticoats and Plows by Thomas D. Clark Describes and illustrates items sold in an
old southern country store. (Soft
cover) $12.95
Pioneer Life in Western
Pennsylvania By J.E. Wright. Presentation of the day to
day occupations, life and dangers on the Pennsylvania
frontier. Softcover
251 pgs.$15.95
Scouwa Edited by William M. Darlington. James Smith’s Indian
captivity narrative. (176 pages
Soft cover) $15.00
Soldiers’ Orphan Schools of
Pennsylvania complied by Diane Ragan.
Includes the school at Phillipsburg
(Monaca). Index
of orphans of deceased Civil War Soldiers and Sailors in the care of the 15
schools located in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Crawford,
Fayette, Mercer, and Westmoreland Counties in 1876. Index. (62 pages soft
bound) $11.95
The Settler’s Forts of Western
Pennsylvania By John A. DeMay. A study of the layout and
location of many long lost forts built by Western
Pennsylvania settlers. Softcover 213 pages $24.95
Their Bearing is
Noble and Proud by James R.
O’Neil II. A collection of narratives
regarding the appearance of native Americans from 1740
to 1815.
(Paperback)
$20.00
Traveling the Underground
Railroad by Bruce Chadwick Soft cover $16.95
Turn of the
Century Farm Tools and Implements Softcover 69 pgs. $12.95
The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. Edited by Jay Luvaas and Harold Nelson.
Hardback 358 pgs. $18.00
War for Empire
in Western Pennsylvania by four Pennsylvania
museums and battlefields. Chronicles the English and French struggle for North America with an
outstanding collection of color photos, maps, and other illustrations of the
war. “A
must-have book for French and Indian War fans.” (84 pages, paper back) $12.00
Washington
County (PA) Early
Marriage Index by the Citizens Library Genealogical Records Group, Washington,
PA. Index of Washington County marriages before 1885, when records were
kept. Sources include records
from ministers, churches, Bibles, newspaper articles, and marriage bonds. Also evidence found in will abstracts, Orphans’
Court dockets, and Justice of the Peace records. (289 pages soft bound) $40.00
Whatever Shall I Wear? By Mara Riley Illustrated. A guide to assembling a
woman’s basic 18th century wardrobe. (49 pages Soft cover) $12.95
The Whiskey Rebellion: Southwestern
Pennsylvania’s Frontier People Test the American
Constitution. By Jerry A. Close Softcover 79 pgs. $11.95
Wilderness War on
the Ohio. By
Alan Fitzpatrick. The untold story of the savage battle for British and Indian
control of the Ohio country during the American Revolution. Softcover 628 pages $24.95
William Trent
and the West by Sewell Sick.
(Reprint of 1947 edition) Pennsylvania-born Trent
was an Indian trader and diplomat, land speculator and, in his earliest days,
soldier-of-fortune, enrolling in the militia to fight the French and the
Indians. He was in official capacity at
the important council at Logstown in 1752.
(200 pages, hard cover) $39.95