Names, Geographical -- Pennsylvania

The changing of historic place names

Donehoo, George Patterson, 1862-1934; Shoemaker, Henry W. (Henry Wharton), 1880-1958· 2 chapters· 4,053 words

Prefatory Note 2 Introduction 2 Changing Historic Place Names 3 A Partial List of Historic Place Names Changed or Misspelled in Pennsylvania 8 The Spirit of the Name-Vandal! Exit Muckelrat and Enter Woodland Hills 13 Changing the Face of History 13 Pennsylvania Alpine Club 14

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1. Part 1

Prefatory Note 2 Introduction 2 Changing Historic Place Names 3 A Partial List of Historic Place Names Changed or Misspelled in Pennsylvania 8 The Spirit of the Name-Vandal! Exi...

2. Part 2

There is another aspect of the ruthless spirit of the day which holds nothing of the past sacred and secure. That is the modernization of Civil War memorials. Most of these erec...