Frederick Watts And The Founding Of Penn State
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Frederick Watts And The Founding Of Penn State
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Author : Roger L. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2021-04-26
Frederick Watts And The Founding Of Penn State written by Roger L. Williams and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Frederick Watts came to prominence during the nineteenth century as a lawyer and a railroad company president, but his true interests lay in agricultural improvement and in raising the economic, social, and political standing of Pennsylvania’s farmers. After being elected founding president of The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society in 1851, he used his position to advocate vigorously for the establishment of an agricultural college that would employ science to improve farming practices. He went on to secure the charter for the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania, which would eventually become the Pennsylvania State University. This biography explores Watts’s role in founding and leading Penn State through its formative years. Watts adroitly directed the school as it was sited, built, and financed, opening for students in 1859. He hired the brilliant Evan Pugh as founding president, who, with Watts, quickly made it the first successful agricultural college in America. But for all his success in launching the institution, Watts nearly brought it to the brink of closure through a series of ruinous presidential appointments that led to an abandonment of the land-grant focus on agriculture and engineering. Watts’s influence in the agricultural modernization movement and his impact on land-grant education in the United States—both in his role with Penn State and later as US commissioner of agriculture—made him a leader in the history of agricultural and higher education. Roger L. Williams’s compelling biography of Watts reestablishes him in this legacy, providing a balanced analysis of his missteps and accomplishments.
Your Penn State
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Author : Arthur Ray Warnock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
Your Penn State written by Arthur Ray Warnock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with categories.
Report Of The Transactions Of The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
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Author : Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
Report Of The Transactions Of The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society written by Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Agriculture categories.
Annual Report Of The Transactions Of The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
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Author : Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1855
Annual Report Of The Transactions Of The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society written by Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1855 with categories.
Hidden History Of Cumberland County
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Author : Joseph David Cress
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-09-03
Hidden History Of Cumberland County written by Joseph David Cress and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-03 with History categories.
The rolling fields and quiet towns of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, belie its dynamic history. From slaves who escaped to freedom through Underground Railroad stations in Shippensburg and Boiling Springs to a telephone-like invention created by Lower Allen's Daniel Drawbaugh a full decade before the patent of Alexander Graham Bell, the pages of Cumberland County's history conceal long-forgotten but true tales. There are numerous but often-overlooked contributions from county residents--from 1920 to 1923, Newville hosted the first state police academy in the nation, and during World War II, a humble bandage invented in Carlisle saved countless lives. With an engaging collection of vignettes, author Joseph David Cress explores these and other hidden tales from the history of Cumberland County.
Hiking Through History Pennsylvania
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Author : Bob Frye
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-06-01
Hiking Through History Pennsylvania written by Bob Frye and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In Hiking through History Pennsylvania, you can hike where George Washington suffered his first humiliating defeat as a military commander as well as the grounds where, over the course of a winter, he molded what would become a victorious army. Or you can walk the battlefield that not only turned the tide of the Civil War, but spawned one of the most famous speeches in American history. Or walk where the world’s first commercial oil well was drilled. There’s all that and more to explore. Hiking Through History Pennsylvania profiles 40 hikes focusing on the state’s military, industrial, natural and conservation history. Tragedies, some intentional, some not, are explored, too. Whether you’re a curious tourist or a local history buff, this is a comprehensive guidebook to the area’s natural and human history.
Evan Pugh S Penn State
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Author : Roger L. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2018-02-22
Evan Pugh S Penn State written by Roger L. Williams and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Evan Pugh became the first president of Pennsylvania’s Farmers’ High School—later to be known as The Pennsylvania State University—the small campus was in disrepair and in dire need of leadership. Pugh was young, barely into his 30s, but he was energetic, educated, and visionary. During his tenure as president he molded the school into a model institution of its kind: America’s first scientifically based agricultural college. In this volume, Roger Williams gives Pugh his first book-length biographical treatment. Williams recounts Pugh’s short life and impressive career, from his early days studying science in the United States and Europe to his fellowship in the London Chemical Society, during which he laid the foundations of the modern ammonium nitrate fertilizer industry, and back to Pennsylvania, where he set about developing “upon the soil of Pennsylvania the best agricultural college in the world” and worked to build an American academic system mirroring Germany’s state-sponsored agricultural colleges. This last goal came to fruition with the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862, just two years prior to Pugh’s death. Drawing on the scientist-academic administrator’s own writings and taking a wide focus on the history of higher education during his lifetime, Evan Pugh’s Penn State tells the compelling story of Pugh’s advocacy and success on behalf of both Penn State and land-grant colleges nationwide. Despite his short life and career, Evan Pugh’s vision for Penn State made him a leader in higher education. This engaging biography restores Pugh to his rightful place in the history of scientific agriculture and education in the United States.
Ice Cream U
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Author : Lee Stout
language : en
Publisher: Penn State University Libraries
Release Date : 2009
Ice Cream U written by Lee Stout and has been published by Penn State University Libraries this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
"Traces the history of the Creamery at the Pennsylvania State University, and examines issues relating to ice cream production, the dairy industry, and agricultural education programs"--Provided by publisher.
Pennsylvania State Reports
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Author : Pennsylvania. Supreme Court
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
Pennsylvania State Reports written by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
"Containing cases decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania." (varies)
Pennsylvania State Reports Containing Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
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Author : Pennsylvania. Supreme Court
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
Pennsylvania State Reports Containing Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania written by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.