Remembering Carlisle: Tales from the Cumberland Valley

by Joseph David Cress

Since its founding in 1751, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has been at the crossroads of history as the site of Washington's headquarters during the Whiskey Rebellion, a city shelled and occupied by Confederate forces and the home to Dickinson College and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. With lively vignettes and firsthand accounts, Joseph David Cress recounts the remarkable history of the borough. Tales of the McClintock Slave Riot of 1847 and the courthouse fire of 1845 stand alongside the legendary figures of Molly Pitcher and all-American athlete Jim Thorpe. Cress chronicles Carlisle's evolution from an outpost on Pennsylvania's rough-and-tumble frontier to a vibrant and thriving hub of the Cumberland Valley.

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2009

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book! Anyone who lives in or around Carlisle should read this book. Carlisle has played such a pivotal role in our Nations history from Ben Franklin's treaty with the Natives before the American Revolution to the Whiskey Rebellion and Washington's visit to the Rebel occupation and bombing during Civil War to the Indian School and Olympian Jim Thorpe to the car show at the Carlisle Fairgrounds. I have a new appreciation for the the cute historic town! The author write short stories about these major events in great detail that kept my attention and didn't read like a boring text book.