Book Hidden History of Cumberland county pa

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 Hidden History of Cumberland CountyI enjoyed the book but 3. EPub Hidden History of Cumberland county tn 5 stars than 4 I am not sure if he wrote about it before but he didn t write about what happened in Carlisle during the battle of Gettysburg although he did cover the Civil War in other ways I think the first half of the book was interesting My family are from the Newville area going back so it is interesting to see how the country developed 144