Book/Printed Material Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is still living in his 107th year! And incidents in the early settlement of the Pennsylvania side of the river valley, from Easton to Bushkill.
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Image 1 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 2 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... I,!B1!A1!Y OF COXCIRESS. MTEI) STATES OF AMERICA. J- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 3 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 4 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 5 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 6 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 7 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 8 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... (;eok(;e i..\ i;ar. IN Ul ONK IHNDKII) AM) ^.KVKMI[ VKAR.- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 9 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... REMINISCENCES George La Bar, THE CENTENARIAN OF MONROE COUNTY, PA., WHO IS STILL LIVING IN HIS 107TH YEAR! and incidents in the early settlement of the pennsylvania side of the river valley,...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 10 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by CLAXTON, REMSEN HAFFELFINGER, in the Clerk s Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 11 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... TO THE OLD FOLKS OF NORTHAMPTON AND MONROE, WHO BEGAN LIFE IN THE PAST CENTURY, AND WHO ARE WITH US TO-DAY, Ilu| pile ^o!um£ IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 12 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 13 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... THIS little volume has been drawn together by frequent conversations with the aged pilgrim with whom those talks were had. His mind operates slowly, and in its operations it often slides out...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 14 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... VI PREFACE. within us, that makes us forget the toils of life to look complacently on the loosing of the silver cord, and the opening to the beautiful land Beulah The historic...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 15 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... /J^,^!.^,3i5^.\ j.^. o^^ ^^nm^ ijji CHAPTER I. PAGE Introductory 9 CHAPTER II. Persecution 12 CHAPTER III. Early Boundaries .14 CHAPTER IV. The Arrival 20 CHAPTER V. Early Settlers -27 CHAPTER VI. The...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 16 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... VIU CONTENTS. CHAPTER IX. PAGE The Revolution 6o CHAPTER X. After the War 66 CHAPTER XI. A Visit to the Centenarian -7° CHAPTER XII. Brother and Sister -77 CHAPTER XIII. Old Stories...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 17 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... REMINISCENCES OF George LaBar. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. In this frail tenement shall we Elude its thousand foes, And, zigzag, journey till we see A century round us close AMONG the millions who...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 18 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... lO THE CENTENARIAN a miracle and when we find a rare old relic of one hundred and six years, we may well become interested in him, and anxiously ask what have been...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 19 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. II that trying war was over Can we shake hands with one who saw the stately Washington Yes, he Hves, a marvelous volume, a living record of one hundred...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 20 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 12 THE CENTENARIAN CHAPTER II. PERSECUTION. The Indian war-whoop echoed round The place where he was born; They claimed it as their hunting-ground, And theirs to grow their corn The settlers huts...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 21 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. I3 If pleading conscience could be free To worship with soul -liberty. Just before and immediately after 1730, there was a new impetus given to immigration to Penn s...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 22 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 14 THE CENTENARIAN ing to the dictates of his own conscience. Glad millennium how should every Christian heart rejoice over the day-star of promise realized The right has triumphed in this nineteenth...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 23 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 15 time the western boundary of the Colony, or counties, was Httle more than a myth, and full of dissatisfaction and trouble to the white set- tlers, as well...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 24 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... l6 THE CENTENARIAN hundred Indians present on such occasions with the white officials of the province and of other colonies. William Parsons, an officer of the province, was sent to East Town,...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 25 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 1 7 Captain Orndt, at Fort Norris (between Wind Gap and Bossard s) 5^ men. Captain Wayne, at Fort Allen 50 A sergeant at Uplinger s, and 5 An...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 26 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... iS THE CENTENARIAN which told upon his hearers, without education or the rules of oratory. He professed to be the leader of the Lenapes, and contended for their rights, against other tribes,...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 27 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. I9 remained through all that terrible crisis, which below them swept death and destruction to so many. With such alarming scenes passing before them, the parents of George might...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 28 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 20 THE CENTENARIAN nado of swelling thoughts that swept through those brothers breasts as, day after day, the dis- tance grew greater and greater between them and all the dear ones left...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 29 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 21 of all white settlements, to plant themselves among the aborigines of the land. In three days they arrived at the Forks, or immediately below, which was then the...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 30 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 22 THE CENTENARIAN ness. This friendship was of untold benefit to the La Bar family in after days, when deception and intrigue had roused the ire of the savages to deeds of...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 31 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 23 The wild man s fare was not more wild than their own for their subsistence had to be drawn from the woods and river, until a patch could...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 32 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 24 THE CENTENARIAN though they were disappointed to find them- selves not the farthest in the wilderness, yet they were glad to find a store of supplies so near. The Indians inhabiting...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 33 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 25 upon, in order to make a good thing of it; and all unknown to the Indians. The Walk came off in the fall of 1737 and there was...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 34 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 26 THE CENTENARIAN in the coveted prize. The Indians were dis- appointed, chagrined, angry, and they were ready for retahation. While they were friends the whites had taught the Indians the use...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 35 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 27 CHAPTER V. EARLY SETTLERS. And still they come, an earnest band, Believing this the Promised Land. OTHER settlers followed rapidly into Hun- ter s settlement, principally from Germany,...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 36 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 28 THE centenarian Stroudsburg now stands, and adjoining a tract Colonel Stroud purchased some time after. Stroud was the founder of Stroudsburg. The settlement of N. Depui, at Shawnee, was made very...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 37 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 29 The old Indian fort was farther up, near the west end of the town, and was built around Peter La Bar s house. The Colonel had made a...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 38 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 30 THE CENTENARIAN tions, which were published. He stopped with N. Depui, and while there, a young Brodhead, son of Daniel, was sparking the old man s daughter, and, as he was...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 39 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... OF MONROE COUNTY. 3I its whisky-shop then, and Peter patronized that shop too well for his own good and the good of his family. His substance became scattered, his family broken up,...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870
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Image 40 of Reminiscences of George La Bar, the centenarian of Monroe County, Pa., who is ... 32 THE CENTENARIAN of laurel, hazel, and alder, that led to the spring, and there was no telling at what step an Indian might be met. Abraham La Bar lived here in...- Contributor: Burrell, A. B. (Abram Bogart)
- Date: 1870