That YZas The Year That Yas 1817 James Madison left the White House after two terms, to be suc- ceeded by James Monroe, with John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were still living. Lincoln, Lee, Harriet Beecher, Whittier, Kit Carson, P. T. Barn- um, and Poe were children. Thoreau and Frederick Douglass were born. Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Aaron Burr, John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, S.F.B. Morse, Benjamin West, Eli Whitney, and Andrew Jackson lived. George III was nearing the end of his sixty years on England’s throne, but his son, soon to become George IV, served as Regent. Granddaughter Victoria would not be born for two more years. Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, James Watt, Edward Jenner, Wil- liam Blake, and Beau Brummell were alive. Jane Austen died. The Brownings, Tennyson, Dick- ens, Disraeli and Charles Darwin were under twenty. The Napoleonic Wars had finally ended, and Bonaparte was in exile on St. Helena. Louis XVIII sat briefly on the restored Bourbon throne. LaFayette, Rouget de Lisle, Dag- uerre, Balzac, Berlioz and Corot were living. Chopin was a child. The Italian peninsula was divided into many states, ruled by Austria, the House of Savoy, a Bourbon and the Pope. Garibaldi, Mazzini, and Verdi were children. Paganini played his violin. The German Confederation was a loosely tied group of sovereign states under nominal Austrianlead- ership. Bismark, Bessemer, Wagner. In 1817 --- To LEND MONEY In 1967 --- We are as close as your Telephone--- and located in central DALLAS — DALLAS FINANCE COMPANY DE SE RE EE RE ™ SESQUICENTENNIAL COVER * Oxen, like the team shown on our cover, were a com- mon part of Back Mountain life during theearly years. Steady, strong, patient, they were ideal for the work of clearing the land and farming. Coming up the road from the old Outlet sawmill at Harveys Lake, Abid Hoover pauses beside his team, brindle Bennie and spotted Charlie. Riding the cart are Jessie Raudenbush, Richard E. Hoover and Franklin Hoover. Mr. Hoovers daughter Mrs. Amelia Anderson, who loaned the picture, recalls standing on a stoneboat as a child, guiding this same team with a long switch, help- ing her father haul rocks from the family fields. Mendelssohn and Schumann were children. Schopenhauer, Schubert, Goethe and Beethoven were living. Greece and most of the Balkan states were controlled by the Otto- man Turks. In 1817 Serbia re- volted. ele George Byron was living. Romanov Tsar Alexander I kept a tight grip on Russia, trying to A bar all foreign influences and un- rest. Pushkin wrote. China’s Manchu emporor per- mitted foreign trade only at Can- ton, feeling no need for the approval or products of the barbarian West. Africa was unknown beyond coastal areas, such as Capetown i I ( je 5 : yo A SW Voll where the British had recently taken over from the Dutch. g alles David Livingston was four Say is years old. Spain’s South American colonies were growing restless. Simon Bolivar fanned the sparks hy ; 4 of revolt. | J Ip Y. 7 s a 1c QNE My, on The Industrial Revolution Ratna) gre brought opportunity for many, while it changed centuries-old work patterns. The world was wellinto a century of turmoil and change which sent many people looking for a new life and opportunity on the frontiers of America We were not here to those who NEEDED I1T1--- on 26 LAKE STREET \ 0) TT ae ™, ? Wx 2 HS 3 rein Ridin Te rN —N 1 EET Bho (DR AGL A 120 Yeosrs The sesquicentennial marks the formation of Dallas Township in 1817. Since much of the surround- ing area was included at that time, the whole Back Mountain joins in the celebration. Some facts of early history are condensed from the “History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties”, pub- lished in 1880 by W. W. Munsell & Co., New York, and appeared in more extensiveform inthe Dallas Post’s Community Progress Edi- tion, November 27, 1953. This tabloid makes no attempt at a complete history of the area. Rather, it tries to give a picture of the life and world during the early days. Our thanks to the many people who have shared family treasures, pictures and knowledge to make it possible. z oa np : Fd by; # fr xot 80 4 a! aH, Nd ra 7 # NN A 0, Sf 0; 674-1781 HOURS Mon. — Thur. - 9:00-5:00 Fridays - 9:00-8:00 Closed Saturdays
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