ISBN: 0738509213

Located in the geographical center of the state, Berlin is best known as the Home of the Yankee Peddler. The first white settler, John Beckley, arrived in 1650, followed by a few families… More...

Located in the geographical center of the state, Berlin is best known as the Home of the Yankee Peddler. The first white settler, John Beckley, arrived in 1650, followed by a few families from Farmington in the late 1600s. Initially, Berlin was both a religious and an agrarian community. Farming was the way of life when the first church was built in 1712 in the Great Swamp Settlement of Berlin. As the settlement grew, small industries arose, mills sprang up along the rivers and streams, tinsmith shops opened, and the Yankee peddler wagon became a traveling store. Gradually over the years, the industries expanded and the farms diminished.Berlin focuses on the townspeople-the doctors and merchants, artists and artisans, poets and painters. The town has three population centers: East Berlin is separated from Kensington and Berlin by a highway and a line of hills, and each of these sections has retained its villagelike atmosphere. The book highlights the diversity of Berlin's religious community and the spirit of ecumenicalism that spread throughout its neighborhoods. Individuals who appear include the Leatherman, a gentle person who traveled through Berlin in ages past, and the Goat Man, the personification of the kind neighbor. Dr. Willard Wallace said it very well, "Berlin is just Berlin . . . people of many different religious and ethnic backgrounds who live successfully together. americas,history,state and local History, Arcadia Publishing<

2001, ISBN: 0738509213

[EAN: 9780738509211], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina], BERLIN, CONNECTICUT, History|United States|State & Local|General, "Based on facts and… More...

[EAN: 9780738509211], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina], BERLIN, CONNECTICUT, History|United States|State & Local|General, "Based on facts and memories of the old storytellers whose printed materials were available to be, and photographs from private collections not seen by the general public, wht the storytellers' memories of those same photographsd, IMAGES OF AMERICA: BERLIN is a collection of pictorial historical data and the memories relating to them as allowed by the publisher's space constraints and the materials available. It contains parts of the heritage of the town: the religion, education, people, places, industry, and Berlin Fair. It is not meant to be an all-inclusive hostory, but a volume of historical remembrances for everyone to enjoy." This book has 128 pages and is profusely illustrated.<

2001, ISBN: 9780738509211

Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. "Based on facts and memories of the old storytellers whose printed materials were available to be, and photographs from private … More...

Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. "Based on facts and memories of the old storytellers whose printed materials were available to be, and photographs from private collections not seen by the general public, wht the storytellers' memories of those same photographsd, IMAGES OF AMERICA: BERLIN is a collection of pictorial historical data and the memories relating to them as allowed by the publisher's space constraints and the materials available. It contains parts of the heritage of the town: the religion, education, people, places, industry, and Berlin Fair. It is not meant to be an all-inclusive hostory, but a volume of historical remembrances for everyone to enjoy." This book has 128 pages and is profusely illustrated.. Not Given. Pictorial Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Arcadia Publishing, 2001<