Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-02336-6 (ISBN)
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As the largest river on the East Coast of the United States, the rolling Susquehanna is the indispensable tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary. Gathering strength from scores of streams along its 444-mile journey, the river delivers half of the freshwater the bay requires to maintain its ecological balance.
Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake traces the course of the Susquehanna River through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to the bay. Fifty-six short chapters discuss key locations along the route and how the river changes from sources to sea. These chapters also look at how natural resources influence, and in some ways shape, the lives of the people and their communities.
Along the river tour, Jack Brubaker examines the natural and human history of the Susquehanna, exploring how the river has been used and abused, as well as its current condition and future prospects. He explains how the unusually shallow, rocky river has substantially altered its drainage pattern over geologic time and how it continues to cut channels while erasing and creating islands.
For generations the Susquehanna has ebbed through the daily lives of the riverside residents, providing water to drink and a place to pump sewage. Floods have humbled those who chose to live close to the river’s edge, and droughts have fretted farmers. A vibrant fishery has provided sustenance and recreation for hundreds of thousands.
The Iroquois and the Susquehannocks reluctantly yielded the river to white settlers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when the Susquehanna defined the American frontier. Coal mining, lumbering, and hydroelectric and nuclear energy production polluted the water and nearly ruined the landscape beyond hope in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Hope returned in the latter part of the last century as the people of the Susquehanna began restoration efforts.
With the aid of more than 70 maps and illustrations, Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake provides a bold new look at a dynamic old river. This powerful journey brings alive the Susquehanna, its history, and the colorful personalities who live along its banks.
Jack Brubaker is a columnist for the Lancaster New Era. His previous books include The Last Capital: Danville, Virginia, and the Final Days of the Confederacy (1979; 1996) and Hullabaloo Nevonia: An Anecdotal History of Student Life at Franklin and Marshall College (1987).
Contents
Pine Creek (Prologue)
Spring-Water River
Ocquionis Creek
Lake Otsego
The Outlet
The Course
Cooperstown
Goodyear Lake
Long Crooked River
Great Bend
Binghamton
Rockbottom Dam
Owego
Tioga
Wyalusing Rocks
Wyoming Valley
Wilkes Barre: Coal
Wilkes-Barre: Flood
Nescopeck Falls
Bloomsburg
Long Reach River
The Headspring
Bakerton Reservoir
Barnesboro
Canoe Place
Clearfield
Kettle Creek
Lock Haven
Great Island
Williamsport
Muncy
Broad Shallow River
The Confluence
Shamokin Riffles
Port Treverton
Millersburg
Juniata River
Harrisburg: Water Gaps
Harrisburg: Renewal
Harrisburg: Ice
Harrisburg: Drought
Royalton
Three Mile Island
Conewago Falls: Geology
Conewago Falls: Navigation
York Haven
Brunner Island
Marietta
Columbia
Columbia Dam
Rock River
Turkey Hill
Lake Clarke
Safe Harbor
Conestoga River
Conowingo Pond
Conowingo Dam
Smith’s Falls
Great Bay River
Havre de Grace
The Mouth
The Flats
The Bay
The Sea (Epilogue)
An Afterword of Gratitude
A Note on Printed Sources
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.2003 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Keystone Books |
| Zusatzinfo | 9 Maps; 63 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Pennsylvania |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 254 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 708 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-271-02336-8 / 0271023368 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-271-02336-6 / 9780271023366 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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