Omnibus Author
Center presents: Nancy Baumgartner
Cogan
House Township
The 1900s
By
Nancy E. Baumgartner
Paperback,
311 pages
$27.95, plus tax, shipping
for a total of $31.95
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"Cogan House Township-The 1900s" is the
work of author and Omnibus agent, Nancy E. Baumgartner.
Published in 1998 by RCW Publishing it is a book of
rural history that takes the reader through small villages,
into one-room schools, century-old churches and mountaintop
hunting and fishing camps.
It provides an intimate peek into everyday
life through the "voices of the people" drawn from a
collection of tape recordings Nancy did during seven
years of research.
According to Nancy, "writing a regional
history, requires not only the gathering of facts from
ancient archives but the uncovering of personal stories.
Part of the research for this book took me into the
homes of Cogan House Township residents who were willing
to share their stories. I tape-recorded hundreds of
hours of conversations with more than fifty families.
The tales they told became the flesh on the bones of
my book."
"Some of those I interviewed were shy,
thinking they had nothing of interest to tell; others
were confident and eager to relate treasured memories;
all were sincere, ready to teach me the things I needed
to learn. It was through their voices that the real
story of this mountain township emerged."
Since the publication of "Cogan House
Township-The 1900s," the media, book stores, history
museums and genealogy societies have praised the work
as an authentic portrayal of what country folks were
doing, saying and experiencing in rural communities
during the 20th century.
The changing face of country life in the
past century is woven into a readable story format,
liberally laced with more than 200 photographs, maps,
and genealogical information.
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Cogan House
Community Hall officially
opened on October 30, 1926, with a chicken dinner
served to residents. It was dedicated the following
day. The youngsters, standing in front of the
hall, are (l-r) Stanley Livermore, Jr., Charlie
Beckman, unknown, Herbert Beckman and Evelyn Beck.
The debt on the hall at that time was about $1,400.
Many volunteers helped in the construction of
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Nancy has been a freelance writer for more than two
decades. She is a literary agent with The Omnibus and
also has worked as a correspondent for the Williamsport
Sun-Gazette and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Her feature
stories appear in several national magazines. Copies
of "Cogan House Township-The 1900s" are available by
contacting Nancy at nanbau@juno.com
or using the convenient, secure online link above for
PayPal. PayPal accepts credit cards/debit cards/e-checks.
Lawrence
Krotzer
of Beech Grove with a bobcat he shot in 1918.
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Richard
and Henry Stroud
stand atop their threshing equipment. their
steam engine, "Billy," pulled the actual threshing
machine, while a team of horse hauled the water
wagon |
Esther
McCracken
trapped these foxes and sold the pelts to earn
tuition money for college. |
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