Remembering Norristown: Stories from the Banks of the Schuylkill River

By Stan Huskey

Olympians, soldiers and abolitionists have all hailed from the bustling shores of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Beginning as a modest seventeenth-century settlement along the hidden
river, it became an industrial boomtown and attracted waves of immigrants to its forges, railways and mills. Local journalist Stan Huskey brings together lively vignettes and fascinating firsthand accounts to introduce such characters as Union general Winfield S. Hancock, hero of Gettysburg, and baseball greats Tommy Lasorda and Mike Piazza. From tales of calamitous train wrecks to the bygone era of streetcars, Huskey brings readers back to the glow of the hometown lights.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Aug 31, 2009
• ISBN: 9781625842565

Stan Huskey

Stan Huskey, editor of the Times Herald in Norristown since 2002, has developed a close relationship with the Elmwood Park Zoo and followed its history and growth firsthand. Huskey is also a member of the Norristown Rotary Club, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Citizens Advisory Council, and the Greater Norristown Society of the Arts.

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