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ACCOUNTS
Journal of the Union County Historical Society
Union County, Pennsylvania
October 2011
Issue: # 1-2
Table of Contents
Page
From the Editor
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Gideon and Elizabeth Smith of
Buffaloe Farm
3
by Nancy M. Neuman
Warren “Short” Dietrich’s Milk
Route
9
by Mark Wehr
Iron Smelting in Union County
16
by Tom Rich
Look Up!
28
by Deane Clements
Dining at Bucknell from 1846 to
1946
32
by Russell Dennis
William Long and Alcatraz
39
by Robert K. Lynch
This issue’s authors
44
Contributing Essays to Accounts
44 - 45
The Purpose and Scope of ACCOUNTS
Guidelines
Advice to Contributors
Index to Vol. 1, No. 1-2
46
From the Editor:
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Here is the inaugural issue of ACCOUNTS, a twice-a-year, on-line journal of
the Union County Historical
Society.
ACCOUNTS is not your usual
journal of local history. It isn’t the preserve of
trained historians and scholarly
writers. Not that their contributions aren’t
welcome, but ACCOUNTS is a
community resource, available to anyone who
knows something about the history
of Union County and wants to share.
A bit rusty on your writing? I
can lend a hand. Rough something out and I’ll
work with you until its ready.
Can’t type? I’ll take your essay in legible
longhand and type it up for you.
Most items will be short – 2 to 8 doublespaced
pages. No footnotes or
bibliography required.
What are we looking for? The sort
of item about our local history that you’d
say, “That ought to be written
down. It will be a shame if that’s forgotten.”
Look at the six essays in this
issue. They are a few of the many of things worth
sharing in ACCOUNTS.
There are some more detailed
guidelines at the back of this issue. If you’ve got
an idea for an essay, please get
in touch with me. And if you know somebody
else who knows some history with
whom I should get in touch, just send me
the name and contact information,
and I’ll invite them to contribute a piece.
ACCOUNTS is only available on
line, through the Society’s web site. Why
isn’t it available in a paper
copy? Well, printed copies entail subscriptions,
paper purchasing, printing,
mailing, postage, trips to the post office – in short,
a lot more costs and people time
than your leanly run Historical Society can
supply. But, if you have a
printer with your computer, you’re welcome to print
out for yourself whatever you
want see on paper.
So enjoy this issue, and
recollect that bit of local history you know about that
could appear in our spring issue
of 2012.
Tom Greaves
Editor, ACCOUNTS
570-523-8880
greaves@bucknell.edu