Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . - with a mixed popu-. Johnstown Another residence scene,by Rau From a negative lation of speculators, operators aird drillers. This period of ex-citement continued twenty or more years and contributed largelyto local progress; and when it was passed the drifting elementssought other fields, leaving that which was most desirable inmunicipal life—increased wealth and substantial business inter-ests. In 1840 the borough population was 737, and in 1880 Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal was 2,810. The greatest g-rrnvth in population, due t
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . - with a mixed popu-. Johnstown Another residence scene,by Rau From a negative lation of speculators, operators aird drillers. This period of ex-citement continued twenty or more years and contributed largelyto local progress; and when it was passed the drifting elementssought other fields, leaving that which was most desirable inmunicipal life—increased wealth and substantial business inter-ests. In 1840 the borough population was 737, and in 1880 Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal was 2,810. The greatest g-rrnvth in population, due to the estab-lishment of new interests, came between 1890 and 1900, the num-ber of inhabitants having increased from in the former yearto i die latter. Indiana, the county seat of Indiana county, was laid out in1805, and became a borough in 1816, soon after the region hadbegun to attract attention on account of its salt producing quali-ties. The growth of the county seat in later years was quiteslow until the construction of a branch railroad in 1854 and thestill
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