Images of America Ser.: Kinsman by Kinsman Historical Society (2010, Trade Paperback)

Arcadia Publishing

0738577847

9780738577845

79825232

Kinsman

Kinsman Historical Society

Trade Paperback

English

Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), Customs & Traditions

2010

Photography, Travel, History, Social Science

128 Pages

9.2in

0.3in

6.5in

0.7 Oz

Title: Book on Kinsman history compiled Author: Staff Writer Publisher: Tribune Chronicle Date: 1/31/2010 KINSMAN - The Kinsman Historical Society has compiled a photographic history book on the township. Historical society member Donna Carmichael said members took part in the community effort to put the book together and used archival photographs with distinctive stories from the past. Chapter introductions were written by local historian and committee president Richard Webb, with research work done by Carmichael, Charlotte Meloni and Carol Karr. Composition and editing was by Emily Love. Photos for the book were mainly from the historical society's collection and others borrowed from members of the community. Community members were also tapped for family stories, reminiscences and old documents. Society members said the book is being presented as a gift to the citizens of Kinsman. The book contains more than 200 vintage photographs of Kinsman, which is part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. John Kinsman, who was one of 35 men who formed the Connecticut Land Committee in 1795 to purchase the land and have it surveyed into five-mile square townships, made it his home. Kinsman and his brother-in-law, Simon Perkins, an agent for the land company who would become the most prominent settler of nearby Warren, traveled to the area which would become Kinsman. In 1873, the Lakeshore and Southern Michigan Railway came through the area leading entrepreneurial activity. Many fashionable homes were built in the square. The Kinsman Fair also became a major event in the area, drawing thousands. The book is published by Arcadia Publishing, known for its ''Images of America'' series on local and regional history. It will be available Feb. 8 for $21.99 at local bookstores or online at www.arcadiapublishing. com. For orders, call Carmichael at 330-876-7866 or Webb at 330-876-3175.

2010

Trade

Images of America Ser.

Yes