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Paperback Chester Book

ISBN: 0738536849

ISBN13: 9780738536842

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In 1682, William Penn chose Chester as his landing place in Pennsylvania. A hub for commerce in Colonial times, Chester continued its prosperous reputation during the industrial revolution, and it is famous for its textile and paper mills. The town is home to the oldest public building in continuous use--the 1724 courthouse. Kimberly-Clark, formally Scott Paper Company, is among the successful local businesses today. Through the years, many prominent...

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If you ever lived in Chester...

If you ever lived in Chester, you gotta get this book. It is informative and detailed. It's interesting to see when Chester was vibrant and alive, particularly now that the city is finally starting to see some signs of life almost fifty years after the first bullet struck when the Ford plant left the city. As a child of the fifties, I particularly enjoyed seeing the old downtown area, especially the old Stotters building,which I vividly remember visiting at Christmastime. This book brings back a lot of the old memories.
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