How Long to Read The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 43 minutes to read The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley by Howard L. Leckey

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Description

"Tenmile Country" refers to an area of land in Greene and Washington counties in southwestern Pennsylvania that is traversed by Tenmile Creek. During the early colonial period, this region of the Upper Monongahela, like that of Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) slightly to the north and what would become Morgantown, West Virginia to the south, was inhabited by the indigenous peoples; by French missionaries, trappers, and traders; and eventually by a number of intrepid British "trans-Allegheny pioneers." After 1750, however, the Tenmile Country--like the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia-- became a desired place of settlement or stopover point for the huge migration of Scotch-Irish, German, and British colonists. Migration to the Monongahela took place over 3 main routes: along the National Pike via Winchester, Virginia; through the Shenandoah Valley to the head of the Cheat River and from there to the Monongahela; and along the Lincoln Highway to Ligonier, Pennsylvania and thence along Jacob's Creek to the Monongahela. The tributaries of the Tenmile Creek were inundated by pioneers--many of them German or Scotch Irish, some of them the spillovers from the great migration into Kentucky, and still other travelers and immigrants who passed through Baltimore en route to one of the great migration trails. This book was originally published as a series of newspaper articles. The work commences with an historical overview of settlement in Tenmile, and concludes with an index of some 30,000 entries. In between, the genealogist can savor 500 or more family histories, of varying lengths. The sketches touch on more than 2,000 main families. This book is a reprint of Leckey's massive collection of genealogies pertaining to the 18th-century settlers of Pennsylvania's Monongahela Valley. Originally published in 1950, reprinted by Closson Press in 1993 with a surname index.

How long is The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley?

The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley by Howard L. Leckey is 746 pages long, and a total of 190,976 words.

This makes it 252% the length of the average book. It also has 233% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 23 minutes to read The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley aloud.

What Reading Level is The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley?

The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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