A Window Opens to Erie's Past Judah Colt Playbook, Greenfield, 1798-1799

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Cover of the 1997 spring issue shows a drawing of a sunken boat being raised out of a bay.
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daybook, judah colt, eastern erie, colt's station, pennsylvania population company

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Beth Simmons

Abstract

What was life like in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1799, just five years after the state legislature required that the city of Erie should exist? Who was here? How did they live? What was their quality of life? Where were the avenues of commerce? Who were the businessmen? What was the cost of living?

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The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring 1997, Vol. 26, No. 1
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Author Biography

Beth Simmons

Beth Evans Schooler grew up in Harbor Creek Township. Knowledge of local geology from her master's thesis, "Pleistocene Beach Ridges of Northwestern Pennsylvania" (Pennsylvania Geological Survey General Report #64), helped to stimulate her interest in aspects of eastern Erie County history. She has made her home in Colorado for the past few years where she raises horses, teaches and works as a ranger at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. From that base she continues to do research on Thomas Rees and other aspects of the east county.