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ithaca a brief history
calmly nestled among the glacial streams and hills of central new york residents of ithaca may find it hard to believe that their city began with a rocky start . transient teamsters and salt barge workers gave the town a rowdy reputation in its pioneer days and the fledgling village seemed doomed as the most isolated place on the eastern seaboard . over the course of the nineteenth century ithacas character swung like a pendulum from debauchery to temperance from boisterous vagrancy to religious fervor and reform . though the town was hit hard by the depression of 1837 and periodically ravaged by fire and flood ithaca survived to become a lively and bustling community and an important center of education technological innovation and cultural vibrancy . in this comprehensive history carol kammen shows exactly why ithaca is known as the crown of cayuga .
paperback history press 2008 isbn13 9781596295155 isbn10 1596295155
abridged n isbn 13 9781596295155 number in series 1 number of pages 128 publisher history pr release date 62135769600000