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Episode Six: Carlisle Before Carlisle

Listen to the episode here: https://carlisle-indian-school-research.zencast.website/episodes/6.

This episode covers three topics, each briefly. First, as noted in my discussion of the Native people who originally lived in the Carlisle area, I used:

Judith Ridner, A Town In-Between: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the Early Mid-Atlantic Interior, 2010.

Christopher Bilodeau, “Before Carlisle: The Lower Susquehanna Valley as Contested Native Space,” in Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations, ed. Jacqueline Fear-Segal and Susan D. Rose, 2016.

My discussion of the history of the Carlisle Barracks drew upon:

Thomas G. Tousey, Military History of Carlisle and Carlisle Barracks, 1939.

Paul E. Zuver, A Short History of Carlisle Barracks, [1934?]

Both of these are out of print.

I mention the Hessian Guard House—here’s a postcard of it as it stood during the Indian School time period.

Guard House at Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. (build by the Hessians 1777), Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections, MC 2002.2, box 2, folder 3. http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/images/guard-house-indian-school-c1908


And last, but not least, the business directories. Here’s the section I was flipping through during the podcast:

Benjamin R. Sheriff, Sheriff & Co.’s Cumberland Vallery Rail Road Directory, 1877-1878. Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.


I think that’s it for these show notes. If you have any questions, please leave a comment or send me an email at info@katetheimer.com. You can also contact me through my Facebook page: Carlisle Indian School Research. Thanks for listening/reading!