Topics
- Building Ties: Car Shows & Downtown
- Changes In The Urban Landscape
- Female Entrepreneurship: The Pressure to Perform
- The Geography of Class
- The History of the Carlisle Fire Department
- How America’s Truck Industry Hurts and Helps Carlisle
- Carlisle Lodging Then and Now
- Non-profits in Carlisle
- Reclaiming African American History
- Where Did All The Greeks Go?
Tag Archives: industry
Carlisle Industry – Past and Present
In a 1901 Dickinson College Sociology paper, William Ames referred to Carlisle as a “manufacturing and industrial center”. “The industries have added much to the advancement of the town,” said Ames. Ames mentions over 15 factories and mills in his … Continue reading
Industry in Carlisle
The Special Collections library at Dickinson College has a collection of student papers from a 1901 Sociology class, which describe various aspects of Carlisle at that time. According to a paper by William H. Ames, Carlisle boasted the following industries: … Continue reading