Franklin Square

First settled in the 1600s, the present-day village of Franklin Square developed as a German-speaking farming community in the late 1800s. The fertile farmland of Franklin Square supplied New York City with all types of fresh produce into the mid-20th century, when waves of suburban growth transformed fields into residential neighborhoods. Franklin Square s rich history exemplifies the larger trends in America s history. George Washington visited in 1790, and the poet Walt Whitman taught in the local school in 1840. The Franklin Square National Bank invented a new type of walk-up window as well as the bank credit card, eventually becoming the 18th-largest bank in the United States. A native son orbited the earth on the space shuttle."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 10/03/2011
ISBN: 9780738575896
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.50w x 0.50d