Auburn

by Hilary Pittenger

Overview

Auburn has been a town of many names. Native Americans referred to it as Ilalko, the town's founders called it Slaughter, and finally, city leaders, hoping to attract more visitors and business from the expanding railroad lines, named it Auburn. Auburn has been a hops boomtown, a major railroad hub, and "The Little Detroit of the West." The city has been a home to immigrants from countries around the world, including Japan, Italy, Ireland, and Sweden. Auburn is a growing suburban city with the heart of a small-town farming community that has always been proud of its local businesses and its hardworking citizens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467131117
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/03/2014
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,065,159
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Hilary Pittenger is the curator of collections at the White River Valley Museum in Auburn. She has drawn on photographs and archives from the White River Valley Museum and other historic repositories to present this visual history of a small town that made it big.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Ilalko and White River: 1850-1885 11

2 The Town of Slaughter: 1886-1892 23

3 The Town of Auburn: 1893-1912 43

4 Auburn, Railroad Powerhouse: 1913-1940 61

5 Auburn and World War II: 1941-1945 85

6 Auburn, Little Detroit of the West: 1946-1961 91

7 Auburn, Aerospace Center: 1962-1989 101

8 Auburn into the 21st Century: 1990-2013 121

Bibliography 127