"With Sharon Fifty Years": A golden anniversary history of McDowell National Bank and a historical sketch of Sharon, Pennsylvania, 1868-1918 by Sarah Graham Morrison (64 pages, paperback, 5.5 x 8.5")

An exclusive Sharon Historical Society reprint of a century-old, historical gem that has been an invaluable reference source for the society's history walks.

“With Sharon Fifty Years” originally was published in 1918 to commemorate the golden anniversary of McDowell National Bank, Sharon's leading financial institution. Yet most of its pages are devoted to a detailed, parallel history of a half-century of growth and change in the bank’s hometown, Sharon.

The author was Sarah Graham Morrison (1877-1965), a lifelong Sharon resident who made her name as a freelance writer and world traveler. Her passion was writing about history, particularly local history — colorfully written and impeccably accurate.

The prose takes readers on a tour of downtown Sharon, block by block and decade by decade, describing the people and places of the city's past in vivid detail as the young town grew into an industrial center.