This page includes works of research or history focusing on West Chester and Chester County, PA.
The history of West Chester is also documented thoroughly in the “Riggtown History Homepage,” a website archived on WCU Digital Commons. Visitors are encouraged to visit the contents of this site through the following link:
Submissions from 2020
Geological Origins of the Ridley Creek Valley Landscape and Its Influence on Human Land Use, Walt Cressler
Once Upon a Time in West Chester, James Jones
Submissions from 2019
Surface Survey and Ground Testing at Sam's Site (36Ch283): A Multicomponent Site in Chester County, Pennsylvania With a Nearby Shenks Ferry Occupation, Marshall Joseph Becker
Submissions from 2009
Conservation Design in Chester County, Pennsylvania: Assessing Preservation Outcomes, Dorothy Ives-Dewey and Daniel Fitz-Patrick
Submissions from 2006
Railroads of West Chester: 1831 to the present, James Jones
Submissions from 2003
Made in West Chester: The History of Industry in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1867 to 1945, James Jones
Submissions from 1986
The Okehocking Band of Lenape: Cultural Continuities and Accommodations in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Marshall Joseph Becker
Submissions from 1976
The Okehocking: A Remnant Band of Delaware Indians, Marshall Joseph Becker