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Bear Creek ValleyMemories of Montana's Bear Creek Valley flicker briefly to life each February on the anniversary of its darkest day. It is remembered as the site of Montana's worst coal mining accident, which claimed the lives of 75 miners, but the valley was so much...
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Mesa Verde National ParkMesa Verde National Park was America's first cultural park and also the world's first cultural heritage park. Created in 1906, it preserves the sites and materials of the prehistoric Puebloan people. Located in southwestern Colorado near the famous Four Corners, where the states of...
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Knott's Berry Farm: The Early YearsBefore there was a Disneyland, there was Knott's Berry Farm. What started out in the early 1920s as a small, roadside berry stand in Buena Park, California, grew over the next 60 years into one of the most popular amusement parks in the world....
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African-American Life in Sumner CountyEarly African Americans in Sumner County, both slaves and free, left a legacy not only of beautiful brick buildings and sturdy stone fences, but also a social history as rich and varied as the many tribes they represented. This exciting book is an invaluable...
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Raleigh: North Carolina's Capital City on PostcardsRaleigh: North Carolina's Capital City on Postcards contains more than two hundred postcard images, which together capture much of what life was like in the City of Oaks and its neighbors in Wake County during the first half of the twentieth century. The Raleigh...
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Around Biltmore VillageOver 100 years ago, George W. Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Richard Morris joined forces to turn an unsuspecting mountain town into a model village of elegance and prosperity.More than a century ago, George W. Vanderbilt transformed the sleepy crossroads settlement known as Best,...
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Atlantic BeachAtlantic Beach, once a mecca for African American vacationers in Myrtle Beach and other East Coast communities during segregation, remains one of a few African American-owned and governed oceanfront resorts in North America. In 1934, George W. Tyson and his wife, Roxie Ballen Tyson,...
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GrovelandCarved from the longleaf pine forests of central Florida, the city of Groveland was built by generations of hardworking men and women. Originally named Taylorville, the town was incorporated in 1922 and was blessed with visionaries such as founder Daniel Sloan, father and son...
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EasleyBorn of the Industrial Revolution, Easley started with a single rail line brought to the area by Robert Elliott Holcombe at the end of the Civil War, along with his promise to build and donate the first depot.That single line expanded, and cotton rolled...
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Sculpture of Brookgreen GardensBrookgreen Gardens' expansive property exhibits the finest outdoor collection of American figurative sculpture in the world. It began in 1930 as a winter home for philanthropist Archer Milton Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. When the Huntingtons founded Brookgreen Gardens in the...
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CynthianaSince Cynthiana's founding along the South Fork of the Licking River in the late 1700s, its residents have exemplified the pioneering spirit befitting the Maiden City of Harrison County. This county seat claims an exciting spot in Central Kentucky history and a colorful time...
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Egg Harbor CityEgg Harbor City celebrates the historic beginnings of this city through rare and vintage photographs.Egg Harbor City was founded as a refuge from the sweeping nativism of the Know-Nothings, a group that tried to limit immigration and naturalization into the United States. Egg Harbor...
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St. AugustineThe Spanish landed in Florida in 1513 and established St. Augustine in 1565, over four decades before the Virginia Company settled Jamestown and five decades before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.Henry Flagler transformed the sleepy port into a winter resort for the affluent,...
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Columbia, Marietta, and WrightsvilleColumbia, Marietta, and Wrightsville lie along the lower Susquehanna River in the geographic center of the Lancaster-York Heritage Region. The ethnically diverse communities have long histories centered on commerce, transportation, and industry. English, Germans, Scotch-Irish, and African Americans, to name a few, all settled...
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New RochelleSoon after the first train barreled through town on December 25, 1848, New Rochelle was transformed from a quiet agricultural community into one of America's premier suburban communities. At the beginning of the 20th century, New Rochelle became a sought-after residential community, just 45...
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Gravesend, BrooklynExperience the old farming days of what was once the agricultural community of Gravesend, Brooklyn and how the town has transformed into the urban neighborhood it is today.Permanently settled in 1645, the farming town of Gravesend, Long Island, was annexed to the city (now...
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Around Wiscasset: Alna, Dresden, Westport Island, Wiscasset, and WoolwichThe Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers of Maine, natural boundaries for the Wiscasset region, provided the water highways for early explorers, traders, and missionaries.For over 360 years, the area has been home to shipbuilders, fishermen, farmers, and tradesmen. This marvelous photographic chronicle traces not only...
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Monhegan IslandMonhegan Island, Maine has historically attracted a number of different visitors and workers, each with their own unique reasons for being there.The natural beauty of Monhegan Island has continuously attracted generations of artists, day-trippers, and summer sojourners. White Head, Pulpit Rock, and Cathedral Woods...
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Essex on Lake ChamplainThe history of this important Lake Champlain shipping town is showcased in this visual history.Essex is located on the shoreline of Lake Champlain near the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. The town was important for its role in lake commerce, shipping goods down the...
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Fair Haven: The Making of a Modern TownFair Haven: The Making of a Modern Town continues the detailed look into the history of this New Jersey community. In over 200 images, the author further explores the town's development from the small seasonal community it once was to the suburban borough that...
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