著者:Jack Sanders
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2014年10月21日
Purchased from the Ramapoo Indians in 1708, Ridgefield welcomed immigrants to its bustling community from the start. The peaceful Connecticut town later served as a retreat for wealthy New Yorkers. ……続きを見る
著者:Thom Nickels
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2014年09月08日
Philadelphia is a hard mistress when it comes to honoring native talent, and the city has more than its fair share of notable figures. Consider colorful politicians like Frank Rizzo and Richardson D……続きを見る
著者:Alan Brown
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2015年04月06日
Sumter County was founded on December 18, 1832, on land ceded to the United States by the Choctaw Indians in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Almost immediately, settlers began pouring in from Ge……続きを見る
著者:Scott Rutherford
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2013年06月03日
Located near Charlotte, Carowinds has long been considered the "Thrill Capital of the Southeast!"
Inspired by a trip to Disneyland in 1957, Hall envisioned an amusement park for the citizens of the ……続きを見る
According to legend, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto arrived on the shores of Safety Harbor in 1539 believing that he had discovered the fabled Fountain of Youth. For centuries, the area's natural……続きを見る
Alabama's capital has roots all over the state. It first emerged in St. Stephens in 1799, a small fort acquired from the Spanish atop a tall limestone bluff overlooking the Tombigbee River. Next cam……続きを見る
The town of Wellsville is located in the rolling hills of the northern reaches of the Allegheny Range of the Appalachian Mountains, east of Allegany County, just a few miles north of the Pennsylvani……続きを見る
著者:Steven Burr
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2009年04月01日
On October 17, 1947, a fire started near Newfield. It grew quickly and moved east, destroying Goose Rocks Beach, Fortune�s Rock and parts of Cape Porpoise. Thousands of historic buildings perished. ……続きを見る
著者:Mike Dickerman
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2013年09月24日
Throughout its rich and varied history, New Hampshire's White Mountains region has played host to explorers and adventurers, as well as grand hotels and their well-heeled guests.
In this anthology o……続きを見る
著者:John Griswold
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2009年11月27日
Herrin, Illinois, has seen many dramatic events unfold in the nearly two hundred years since it was a bell-shaped prairie on the frontier. Now, Herrin native John Griswold, a writer and teacher at t……続きを見る
著者:Annette Kassis
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2014年07月15日
Sacramento's open opposition to Prohibition and ties to rumrunning up and down the California coast caused some to label the capital the wettest city in the nation. The era from World War I until th……続きを見る
著者:Henrik Krogius
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2011年11月18日
Featured in films and on television and used as a backdrop to countless photos, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade offers the public a view that is usually reserved for the rich at the top of a tower.
F……続きを見る
Slidell�s first settlement was established on Bayou Bonfouca in 1852, and by 1883, when the railroad was completed and the town was named, it already was dubbed �the industrial capital of the South.……続きを見る
著者:Diane B. Reed
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2014年05月19日
Nestled in the foothills of southeastern Washington�s Blue Mountains, Walla Walla has been a center of commerce and culture since its founding in 1862. Earlier, the Walla Walla River Valley was the ……続きを見る
Chartered in 1781, Northfield is nestled in the foothills of the Green Mountains, with highlands to the east and west and the Dog River running through the center of town. It was once home to primar……続きを見る
Yeat! The colloquial greeting is distinctly Newburyport, uttered by this seaport�s citizens to acknowledge one another in passing or to seek out fellow locals in far-flung places. Individuals featur……続きを見る
From the day Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered the Mississippi River in 1673, fur traders, and then settlers, were drawn to Prairie du Chien. Red Bird and Black Hawk opposed American expans……続きを見る
著者:Jack Encarnacao
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2014年11月17日
From presidents and patriots, to locals engaged in service both heartwarming and heartbreaking, Quincy has been a place where names endure. On Adams Street, a stately mansion evokes the nation�s sec……続きを見る
Crookston is in the heart of the fertile Red River Valley. Railroad baron James J. Hill positioned the city to be a hub of transportation, so Civil War veterans and railroad workers settled Crooksto……続きを見る
Nestled in the middle of the southwest side of Chicago are the neighborhoods of Chicago Lawn, West Lawn, and Marquette Manor. All three border picturesque Marquette Park, which intertwines their his……続きを見る
著者:Amy Law
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2015年03月16日
Constructed from 1929 to 1932 and opened to tourists and drivers the following year, Trail Ridge Road earned immediate inclusion among the scenic wonders of the world. The new path through the park ……続きを見る
The Long Island Rail Road is the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name. As the busiest railroad in North America, it carries 265,000 customers each weekday aboard 73……続きを見る
In 1878, Charles Erskine Scott Wood, builder of the Cats Estate, wrote �Good citizens are the riches of a city.� From its beginning, Los Gatos has suffered no shortage of hardworking, inventive, ent……続きを見る
著者:Terri L. Fisher
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2008年07月21日
Soon after Giles County was formed in 1806, George Pearis offered 53 acres, lumber, and stone to build the first courthouse. The building was constructed, and Pearisburg was established in 1808 at t……続きを見る
著者:Joyce Kleiner
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2014年05月26日
Since the 1800s, Mill Valley has attracted spirited freethinkers, entrepreneurs, nature lovers, rabble-rousers, and more than a few rock stars. Early Mill Valley booster Sidney Cushing encouraged to……続きを見る
Fort Worth is �the City of Cowboys and Culture��and where the West begins. Its citizens highlight the Texas can-do spirit and the determination and compassion to make a difference, to be legendary. ……続きを見る
Ogden Dunes, incorporated in 1925, is the largest and most residential of the three Porter County lake-front communities established in the 1920s. Although it began as a highly restricted resort com……続きを見る
著者:Shaun M. Jex
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2015年11月23日
Coppell has produced a wealth of personalities that could have leapt from the pages of a novel. The town's early days brought John and Sarah Stringfellow, who helped found the town's oldest church, ……続きを見る
Boise of the 21st century is very different from the tiny community established in 1863 at the crossroads of the Oregon Trail and the road to the Boise Basin gold mines. Originally known as "Boise C……続きを見る
著者:Greg Wahl
出版社: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
発売日: 2015年10月19日
Peoria harkens back to the 1670s glory days of the French voyageurs and became the now-familiar face of Americana--its townsfolk have touched every aspect of national and international life, often s……続きを見る