State & Local 8

A collection of rare and vintage images documents the fascinating history of Westerly and its many stages of development over time. These images take us on a journey into the past. We see pictures o……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents SOME PIONEERS and PILGRIMS ON THE PRAIRIES OF DAKOTA OR From the Ox Team to the Aeroplane Edited and Published by REV. JOHN B. REESE, A.M., B.D. Assi……続きを見る

Across the Plains to Colorado and A Stage Ride to Colorado, two first person accounts, showcase the beauty and troubles of travel across the American continent in the mid 19th century.続きを見る

A complex mosaic of post oak and blackjack oak forests interspersed with prairies, the Cross Timbers covers a north-south belt of southern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and North Central Texas. Home to ……続きを見る

• The Federal Writers’ Project named an area three miles south-southeast of Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley the Devil’s Cornfield because the arrowweed growing there resembled shocks of corn tied ab……続きを見る

Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians……続きを見る

Tour the zoos and aquarium that came to be featured favorites in New York tourism and recreation. Situated within the five boroughs of New York City are five zoos and one aquarium. New York City Zoo……続きを見る

Examines the authority a ruling elite exercised over the surrounding countryside through a complex of social, political, and religious symbolism This study uses the theoretical concepts of agency, p……続きを見る

Progressive former governor James Stephen Hogg moved his business headquarters to Houston in 1905. For seven decades, his children Will, Ima, and Mike Hogg used their political ties, social position……続きを見る

Situated just south of the Carolina border in the scenic foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Cherokee County offers the charm of small-town life and country living with the convenience of nearby……続きを見る

After training for what seemed forever the twelfth Connecticut finally gets a chance to fight in the  Lafourche Interieur of Mississippi.続きを見る

The best way to get children excited about history is to make it fun! This book will take your child on an adventurous journey through San Francisco. This book contains 50 clue-based questions th……続きを見る

A trip along the Juniata in mostly rural Pennsylvania during the mid nineteenth century, prior to the American Civil War. Digitally restored illustrations.続きを見る

Award-winning historian Richard Dillon deals up intriguing vignettes on sixty-three men and women who helped shaped California into the colorful state that it is. Dillon, whose work on Meriwether Le……続きを見る

The year is 1835, the place New Mexico, the hero or villain, depending upon your view is Don Albino Perez. Perez, the newly appointed Mexican governor, is more of an idealist than a politician. He r……続きを見る

Does a witch's ghost haunt a park in Annapolis? Why should Baltimore really be called Charm City? What weird stories and traditions regarding witches in the Chesapeake region are true and where did……続きを見る

Alabama's is a story, believes author Virginia V. Hamilton, that bears scrutiny by Alabamians and outsiders alike if they would understand the present. Pause for a moment before a gallery of fading ……続きを見る

When Waddy Bullion refers to his experience working for LBJ as a tax attorney and business advisor, he calls it "being in the boat." LBJ was the captain; the crew either met his standards for effort……続きを見る

After two short weeks under siege, the climactic battle of the Alamo lasted under an hour, but its aftermath spawned a legend. The Alamo: A Cultural History explores the transformation of the fort f……続きを見る

Jim Nichols was a lively, vigorous frontiersman who came to Texas about the time of its Revolution. As with many men of that day, Nichols' formal education was lacking, but he was a born writer with……続きを見る

This is the definitive account of a beloved hotel that has played a memorable role in San Antonio's history. Generously illustrated, this is the fascinating story of the people who owned the Menger ……続きを見る

Legends of abandoned old graveyards and some not so abandoned abound-the crying dog in the cemetary well, the wandering ghost of Long Tom March, who carries a deck of cards and won't rest until he f……続きを見る

These biographical essays, many reprinted from The Pittsburgh Quarterly, describe the men who transformed Pittsburgh into one of the leading industrial cities in the world. Included here are such es……続きを見る

In the beginning it was happy trails. Then some dummy invented the horseless carraige and things haven't been the same since. As ribbons of concrete spread over the horse trails, so did the fun and ……続きを見る

Since 1673 when Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet portaged through the territory that is now Chicago, water transportation has been vital to the city's growth. In the early twentieth centur……続きを見る

Tom Dodge is at his best when he talks about Texas. This collection of writings over the past decade includes his most poignant and provocative National Public Radio vignettes as well as longer piec……続きを見る

Eighteen self-guided walking tours down city streets that will take you back in time, with colorful stories about the buildings along the way and the people associated with them. Easy-to-follow maps……続きを見る

The story of America’s westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the f……続きを見る

Renowned for his fierce devotion to the people of Texasーas well as his equally fierce rages and unpredictable temperーBob Bullock was the most powerful political figure in Texas at the end of the t……続きを見る

Take a cruise on the Iron Clad Passaic as it survives rough seas and storms to take part in the bombardment of Sumter in 1862.続きを見る