Tours category: 1997 books

Cover of True Tales of Life & Death at Fort Adams
by Kathleen Troost-Cramer
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013

For 150 years, Fort Adams guarded the strategic entrance to Narragansett Bay and Newport Harbor. It was the largest coastal fortification in the United States, and though the site never saw a battle, its history is shadowed with dark tragedy. The fort witnessed its first death in 1819 when Private William...
Cover of Fort Drum
by Robert E. Brennan, Jeannie I. Brennan
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2002

Northern New York State has boasted a prominent military presence since the War of 1812. Beginning in 1816 with the establishment of Fort Drum's predecessor, Madison Barracks, troops have trained there throughout the summer months and the harsh winters. Today, Fort Drum is the largest military facility...
Cover of Parris Island
by Karen S. Montano
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2008

In 1891, U.S. Marines were originally stationed on Parris Island to protect life and property as part of the Naval Station, Port Royal. In 1915, Parris Island officially became a Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Women became a permanent part of the U.S. Marine Corps in 1948. Today Parris Island boasts a historic...
Cover of Buckingham Army Air Field
by Chris Wadsworth, Matt Johnson, Southwest Florida Museum of History
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2010

For most people in Southwest Florida, the name Buckingham is just one more dot on a map�a rural area east of U.S. Interstate 75. But for a few years, it was so much more. Starting in 1942, it was the site of the Buckingham Army Air Field�home to some 16,000 men and women supporting the United States�...
Cover of Joint Base Langley-Eustis
by Mark A. Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017

Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) has served for over 100 years as a cornerstone of American military aviation. The base has served as a flight test center for US Navy seaplanes and observation/spotter aircraft, as well as the ill-fated Roma airship. Additionally, JBLE was one of the first US Air Force...
Cover of Rock Island Arsenal
by George Eaton
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

In July 1862, Pres. Abraham Lincoln signed legislation to create Rock Island Arsenal, envisioning a supply and maintenance facility. After the Civil War, Rock Island became home to a great national arsenal. It made everything soldiers needed and supplied saddles, rifles, canteens, haversacks, artillery,...
Cover of Pricketts Fort
by Greg Bray
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014

Pricketts Fort was built on the land of Jacob Prickett in 1774, during what is known as Lord Dunmore�s War. It provided sanctuary for local settlers before and during the American Revolution and was a safe haven from the attacks of American Indians until the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Constructed...
Cover of Sheppard Air Force Base
by SMSGT Norman Wayne Brown Retired USAF
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

The history of flight for the US Army Air Corps became increasingly important during World War I. Wichita Falls, Texas, was determined to be a fair weather flying location for training cadets to become aviators. Wichita Falls was the gracious host not only for World War I pilots training at Call Field,...
Cover of Patrick Air Force Base
by Roger McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016

The search began in 1946 for a location to conduct long-range missile tests. Cape Canaveral was chosen in part due to a nearby deactivated military base that could support a long-range proving ground for test firing missiles. The base, originally known as Banana River Naval Air Station, was eventually...
Cover of Camp Ripley

Camp Ripley

1930-1960

by Sandra Alcott Erickson
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2007

Camp Ripley is the successor to Minnesota�s first formally established National Guard training facility, Camp Lakeview, which was located on the shores of Lake Pepin and south of the town of Lake City. The new post took its name from Fort Ripley, a U.S. Army frontier fort that opened in 1849. The fort�s...
Cover of Fort Clinch
by Frank A. Ofeldt III
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017

As part of the third system of fortifications built for harbor defense, Fort Clinch was constructed from 1847 to 1867. Serving in three wars, the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War II, the fort never saw battle and was never fully completed. Offered for public sale in 1926, Fort Clinch was...
Cover of Great Lakes Naval Training Station
by Therese Gonzalez
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008

Great Lakes Naval Training Station was authorized as a �training ship on land� in 1904. The base opened on July 1, 1911, and the first class of 300 U.S. sailors graduated four months later in a grand ceremony attended by Pres. William H. Taft as guest of honor. It has since sent to the fleet over...
Cover of Boston Travel Guide (Quick Trips Series)

Boston Travel Guide (Quick Trips Series)

Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun

by Jody Swift
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2016

  Enjoy your trip to United States with the Boston Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to United States Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting...
Cover of The Grand Hotels of St. Louis
by Patricia Treacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2005

The Roaring Twenties was a period of lavish living in St. Louis. In 1917, when Ellsworth Statler decided to build a hotel in St. Louis, he ignited a hotel-building boom that was only quenched by the Great Depression of 1929. Architectural masterpieces arose, and local citizens and out-of-towners marveled...
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