Pictorials category: 9720 books

Cover of Boston's West End
by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 1998

Within these pages, author Anthony Mitchell Sammarcobrings to life the history of Boston�s West End�thearea of the city bound by the Charles River and Storrow Drive as well as North Station, City Hall Plaza, and Myrtle Street. Once a thriving, energetic, and diverse neighborhood, the West End...
Cover of Florence Revisited
by Florence Historical Society Book Committee
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016

Known as "the Community with Character at the Bend in the River," Florence has a fascinating past and rich heritage. First inhabited by the Lenni-Lenape tribes, Florence is believed to be named after the daughter of Charles Macalester of Philadelphia, one of the area's first landowners who was instrumental...
Cover of Connecticut Vanguards

Connecticut Vanguards

Historic Trailblazers & Their Legacies

by Eric D. Lehman
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018

Noah Webster, Charles Goodyear, P.T. Barnum and Katharine Hepburn all have Connecticut in common. Like so many other residents, they had an inventive spirit and drive that changed the course of history for the rest of the state. Some of the state's natives, like Eli Whitney and Henry C. Lee, pioneered...
Cover of Franconia and Sugar Hill
by Arthur F. March Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997

Although geographically contiguous and linked by their shared industries of early iron works and latertourism, Franconia and Sugar Hill are unique areas with distinct personalities that have developed over the years. The discovery of rich deposits of iron ore in Sugar Hill in the late 1700s and the...
Cover of Hawthorne
by Don Everett Smith Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2006

Hawthornne residents can boast of the area�s role in the American Revolution remember all who served during wartime, and trace countless families who have lived here for generations. Hawthorne captures the history of this north Jersey borough, home of General Lafayette�s local headquarters, whicH...
Cover of Bath
by Charles R. Mitchell, Kirk W. House
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2004

Bath is the home of America's oldest county fair. The commmunity was planned as western New York's "Queen City," a great metropolis, with broad tree-lined boulevards and spacious squares. Airplanes and ladders were made here, and four railroads-from the "champagne train" to the "kick and push" line-ran...
Cover of Boston's North End
by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2004

The streets of Boston�s North End, some laid out in the seventeenth century, exude a rich history that has included every generation of immigrants to Boston since 1630. An active port, the neighborhood of the North End also included churches of every denomination, historic homes, and early commercial...
Cover of Corning
by Charles R. Mitchell, Kirk W. House
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003

Lenses for railroad lanterns, cut glass for the White House table, Thomas Edison's first light bulb-the glass for all of these was made in Corning, the glass capital of America, the Crystal City. From 1880 to World War I, newfound wealth sparked a spending and building boom that shaped the city. Corning...
Cover of A History of the New Hampshire Abenaki
by Bruce D. Heald PhD, Rejean Obomsawin, Chief Donald Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014

The native Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck and Ossipee tribes, collectively known as the Abenaki, once thrived along the Granite State's great rivers. Influences of these "men of the east" abound today, from the boiling of sap for maple syrup to the game of lacrosse and traditional...
Cover of Railway Palaces of Portland, Oregon

Railway Palaces of Portland, Oregon

The Architectural Legacy of Henry Villard

by Alexander Benjamin Craghead
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016

In 1883, railroad financier Henry Villard brought Portland and the Pacific Northwest their first transcontinental railroad. Earning a reputation for boldness on Wall Street, the war correspondent turned entrepreneur set out to establish Portland as a bourgeoning metropolis. To realize his vision,...
Cover of Native American & Pioneer Sites of Upstate New York

Native American & Pioneer Sites of Upstate New York

Westward Trails from Albany to Buffalo

by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014

Prior to the Revolutionary War, everything west of Albany was wilderness. Safer travel and the promise of land opened this frontier. The interaction between European settlers and Native Americans transformed New York, and the paths they walked still bear the footprints of their experiences, like the...
Cover of Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti

A History in Pictures

by James Thomas Mann
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2002

In the latter half of the 19th century, the city of Ypsilanti went through a rapid transition from a small farming community to a center of education and business. By 1900, Ypsilanti was nationally known for three things: the Michigan Central Gardens, the mineral wells, and underwear. The gardens were...
Cover of Founding St. Louis

Founding St. Louis

First City of the New West

by J. Frederick Fausz
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011

The animal wealth of the western "wilderness" provided by talented "savages" encouraged French-Americans from Illinois, Canada and Louisiana to found a cosmopolitan center of international commerce that was a model of multicultural harmony. Historian J. Frederick Fausz offers a fresh interpretation of...
Cover of Hidden History of Vermont
by Mark Bushnell
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017

Vermont's history is marked by fierce independence, generosity of spirit and the saga of human life along its steep slopes and fertile valleys. Meet the widow who outwitted Tories and may have spied for the Green Mountain Boys. Encounter the family who gained a national following by summoning spirits....
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