State Local category: 1635 books
It Happened in Idaho
Remarkable Events That Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Gem State.
Durham’s Place-Names of California’s Desert Counties
Includes Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
• The name Rancho Cucamonga, derived from an Indian word, suffered a number of bizarre spellings by early Americans including, Coco Mongo Ranch, Cocomouga’s Ranch, Qui-qual-mun-go Ranch, Kikal Mungo ranch and Rancho Cocoa-Mungo.
• A place...
Durham’s Place-Names of California’s Gold Country
Including Yosemite National Park, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Sierra & Nevada Counties
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
• Above-ground graves resembling small, outdoor ovens furnished the name for the Mariposa County village of Hornitos. Hornitos is a Spanish word that means “little ovens.”
• In 1885, Alexander Kirkwood founded a hotel called Rattlesnake...
Durham’s Place-Names of Greater Los Angeles
Includes Los Angeles, Ventura, and Orange Counties
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
• The pueblo that became the city was established in 1781 as “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula.” A hill located less than 1,000 feet from Los Angeles city hall was used as a base during the first American occupation of Los...
by William Thorndale, William Dollarhide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
This work shows all U.S. county boundaries from 1790 to 1920. On each of the nearly 400 maps the old county lines are superimposed over the modern ones to highlight the boundary changes at ten-year intervals. Also included are a history of census growth; the technical facts about each census; a discussion...
by Nelson Lee
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Among the many captive narratives of the nineteenth century, Nelson Lee's stands out as one of the most thrilling and authentic. A longtime Texas Ranger, Lee was captured by Comanches and held for three long, grueling years before making his escape. Once free, he nearly lost his mind and his life...
by David Baugher
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Did you know that a hidden room exists behind Abraham Lincolns head on Mt. Rushmore? that North Carolina was almost accidentally destroyed in a nuclear holocaust? that the Mason-Dixon Line had nothing to do with dividing north from south? that Major League Baseball once hosted a single game between...
by Helen Elliott Bandini
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
This book is an attempt to present the history of California in so simple and interesting a way that children may read it with pleasure. It does not confine itself to the history of one section or period, but tells the story of all the principal events from the Indian occupancy through the Spanish...
American Dreams in Mississippi
Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2002
The dreams of abundance, choice, and novelty that have fueled the growth of consumer culture in the United States would seem to have little place in the history of Mississippi--a state long associated with poverty, inequality, and rural life. But as Ted Ownby demonstrates in this innovative study,...
by Allan James Mathews
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Situated west of the Continental Divide, the town of Missoula started in 1860 as a trading post called Hellgate that supplied miners with flour, trade goods, and, later, lumber. Its designation as county seat in 1860 and the arrival of two railroads (the Northern Pacific in 1883 and the Milwaukee...
Rivers of History
Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Four streams make up the Alabama River system, the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama. Together they flow for more than 900 miles, through some of the most historic regions of the state. This book looks at the way these streams have shaped the lives of the people who lived along them, and how,...
Wet Mountain Valley
A Quick History of Rosita, Querida, Silver Cliff, and Westcliffe
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Written in 1974, and continuously in print since then, this concise history of the stories of these four Colorado towns nestled in the Wet Mountain Valley is the only published book available. Still used as the sourcebook by virtually all residents and purchased by visitors to the lovely...
Turmoil In New Mexico, 1846-1868
Facsimile of 1952 Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
The vital history of New Mexico and Arizona during the formative years between the American Occupation and the coming of the railroad has been compressed by the author into one volume with hundreds of footnotes and many profiles that make this book of vital importance to teachers, students, and researchers....
Spirit Tailings
Ghost Tales from Virginia City, Butte, and Helena
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Floorboards creaking. Inanimate objects flying off walls. Fleeting glimpses of ghostly figures moving in solemn grace through the halls and walls of our homes and offices. We all recognize these telltale signs of haunted places, and in this delightful collection of stories from Montana's legendary...