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Cover of Around Avondale and West Grove
by Dolores I. Rowe
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2006

Chester County was one of the three original counties established by William Penn, giving it a long history of settlement and growth. Around Avondale and West Grove features historic postcards from Avondale, Baker�s Station, Chatham, West Grove, and the surrounding area. Jennersville, located in Penn...
Cover of Franklin Park
by Julie Arrison
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009

Franklin Park was meant to be the crown jewel of the Emerald Necklace, Boston�s famed park system. It was also meant to be the epitome of Frederick Law Olmsted�s distinguished career as the father of American landscape architecture. Its 527 acres of open space have been a salvation from urban plight...
Cover of Mansfield in Vintage Postcards
by Timothy Brian McKee
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003

Take a trolley tour around Mansfield, Ohio, by way of this collection of vintage postcards. Starting the tour with The Square, see the series of ornate government seats built here, like the 1840 Greek Revival and 1878 Victorian courthouses, as well as the fountain and the gazebo located there. Next,...
Cover of Central City
by Lola Roush Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2006

In 1893, a few businessmen purchased some land just west of Huntington, West Virginia, to develop a new community. Eventually, Central City�as it was called�bustled with industry, thriving on the five major factories that became the nucleus of the small city. Because of the booming job market, the...
Cover of Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition
by Linda P. Gross, Theresa R. Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005

Held in Philadelphia from May 10 through October 10, the 1876 Centennial Exhibition celebrated the 100th anniversary of American independence. Philadelphia hosted 37 nations in five main buildings and 250 additional structures on 285 acres of land. The celebration looked backward to commemorate the progress...
Cover of Kansas Wesleyan University
by Jennifer Toelle
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017

On September 15, 1886, Kansas Wesleyan University opened its doors for the purpose of higher education. Through strategic plans and successful fundraising campaigns, the campus has grown and evolved remarkably over the past 130 years. The university has employed numerous skilled and passionate faculty...
Cover of Milton
by Doug Welch, Milton Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016

When the traveling party with Joseph Goodrich concluded a months-long journey west from Alfred, New York, in the spring of 1838, the strong-willed abolitionist staked out land some 60 miles west of Milwaukee. The area was then a crossroads of militia trails still worn from the Black Hawk War six years...
Cover of Bluefield
by William R. “Bill” Archer
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2000

The remarkable story of Bluefield represents a unique combination of geology, geography, and opportunity. Once just the confluence of a handful of family farms in southern West Virginia, Bluefield was put on the map, literally,in the 1880s, when the Norfolk & Western Railway came to town. The company�s...
Cover of Siler City
by Marian Rogers-Lindsay
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014

Siler City is located in the piedmont region of North Carolina, on the western side of Chatham County. The railroad first ran through the area in 1884, and the community was officially established in 1887. Blacksmith shops, livery stables, cotton gins, and sawmills were early resources that attracted...
Cover of South Baton Rouge
by Lori Latrice Martin PhD, Raymond A. Jetson
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017

Founded in 1699, Baton Rouge was the site of countless historic events and the home to many people, including those of African ancestry. South Baton Rouge is an African American community located in Baton Rouge. It was one of the first places African Americans could receive a high school education...
Cover of Edgecombe County

Edgecombe County

Along the Tar River

by Monika S. Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2003

Edgecombe County, in the coastal plains of North Carolina along the Tar River, was once home to the Tuscarora tribes and was founded by English immigrants from Virginia. The county swelled as an agricultural center in the cotton and textile industries, bolstered by a wealth of lumber and sustained by...
Cover of Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley
by Richard A. Santillan, Victoria C. Norton, Christopher Docter
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015

Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley explores the teams and players that dotted the valley landscape throughout the 20th century. In a time and place where Mexican Americans were closed off from many city recreation centers, neighborhoods formed their own teams. Baseball and softball...
Cover of Race and Change in Hollywood, Florida
by Kitty Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2000

Since its incorporation in 1915, Broward County has been a community in transition. Once a rustic frontier of palmettos and mangroves, then a seasonal tourist community, it is now a bustling area of over 1.5 million people. This metropolitan reputation was cemented in a Money magazine article in the...
Cover of Madison Women Remember

Madison Women Remember

Growing Up in Wisconsin's Capital

by Sarah White
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2006

Madison is Wisconsin�s capital city and the �land of the four lakes.� Since the city�s founding 150 years ago, rich and poor have lived in close proximity surrounded by the beautiful lakes, a fact that has played a role in the city�s aspirations toward social justice and a good quality of life...
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