Lokalhistoria

A fascinating collection of merged historic and modern images that reflect the changes in Southampton through the decades.

This book explores the fascinating history of East Anglia‿s remarkable literary heritage as well as being a guide to the locations where that heritage can still be found.

My Dearest Child, I wish it were possible for me to be there with you; becoming your father meant everything to me. But this is not going to happen. Your mother does promise that you will get this letter when she feels you are old enough to read and understand it. I don't have the words to express how much I will miss not being a part of your life. I know with your mother's guiding hand, you will grow into the adult any parent will be proud of. I am taking the only way I know how at this time to try and give you some explanation. If you ever get in a jam or your back is against the wall, and I don't know if this will help or hurt, but if you ever do, look for Jenny. She might have the answer. I love you.Dad

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Inexplicable apparitions are commonplace at the Old Jail Museum. From playful child ghosts and protective phantoms to supernatural sounds and the specter known as the 'lady in white, ' it is little wonder that this historic site has long been known as one of Warrenton, Virginia's most haunted buildings.Explore the ghost lore and macabre history of this 200-year-old county prison turned local history museum with director Frances Allshouse as your guide.Within these illustrated pages, you will find twenty of the Old Jail's most haunting tales. From the execution of a traitor to spirits with a sense of humor to children who continue playing their games a century after their demise, these true stories will make you question just how separate the world of the living and the realm of the deceased really are.

When Calvin Tibbets ventured to Oregon Country in 1832 it was looking more British than American. That's because Hudson's Bay Company, the Crown's proxy, had virtual control of the area and some of their French Canadian employees had retired to farms along the Willamette River. The only Americans there before Tibbets were explorers, fur trappers, scientists, and sailors. His goal was different: to settle Oregon with Americans and make it part of the United States.Tibbets got along with his Canadian neighbors and native tribes long enough to assist fellow American settlers when they arrived: first missionaries, then retiring mountain men, and finally wagon train pioneers who crossed the Oregon Trail in such great numbers that the British finally gave up their claims to Oregon in 1846. Unfortunately, Tibbets died soon after achieving his goal, and all that he had done to achieve it soon faded into the shadows of Oregon history.In making the case for Calvin Tibbets being considered Oregon's first pioneer, this book shines a bright light back on him. New details gleaned from original sources are integrated with previously published, but scattered, accounts of Tibbets' many adventures. Readers will likely learn things they didn't know about John McLoughlin, Jason Lee, Ewing Young, Bethenia Owens-Adair, Elbridge Trask, Joe Meek, Solomon and Celiast Smith, and others who played important roles in early Oregon.

Ballard families from Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and other regions, settled in Tennessee. This book covers their descendants and transcriptions of their legal documents.

This book contains postcard images of Boyd County Kentucky. Many of the postcards pictured are well over a century old and are very rare. I hope this book will serve as a reference of how people from Boyd County's past took pride in the various facets of their lives and wanted to share that pride in the form of images via a postcard, a message and a stamp.

Wisconsin has its share of ghost towns. Villages grew from trading posts, lumber camps, and mining sites. Some didn't survive the catastrophes that befell them, but they all surely experienced grand moments when anticipation of greatness loomed and prosperity seemed well within grasp. And many, before they passed from existence, wrote some colorful pages in Wisconsin history. Twenty-nine of these villages once again come to life on the pages of GHOSTVILLE.NEW... REVISED EDITION... includes the history of the Wisconsin Indian tribes, Wisconsin lumber industry, and much, much more!

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

June 5, 1976 The Teton Dam in Eastern Idaho was being filled for the very first time when the unthinkable happened..It broke sending countless gallons of water down Idaho's Snake River Valley. 40 years later, those in the path of the disaster share their memories. Whether you're intrigued by history, disasters or human nature, this book is for you.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Classic works by naturalist John Burroughs on his beloved Catskill region.

A little-known story of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American societyOn the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner Rising Sun. After completing a routine smuggling voyage where the crew sold enslaved Africans in exchange for chocolate, sugar, and coffee in the Dutch colony of Suriname, the ship traveled eastward along the South American coast. Believing there was an opportunity to steal the lucrative cargo and make a new life for themselves, three sailors snuck below deck, murdered four people, and seized control of the vessel.Mutiny on the Rising Sun recounts the origins, events, and eventual fate of the Rising Sun¿s final smuggling voyage in vivid detail. Starting from that horrible night in June 1743, it narrates a deeply human history of smuggling, providing an incredible story of those caught in the webs spun by illicit commerce. The case generated a rich documentary record that illuminates an international chocolate smuggling ring, the lives of the crew and mutineers, and the harrowing experience of the enslaved people trafficked by the Rising Sun. Smuggling stood at the center of the lives of everyone involved with the business of the schooner. Larger forces, such as imperial trade restrictions, created the conditions for smuggling, but individual actors, often driven by raw ambition and with little regard for the consequences of their actions, designed, refined, and perpetuated this illicit commerce. At once startling and captivating, Mutiny on the Rising Sun shows how illegal trade created demand for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were integral to the development of American capitalism.

Welsh history and achievements to glory in rather than grizzle about

Coming of age during the British Invasion of the early 1960s, Ron West was inspired to pursue a career in music. His interest in bands like the Beatles influenced the formation of the Chesmann and Chesmann Square-popular Kansas City area bands that survived for a decade and included his two younger brothers, Steve and Gary. Then, in 1977, West formed a new band, Missouri, which through the help of well-known concert promoter Chris Fritz, went on to record two studio albums and earned him accolades in the music industry. In record bins at music stores throughout Missouri and surrounding states, music aficionados still come upon a unique Missouri album that resonates with the dreams of several Kansas City area musicians. Their first album, printed in monochrome, features the Gateway Arch from St. Louis standing amongst the desolation of a southwestern desert vista, representing the creative vision of Ron West. His legacy now carries forth through a new iteration of Missouri comprised of original and new members continuing to perform these classic songs. Movin' On is the story of Ron West, highlighting his beginnings in a working-class family in south Kansas City to paying his dues as a musician who aspired to cross the threshold to rock and roll stardom.

Brings to life a fascinating page of history in a scholarly but highly readable account of the "tithe war".

45 monumentally Bad Ideas ... 36 certifiably Horrible People ... one great collection of Offbeat Oregon History stories!

Transcription of 1856-1859 minutes of the Warren County (NC) Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions; indexed by personal name, business name, geographic name and subject.

This collection of articles weaves extracts from over 30 years of local history research by distinguished historian Dr. Douglas H. Shepard into a single volume, offering a detailed and engaging narrative of Fredonia's development from prehistory to the preservation efforts of the 1990s. Topics range from the physical geography that defines Chautauqua county and places Fredonia in the Lake Erie grape belt, to the many national 'firsts' which occurred in Fredonia: the first march of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1873, the first Grange established by the Patrons of Husbandry in 1867, and the first commercial natural gas well established in 1825.

This is a reproduction of Arch Bristow's booklet on the history of Columbus, Pennsylvania, he likely wrote this at about 1930.Arch began in the newspaper business as a cartoonist with the owl character "Zimmie," which started in 1902 and became syndicated nationally.He began the self-published monthly magazine "Hay Rake" in 1920 at the age of 38 in a modest shoemaker's shop in the hamlet of Garland, PA. He grew it to a subscription of 20,000 in a few months and continued to publish it till about 1939.After his hair went gray, he was known as the "Sage of Garland." He continued to write newspaper columns till his death in 1964.

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