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Author | : Terry Ruscin |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2016-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439658242 |
Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state's first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina's aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the "Land of the Sky" in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history.
Author | : Doris Perry Stam |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2024-10-02 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1476696632 |
The 125-year history of Appalachian State University rests on the ambitious yet selfless dream of empowering impoverished mountain families through education. Dauphin Disco Dougherty, his wife Lillie Shull Dougherty, and his bachelor brother, Blanford Barnard Dougherty, founded a small semi-private high school in 1899 at great personal cost and would only be able to sustain its growth to a state teacher's college through their fortitude of character and commitment. Drawing extensively on primary sources, some of which have appeared in no previous book, this history presents the first 30 years of the university's life and background. With over 100 historic images and dozens of first-hand accounts and interviews, the text uncovers forgotten foundations and fascinating personal details of the school's founders, bringing the first 30 years of App State to life.
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Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : North Carolina |
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Author | : Jim Cox |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 477 |
Release | : 2010-11-17 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0786461756 |
Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.
Author | : Dan Allosso |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2017-12-14 |
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ISBN | : 9781981731732 |
An expanded, new and improved American Environmental History textbook for everyone! After years of teaching Environmental History at a major East Coast University without a textbook, Dr. Dan Allosso decided to take matters into his own hands. The result, American Environmental History, is a concise, comprehensive survey covering the material from Dan's undergraduate course. What do people say about the class and the text? "This was my first semester and this course has created an incredible first impression. If all of the courses are this good, I am going to really enjoy my time here. The course has completely changed the way I look at the world." (Student in 2014 class) "One of the few classes I'm really sad is ending, the subject matter is fascinating and Dan is a great guide to it. His approach should be required of all students as it teaches an appreciation for a newer and better way of living." (Student in 2014 class) "Allosso's lectures are fantastic. The best I have ever had. So impressed. The material is always extremely interesting and well-presented." (Student in 2015 class) "It is just a perfect course that I think should be mandatory if we want to save our planet and live responsibly." (Student in 2015 class) "A rare gem for an IB ESS teacher or any social studies teacher looking for an 11th or 12th grade supplementary text that aims to provide an historical context for the environmental reality in America today. Highly recommended." (District Curriculum Coordinator, 2016) "I was so impressed with this material that I am using it as a supplement for a course I teach at my college." (History and Environmental Studies Professor, 2017) Beginning in prehistory and concluding in the present, American Environmental History explores the ways the environment has affected the choices that became our history, and how our choices have affected the environment. The dynamic relationship between people and the world around them is missing from mainstream history. Putting the environment back into history helps us make sense of the past and the present, which will help guide us toward a better future. More information and Dan's blog are available at environmentalhistory.us
Author | : American Association for State and Local History |
Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 1366 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780759100022 |
This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
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Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : America |
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Author | : James W. Clay |
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Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
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Total Pages | : 1114 |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : Bus travel |
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Author | : McPherson Mashburn Goss |
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Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : North Carolina |
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