Historical Reminiscences of Carter County, Tennessee

Historical Reminiscences of Carter County, Tennessee
Author: Mildred Kozsuch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1985
Genre: Carter County (Tenn.)
ISBN: 9780932807120

Dr. Nathaniel Edens Hyder (1849-1904) intended to write a history of Carter County for young people. In 1903 a number of his articles did appear in the local newspaper, but due to a premature death he did not reach his goal. Adding to his research and notes, Mildred Kozsuch has compiled an interesting, fact-filled volume with an index of more than 2000 names. Numerous photographs accompany the anecdotes, observations, and transcriptions of historic documents. A special section at the end of the volume contains brief sketches of Carter County communities and families.

A Bibliography of Tennessee History, 1973-1996

A Bibliography of Tennessee History, 1973-1996
Author: W. Calvin Dickinson
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781572330320

With some 6,000 entries, A Bibliography of Tennessee History will prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone--students, historians, librarians, genealogists--engaged in researching Tennessee's rich and colorful past. A sequel to Sam B. Smith's invaluable 1973 work, Tennessee History: A Bibliography, this book follows a similar format and includes published books and essays, as well as many unpublished theses and dissertations, that have become available during the intervening years. The volume begins with sections on Reference, Natural History, and Native Americans. Its divisions then follow the major periods of the state's history: Before Statehood, State Development, Civil War, Late Nineteenth Century, Early Twentieth Century, and Late Twentieth Century. Sections on Literature and County Histories round out the book. Included is a helpful subject index that points the reader to particular persons, places, incidents, or topics. Substantial sections in this index highlight women's history and African American history, two areas in which scholarship has proliferated during the past two decades. The history of entertainment in Tennessee is also well represented in this volume, including, for example, hundreds of citations for writings about Elvis Presley and for works that treat Nashville and Memphis as major show business centers. The Literature section, meanwhile, includes citations for fiction and poetry relating to Tennessee history as well as for critical works about Tennessee writers. Throughout, the editors have strived to achieve a balance between comprehensive coverage and the need to be selective. The result is a volume that will benefit researchers for years to come. The Editors: W. Calvin Dickinson is professor of history at Tennessee Technological University. Eloise R. Hitchcock is head reference librarian at the University of the South.

The Blue Ridge Stemwinder

The Blue Ridge Stemwinder
Author: John R. Waite
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781570722721

Telling the story of Tweetsie Railroad and the East Tennessee Railway, this book documents the history of the standard gauge ET & WNC after the narrow gauge was gone and is illustrated with many maps and photographs.

Colonels in Blue--Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee

Colonels in Blue--Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee
Author: Roger D. Hunt
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786473185

This biographical dictionary documents the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Entries are arranged first by state and then by regiment, and provide a biographical sketch of each colonel focusing on his Civil War service. Many of the colonels covered herein never rose above that rank, failing to win promotion to brigadier general or brevet brigadier general, and have therefore received very little scholarly attention prior to this work.

Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains

Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Author: David C. Hsiung
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2021-12-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813194172

Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers. Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at their underlying concepts, especially those of isolation and community. Hsiung focuses on the mountainous area of upper East Tennessee, tracing this area's development from the first settlementin the eighteenth century to the eve of the Civil War. Through his examination, he identifies the different ways in which the region's inhabitants were connected to or separated from other peoples and places. Using an interdisciplinary framework, he analyzes geographical and sociocultural isolation from a number of perspectives, including transportation networks, changing economy, population movement, and topography. This provocative work will stimulate future studies of early Appalachia and serve as a model for the analysis of regional cultures.

A Story of Two Tennessee Families

A Story of Two Tennessee Families
Author: Ernestine Ratcliffe Edwards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1997
Genre: Tennessee
ISBN:

Ancestors of both the Edwards and Hyder families came from Europe into Pennsylvania, then moved to Virginia, then to North Carolina and finally into Tennessee where they intermarried.