A History Lover's Guide to Louisville

A History Lover's Guide to Louisville
Author: Bryan S. Bush
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-04-05
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1439672296

Gateway to the South. Home of the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs. Louisville has a rich history, beginning with the city's discovery by General George Rogers Clark. The city played an important role in the Civil War, and during the Gilded Age, it became the Bourbon Capital of the World. During World War I, the city hosted 47,500 troops at Camp Zachary Taylor. During World War II, the U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant contributed to the war effort, making rounds for big guns during the late war. Author Bryan S. Bush takes the reader on a journey to discover the history of Louisville through the historic sites and locations from far past to the present day.

History Lover's Guide to Louisville, A

History Lover's Guide to Louisville, A
Author: Bryan S. Bush
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-04-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467148687

Gateway to the South. Home of the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs. Louisville has a rich history, beginning with the city's discovery by General George Rogers Clark. The city played an important role in the Civil War, and during the Gilded Age, it became the Bourbon Capital of the World. During World War I, the city hosted 47,500 troops at Camp Zachary Taylor. During World War II, the U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant contributed to the war effort, making rounds for big guns during the late war. Author Bryan S. Bush takes the reader on a journey to discover the history of Louisville through the historic sites and locations from far past to the present day.

History Lover's Guide to Lexington & Central Kentucky, A

History Lover's Guide to Lexington & Central Kentucky, A
Author: Foster Ockerman Jr. & Peter Brackney
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467142999

"The Athens of the West. The Horse Capital of the World. The Home to the Greatest Tradition in College Basketball. Heart of the Bluegrass. Lexington has a lot of names and an even richer history. The region played an oversized role in America's educational, political, religious, and cultural development. Visit a historic AMC church in downtown Lexington that was a stop on the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves. Walk through fifteen local historic districts. Explore an equine cemetery. Join historians Foster Ockerman, Jr. and Peter Brackney on a tour through historic sites and buildings in Lexington and central Kentucky."--Provided by publisher

History Lover's Guide to Denver, A

History Lover's Guide to Denver, A
Author: Mark Barnhouse
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467142123

Founded in an unlikely spot where dry prairies meet formidable mountains, Denver overcame its doubtful beginning to become the largest and most important city within a thousand miles. This tour of the Queen City of the Plains goes beyond travel guidebooks to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. Tour the grand Victorian home where the unsinkable Molly Brown lived prior to her Titanic voyage. Visit the Brown Palace Hotel suite that President Dwight and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower used as the "Summer White House." Pay respects at the mountaintop grave of the greatest showman of the nineteenth century, Colonel William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. From the jazzy Rossonian lounge where Ella scatted and Basie swung to gleaming twenty-first-century art museums, author Mark A. Barnhouse traces the Mile High City's story through its historical legacy.

History Lover's Guide to Minneapolis, A

History Lover's Guide to Minneapolis, A
Author: Sherman Wick & Holly Day
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-12-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467141933

Minneapolis began at the Falls of St. Anthony, the sole waterfall on the Mississippi River. The cataract, the great hydrological engine, propelled the city's economic growth and physical expansion, and two distinct municipal identities emerged. A city of seasons, Minneapolis celebrates winter flurries and chills with ice skating and hot chocolate at the annual Holidazzle Festival. In the sultry midsummer heat, the Aquatennial brings swimmers and boating enthusiasts to the Chain of Lakes and the river. Landmarks, too, define the topography-Spoonbridge and Cherry, the Stone Arch and Hennepin Avenue Bridges, the Foshay Tower and the IDS Center. Join local authors Sherman Wick and Holly Day on a trip beyond the typical guidebook as they explore the architecture, parks and historical figures of the Mill City.

Louisville Gambling Barons

Louisville Gambling Barons
Author: Bryan S. Bush
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2023-04-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439677514

The Golden Age of Gambling in Louisville Louisville experienced a golden age of gambling between 1860 and 1885, thanks to the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers by steamboat and foot. They played faro, keno, roulette and other games of chance, such as chuck-a-luck. Entire city blocks were devoted to betting. Horse racing and lotteries emerged. Gaming houses became grand palaces, with names such as the Crockford, the Crawford and the Turf Exchange, frequented by famous gamblers like Richard Watts, Colonel "Black" Chinn and actor Nat Goodwin. Author Bryan Bush offers up these stories and more about "The City of Gamblers."

Insiders' GuideĀ® to Louisville

Insiders' GuideĀ® to Louisville
Author: David Domine
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2010-05-18
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762763396

Insiders' Guide to Louisville is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this storied Kentucky city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Louisville and its surrounding environs.

The Book Lover's Guide to Florida

The Book Lover's Guide to Florida
Author: Kevin M. McCarthy
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1992
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 9781561640218

"Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library."--Publisher.