The Catskill Mountain House
| Author | : Roland Van Zandt |
| Publisher | : Black Dome Press |
| Total Pages | : 458 |
| Release | : 1966 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Mountain Rails Of Old
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Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
| Author | : David A. Guillaudeu |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0738597929 |
Discover the contribution and history of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad through pictures from the earliest days of building and development. The Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad laid track from Alexandria through Fairfax County and into Loudoun County towards the coalfields of West Virginia. In 1900, the Southern Railway, which had taken over the line, extended the railroad into Bluemont on the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Washington & Old Dominion Railway leased the Southern Railway's line in 1912, went into receivership in 1932, and was reorganized into the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad in 1935. The employees excavated the roadbed by hand, built stations and electric locomotives, reconfigured passenger cars, replaced diesel motors, and rebuilt bridges. Eventually, public roads and a lack of shipping and receiving industries forced the railroad into abandonment. Through old photographs, Washington & Old Dominion Railroad explores the efforts that went into building, operating, and maintaining the railroad whose right-of-way has now become the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority's Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park.
Ghosts of Gold Mountain
| Author | : Gordon H. Chang |
| Publisher | : Mariner Books |
| Total Pages | : 325 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1328618579 |
Guangdong -- Gold Mountain -- Central Pacific -- Foothills -- The High Sierra -- The Summit -- The Strike -- Truckee -- The Golden Spike -- Beyond Promontory.
Mountain Mysteries
| Author | : James W. Dean |
| Publisher | : Outskirts Press |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2016-01-22 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1478769173 |
This book is a collection of short stories. These stories are inspired by my love for the Appalachian Mountains, and by the mysterious legends that can take on a life of their own. So will you come travel the mountain tops, valleys and hollows of the mysterious Appalachian Mountains. Find a witch on the mountain, walk with a phantom mountain lion, look for a raven in the attic, and fly with the eagle on the rock. Follow the ghost to the gold mine, spend two days in the haunted house, or find love by the river. It is all waiting for you to discover here in the pages of this book. The reader will be taken into a world that can only be seen if you are willing to see it. Even if only for a short time you can let your mind get lost in the pages of this book, Mountain Mysteries, your time will be well spent.
Mount Lowe, the Railway in the Clouds
| Author | : Charles Seims |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : |
The Land of Saddle-bags
| Author | : James Watt Raine |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 325 |
| Release | : 2014-07-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0813148693 |
This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight Billings writes in his foreword, have "had a profound and lasting impact on how we think about Appalachia and, indeed, on the fact that we commonly believe that such a place and people can be readily identified." Originally published in 1924, it was advertised as a "racy book, full of the thrill of mountain adventure and the delicious humor of vigorously human people." James Watt Raine provides eyewitness accounts of mountain speech and folksinging, education, religion, community, politics, and farming. In a conscious effort to dispel the negative stereotype of the drunken, slothful, gun-toting hillbilly prone to violence, Raine presents positive examples from his own experiences among the region's native inhabitants.
Long Steel Rail
| Author | : Norm Cohen |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 774 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780252068812 |
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
The Little Engine That Could
| Author | : Watty Piper |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 55 |
| Release | : 2005-09-27 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101549890 |
"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." Discover the inspiring story of the Little Blue Engine as she makes her way over the mountain in this beloved classic—the perfect gift to celebrate the special milestones in your life, from graduations to birthdays and more! The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for over ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of the little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls a train full of wonderful things to the children waiting on the other side of a mountain.
Rails Over the Mountains
| Author | : Ron Brown |
| Publisher | : Dundurn |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2016-07-09 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1459733584 |
Explore western Canada’s rich railway history, travelling from the grand railway hotels and rustic stations to the creative engineering that created spiral bridges and soaring trestles. Relive this time through a trip on one of the many steam trains, visit a railway museum, or walk the trails where trains used to rumble.
