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Spring Lake Heights: A Brief History - Lissa Wickham-McGrath

Spring Lake Heights: A Brief History - Lissa Wickham-McGrath

From very humble beginnings, this small but charming borough has evolved into one of the New Jersey Shore's most vibrant business and residential communities. While Spring Lake Heights now enjoys numerous modern facilities, the town still contains many visible links to its unique past. This book explores these links and offers readers insight into various personalities, socio-economic factors, and local lore that have helped to shape the identity of this community. It includes an Irish pub that was..

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A History of Back Creek: Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey - Nelson Harris

A History of Back Creek: Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey - Nelson Harris

Since Europeans first settled along the banks of Back Creek in the 1740s, southwest Roanoke County's history has been as fluid as the creek itself. The once dense forest with log cabins gave way to the sprawling suburbs of the present. The colonial-era Trader's Path that directed Scots-Irish homesteaders, the growth of the apple industry in Bent Mountain after the Civil War, a state highway built by convicts during the Depression and Cave Spring becoming a modern commercial center have shaped the..

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Hidden History of Exeter - Barbara Rimkunas

Hidden History of Exeter - Barbara Rimkunas

John Wheelwright, a man too pure for the Puritans, founded Exeter in 1638. Resourceful, notorious and just plain unusual characters have populated the town ever since. Thinking inside the box, Albert and Lucy Tyler tried to ship themselves home to Exeter in a piano box after they ran out of funds on the West Coast. Albertus T. Dudley saved the town's founding document from the hands of William Randolph Hearst. Exeter has a paradoxical streak--it is an inland town with a working seaport, and it was..

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Union-Occupied Maryland: A Civil War Chronicle of Civilians & Soldiers - Claudia Floyd

Union-Occupied Maryland: A Civil War Chronicle of Civilians & Soldiers - Claudia Floyd

When the first Federal troops arrived in the spring of 1861, Maryland was in the precarious position of a border state. Predominately loyal to the Union, Marylanders saw the influx of soldiers as defenders. Yet for the minority supporting the Confederacy, the Federals were oppressors. Historian Claudia Floyd explores this complex relationship between Maryland civilians and their Union occupiers. Residents on both sides of the conflict faced pillaging, vandalizing and criminal acts from errant soldiers...

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Louisiana Birding: Stories on Strategy, Stewardship and Serendipity - John K. Flores

Louisiana Birding: Stories on Strategy, Stewardship and Serendipity - John K. Flores

From the bayous of the coast to prairies and rolling hills, Louisiana is home to a vibrant and thriving avian population. Herons, American goldfinches, snow geese and more call the state coastline home during the winter months. The music of neotropic songbirds like the parula and the prothonotary warbler fills the bayous every spring morning. Endangered species like the whooping crane and brown pelican have been reintroduced to the state to great success. The pragmatic conservation efforts of state,..

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The 1865 Stoneman's Raid Ends: Follow Him to the Ends of the Earth - Joshua Beau Blackwell

The 1865 Stoneman's Raid Ends: Follow Him to the Ends of the Earth - Joshua Beau Blackwell

In the spring of 1865, George Stoneman's cavalry division departed Salisbury, North Carolina, with one objective in mind: returning home. However, after the collapse of the Confederacy, the mounted division was ordered to apprehend the exiled Confederate president Jefferson Davis, even if it meant follow[ing] him to the ends of the earth.\? By May, the raid had transformed into an uphill struggle of frustration, pillage, revenge, terror and wavering loyalty to the flag as the troopers crashed down..

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NAACP in Washington, D.C. - Derek Gray

NAACP in Washington, D.C. - Derek Gray

Founded in March 1912, DC branch of the NAACP quickly became the leading organization advocating for the city's Black community.President Woodrow Wilson's institution of Jim Crow segregation in the federal government in the spring of 1913 galvanized the African American community of DC and the NAACP launched a formidable crusade against Wilson's racist policies. As the preeminent civil rights organization of the nation's capital, it also developed a dual role as a watchdog body to prevent the passage..

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Haunted Flint - Roxanne Rhoads

Haunted Flint - Roxanne Rhoads

Home to ancient burial grounds, unsolved murders, economic depression and a water crisis, Flint emits an unholy energy rife with ghostly encounters. Colonel Thomas Stockton's ever-vigilant ghost keeps a watchful eye over his family home at Spring Grove, where guests occasionally hear the thump of his heavy boots. Restless spirits long separated from their graves lurk among the ancient stones at Avondale Cemetery. Carriage maker W.A. Paterson's spirit continuously wanders the halls of the Dryden Building,..

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Historic Tales of Bonita - Mary E. Oswell

Historic Tales of Bonita - Mary E. Oswell

Known for its lemon orchards and dairy farms, Bonita also produced daring dreamers, unlikely businesses and the occasional scandal. Read about how Frank Kimball's railroad dreams led to the Sweetwater Fruit Company. Rediscover why San Miguel Mountain lured land speculators, spring water entrepreneurs and a mustard farmer. Follow the trials and tribulations of Robert J. Woodward, who was determined to build an airship that could carry him across the country. Learn what happened to the Sweetwater Men's..

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Volusia County's West Side: Steamboats & Sandhills - Ronald Williamson

Volusia County's West Side: Steamboats & Sandhills - Ronald Williamson

This collection of popular Sense of Place columns by Daytona Beach News-Journal award-winning writer Ronald Williamson chronicles the sleepy streams, poignant passages and timeless traditions of the hilly western side of Volusia County a place quite different from the hustle and bustle of the Daytona Beach area. Majestic St. Johns River steamboats replace speeding racecars, and subdued seances at an old spiritualist camp replace brash biker bashes and spring break revelry. From slavery and segregation..

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Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's Next Parish Over - Peter F. Stevens

Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's Next Parish Over - Peter F. Stevens

When it comes to Irish America, certain names spring to mind Kennedy, O Neill, and Curley testify to the proverbial footsteps of the Gael in Boston. However, few people know of Sister Mary Anthony O Connell, whose medical prowess carried her from the convent to the Civil War battlefields, earning her the nickname the Boston Irish Florence Nightingale, or of Barney McGinniskin, Boston s first Irish cop, who proudly roared at every roll call, McGinniskin from the bogs of Ireland present! Along with..

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Nemasket River Herring: A History - Michael J. Maddigan

Nemasket River Herring: A History - Michael J. Maddigan

Every spring, the Nemasket River welcomes thousands of migratory river herring that thrash and leap as they fight their way upstream from Mount Hope Bay. Of all non-domesticated animals, the river herring--or alewife--has arguably had the greatest impact on the towns along the river in southeastern Massachusetts. The area was called Nemasket,\ or \place of fish,\ by Native Americans, and its earliest English colonists were dependent on river herring for their very survival. They provided a livelihood..

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Civil War Atlanta - Robert Scott Davis

Civil War Atlanta - Robert Scott Davis

Prior to the Civil War, Atlanta was at the intersection of four rail lines, rendering the Georgia crossroads the fastest-growing city in the Deep South. As the Confederate States formed, Atlanta was a city deeply divided about secession. By the spring of 1863, war had arrived at the doorstep of Atlanta. Join historian Bob Davis as he tells the story of the devastation that befell Atlanta, the Union occupation and how the \Gate City\ was reborn from the ashes.

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Lost Long Island - Richard Panchyk

Lost Long Island - Richard Panchyk

From sprawling potato farms and incredibly lavish estates, to whaling ships and early race cars, Long Island has an incredibly rich history often lost through the generations. In the world of racing, Long Island was once the horse racing capital of the state and hosted the nation's first professional auto races. Though farming still thrives in Suffolk County, there are only a few working farms left in Nassau County, where hundreds of farms dotted the landscape generations ago. Cold Spring Harbor,..

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Abigail Scott Duniway and Susan B. Anthony in Oregon: Hesitate No Longer - JENNIFER CHAMBERS

Abigail Scott Duniway and Susan B. Anthony in Oregon: Hesitate No Longer - JENNIFER CHAMBERS

It was the spring of 1871. Pioneer entrepreneur Abigail Scott Duniway, on a business trip to purchase stock for her millinery store back in Oregon, waited breathlessly outside the suffrage convention in San Francisco. She hoped to meet Susan B. Anthony, whose career she so admired. And so they met, sparking a relationship that dramatically altered Duniway's life. The duo traveled for months on horseback, carriage, train and boat in their crucial, successful effort to ensure the right to vote for..

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The Stones River and Tullahoma Campaigns: This Army Does Not Retreat - Christopher L. Kolakowski

The Stones River and Tullahoma Campaigns: This Army Does Not Retreat - Christopher L. Kolakowski

After the Battle of Perryville in October 1862, the focus of the Civil War in the West shifted back to Tennessee. The Union Army of the Cumberland regrouped in Nashville, while the Confederate Army of Tennessee camped 30 miles away in Murfreesboro. On December 26 the Federals marched southward and fought a three-day brawl at Stones River with their Confederate counterparts. The Confederates withdrew, and both armies spent the winter and spring harassing each other and regrouping for the next round...

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Baseball in Pensacola:: America's Pastime & the City of Five Flags - Scott Brown

Baseball in Pensacola:: America's Pastime & the City of Five Flags - Scott Brown

The Western Gate to the Sunshine State boasts an epic history of hardball, dating back nearly to the beginning of the sport. Sunshine, loyal fans and pristine beaches have attracted baseball's best athletes to Pensacola--from stars like Babe Ruth and Ted Williams to the Blue Wahoos, modern-day affiliate for the Cincinnati Reds. The city is home to major-league teams during spring training, minor-league teams during the season and baseball fanatics year-round. Whether it's following big-league icons..

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Montanans in the Great War - Ken Robison

Montanans in the Great War - Ken Robison

\World War I continued with fury in the spring of 1918 as American Yanks endeavored to play the key role in stemming the German tide. Montana's Marines suffered the bloodiest day in their history as they became \Devil Dogs,\ charging through hell on earth at Belleau Wood. Locals in the Wild West Division stormed \over the top\ into the Argonne Forest, while nurses, \hello girls,\ Navy Yeomanettes and YMCA workers blazed new gender roles. And young Seaman Mike Mansfield, future legendary senator,..

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Michigan's Strychnine Saint: The Curious Case of Mrs. Mary McKnight - Tobin T. Buhk

Michigan's Strychnine Saint: The Curious Case of Mrs. Mary McKnight - Tobin T. Buhk

\The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, Kalkaska County sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smith searched for answers...

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Kansas Oddities - Roger L Ringer

Kansas Oddities - Roger L Ringer

Touch down at Dead Cow International Airport and sample the state's bumper crop of bizarre history. The most commonplace sights contain unlikely stories, from the bulldozer's Morrowsville origins to the sunflower's journey from outlawed weed to state symbol. Some of this heritage lies submerged or buried, like the world's only saltwater spring that now sits at the bottom of a man-made lake. Rumored caches of the Fleagle Gang's loot still draw treasure hunters in spades. From mariachi legends to rodeo..

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Haunted Fort Lauderdale - John Marc Carr

Haunted Fort Lauderdale - John Marc Carr

From fashionable Las Olas Boulevard to Fort Lauderdale s historic downtown, explore many of the city s most haunted sites, the people who lived and died there, and the ghosts that dwell within.Fort Lauderdale is famous for more than spring break, Snowbirds, and baseball. Known as the Venice of America, the city boasts a rich history, including a 1567 Jesuit missionand three forts that followed, battles waged between settlers and native tribes and the advance of the Florida East Coast Railway in 1896...

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Montanans in the Great War - Ken Robison

Montanans in the Great War - Ken Robison

World War I continued with fury in the spring of 1918 as American Yanks endeavored to play the key role in stemming the German tide. Montana's Marines suffered the bloodiest day in their history as they became \Devil Dogs,\ charging through hell on earth at Belleau Wood. Locals in the Wild West Division stormed \over the top\ into the Argonne Forest, while nurses, \hello girls,\ Navy Yeomanettes and YMCA workers blazed new gender roles. And young Seaman Mike Mansfield, future legendary senator,..

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