Download or read book A Story of Idaho Told In 100 Buildings written by Doug Gelbert and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If those walls could talk...this is what they would say. A story of Idaho. What building is the unusual setting for the Idaho Botanical Gardens? (Page 13) What Idaho town hosts the oldest sled dog race in America? (Page 56) Where is the only building still standing that was robbed by Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch? (Page 25) What Idaho town claims to be the first in the United States to be relocated? (Page 100) Where is the oldest operating synagogue west of the Mississippi River? (Page 29) Where was the "railroad on stilts" built? (Page 32) Imagine a group of settlers arriving in an undeveloped location. First come shelters in which to live and then structures in which to work and shop. There are buildings for worship and education. As the community grows government buildings are required. With prosperity comes places in which to spend leisure time. And each step along the way builds a story only Idaho can call its own. A story told in 100 buildings. Irrigation canals... smokejumpers... Mormons... iron horses... gold... fire towers... windmills... potatoes... trestle bridges... nuclear reactors... the CCC... Art Deco stunners... kit houses...the golden age of motoring... Finns... ghost towns... aviation... Oregon Trail... Freemasons... metal storefonts... beehive kilns... Frank Lloyd Wright... drive-in movies... football... Carnegie libraries... brothels... The Big Burn... the Carey Act... timber... general stores... Basques... Hemingway. This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time. The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that make Idaho uniquely Idaho. Where was the world's first electricity from a nuclear reactor generated? Solved. What building features the largest block fo granite ever quarried in southwest Idaho A mystery no more. What two Idaho towns did the longest wooden bridge in the world link? Identified. Where is the most remote government fire lookout in the Lower 48? Revealed. Almost all of the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, if you haven't seen these landmarks in person, fire up your GPS and get out and see the story of the Gem State standing in plain sight on Idaho streets!
Download or read book The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings written by Marc Kushner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture. We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define our future. A pavilion made from paper. A building that eats smog. An inflatable concert hall. A research lab that can walk through snow. We’re entering a new age in architecture—one where we expect our buildings to deliver far more than just shelter. We want buildings that inspire us while helping the environment; buildings that delight our senses while serving the needs of a community; buildings made possible both by new technology and repurposed materials. Like an architectural cabinet of wonders, this book collects the most innovative buildings of today and tomorrow. The buildings hail from all seven continents (to say nothing of other planets), offering a truly global perspective on what lies ahead. Each page captures the soaring confidence, the thoughtful intelligence, the space-age wonder, and at times the sheer whimsy of the world’s most inspired buildings—and the questions they provoke: Can a building breathe? Can a skyscraper be built in a day? Can we 3D-print a house? Can we live on the moon? Filled with gorgeous imagery and witty insight, this book is an essential and delightful guide to the future being built around us—a future that matters more, and to more of us, than ever.
Download or read book The Story of Idaho Told in Brief 1895 written by James M. Wells and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building Idaho written by Jennifer Eastman Attebery and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A interpretive view of both the business of building and the history of architectural style and technology in Idaho, beginning with the earliest archaeological evidences of building. Filled with great contemporary and period illustrations. 10x111/4 Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book New Chronicles of Rebecca written by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wilderness Cathedral written by Jake A. Eberlein and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wilderness Cathedral: The Story of Idaho's Oldest Building, historian and Coeur d'Alene resident Jake Eberlein writes with relish as he tells the story of the Old Sacred Heart Mission and its significance to Cataldo and the larger Pacific Northwest region. Eberlein correctly points out that although this is a history of a single building, the story he tells is really the history of the region. Wilderness Cathedral makes important contributions to our understanding of Idaho's history but it also offers a valuable lesson on why communities should strive to preserve our historical landmarks for future generations to appreciate. Mark Ellis, PhDProfessor of HistoryUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney While much is written about religious buildings such as the California Missions or St. Patrick's Cathedral, until this book precious little has been written about Sacred Heart Mission in Cataldo, ID. Historian Jake Eberlein traces the founding of the mission in the 19th century, the struggles and conflicts in building the mission, the changes it survived and the faith of the Native Americans and the Jesuits who served them which stood the passage of time. Wilderness Cathedral is a pioneering historical effort that sheds light on one of America's great monuments. Jake Eberlein holds a master's degree in history from the University of Nebraska. He currently resides in Idaho with his wife and children.
Download or read book Godforsaken Idaho written by Shawn Vestal and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine stories illuminate what it means to be Mormon and how faith serves to humanize, in a work that includes a seriocomic portrait of a young Joseph Smith.
Download or read book Traveling History Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Big Trouble written by J. Anthony Lukas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as "toweringly important" (Baltimore Sun), "a work of scrupulous and significant reportage" (E. L. Doctorow), and "an unforgettable historical drama" (Chicago Sun-Times), Big Trouble brings to life the astonishing case that ultimately engaged President Theodore Roosevelt, Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the politics and passions of an entire nation at century's turn. After Idaho's former governor is blown up by a bomb at his garden gate at Christmastime 1905, America's most celebrated detective, Pinkerton James McParland, takes over the investigation. His daringly executed plan to kidnap the radical union leader "Big Bill" Haywood from Colorado to stand trial in Idaho sets the stage for a memorable courtroom confrontation between the flamboyant prosecutor, progressive senator William Borah, and the young defender of the dispossessed, Clarence Darrow. Big Trouble captures the tumultuous first decade of the twentieth century, when capital and labor, particularly in the raw, acquisitive West, were pitted against each other in something close to class war. Lukas paints a vivid portrait of a time and place in which actress Ethel Barrymore, baseball phenom Walter Johnson, and editor William Allen White jostled with railroad magnate E. H. Harriman, socialist Eugene V. Debs, gunslinger Charlie Siringo, and Operative 21, the intrepid Pinkerton agent who infiltrated Darrow's defense team. This is a grand narrative of the United States as it charged, full of hope and trepidation, into the twentieth century.
Download or read book Idaho 100 written by Randy Stapilus and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Educated written by Tara Westover and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University “Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle’s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library
Download or read book The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol XXXI History of Washington Idaho and Montana 1845 1889 written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-10 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.
Download or read book The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft History of Washington Idaho and Montana written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.
Download or read book The Bricklayer Mason and Plasterer written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 100 Selected Stories written by O. Henry and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1995 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O Henry's finest stories is a showcase for the sheer varienty of one of America's best-loved short story writers. They are marked by coincidence and surprise endings as well as compassion and high humour.
Download or read book Christmas in Idaho written by Ray Downing and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas-themed novelette geared to inspire holiday excitement in all readers. This fictional story is interwoven with the New Testament account of Christ's birth, death and resurrection. Scientific and philosophical themes add an extra level of interest for the sophisticated reader. The book is lavishly illustrated and has an associated audio version with a reading accompanied by a musical score.
