Download or read book Historic Alamance County written by William Murray Vincent and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Alamance County, North Carolina pared with histories of the local companies

Download or read book Shuttle Plow written by Carole Watterson Troxler and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Alamance written by Sallie Walker Stockard and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historic Sites of Alamance County written by Alamance County (N.C.). Bicentennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shuttle Plow written by Carole Watterson Troxler and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively two-part narrative, Carole W. Troxler and William M. Vincent place the legacy of Alamance County solidly in the context of regional and national history. Using a broad social scope and the conventional break at 1865, they connect themes and stories across that artificial line. The resulting threads link pre-Civil War divisions with the post-Emancipation violence that made the area the storm center of the state in the 1870s. Thereafter, recovery and renewal depended on leadership, education, and especially labor -- the constant back-and-forth motion of the shuttle across the loom and its parallel, the plow along the furrow.Shuttle & Plow spans more than three centuries, twice the age of the county carved from western Orange County in 1849. The greater Alamance story includes cultural changes over time, including religious dynamics that came to distinguish much of Southern life. Economic currents begin with deerskin trade and the impact that Native American trading paths had on where new arrivals settled. Methods of farming and home manufacturing are explored, along with the functions of crossroads trading and manufacturing centers before the coming of the railroad. After the Civil War, transitions to wage labor and commercial farming reinforced the rise and domination of textiles. Refinements and adjustments in the textile industry and farming are a major twentieth century theme, along with increasing economic diversity. Changes in labor relations and race relations are important features of the county's social heritage.Shuttle & Plow reveals previously untold stories, many in the words of their actors. Its research grasped longstanding thorns, such as the controversial reputation of a Quaker abolitionist/slave owner and the identity of Wyatt Outlaw. Since the book's 1999 publication, its depth and documentation are encouraging learners and established scholars alike to research further into this microcosm of the American South that is Alamance County. North Carolina Libraries calls the book ?a scholars dream . . . and one of the finest county histories in the nation. . . . Shuttle & Plow sets the standard.' The Alamance County Historical Association is pleased to reissue it for a broader market.

Download or read book The History of Alamance written by Sallie Walker Stockard and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Centennial History of Alamance County 1849 1949 written by Walter E. Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Centennial History of Alamance County 1849 1949 written by Walter E. Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alamance County written by William Kerr Lasley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alamance County, situated in the lush landscape of North Carolina's Piedmont, has played an important role in the state's history, from its early participation in the American Revolution to its continued contributions to North Carolina's growing industrial market. For generations, residents and visitors have enjoyed the pleasant combination of the county's pastoral scenery and the commercial conveniences of Burlington. In this volume of over 200 images, readers will experience their hometowns as never before, viewing Alamance from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s. Alamance County brings to life many of the old ways: scenes of local general stores, where city elders met to discuss the town's political issues and gossip of the day; snapshots of schoolchildren posing proudly in front of their one-room schoolhouses; images of the county's churches and many Victorian homes, their grand facades matched only by the elegance of their interiors; photographs capturing the excitement of Sunday excursions in the country and the commotion of the Centennial Parade down Burlington's crowded Main Street; and pictures and portraits of Alamance County natives--soldiers, merchants, government officials, and everyday citizens.

Download or read book Alamance written by Bess Beatty and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1837, Edwin M. Holt -- a thirty-year-old, fourth-generation North Carolinian -- established a small spinning mill on his family's land along the Haw River in rural Orange County. By his death in 1884, Holt's small spinning mill had come to dominate the textile industry in Alamance County -- which divided from Orange County in 1849 -- and gave the area an industrial legacy that would last for generations. Covering the Holt dynasty from the founding of the Alamance Factory in 1837 to the strike of 1900 that eventually shut down most of the family's mills, Alamance provides an excellent social history of southern industrial development. Bess Beatty intersperses chapters on the rise of the Holts with profiles on their workers to provide a thorough explanation of how industrialization affected sectional, familial, racial, and gender relations across class lines. Focusing on class formation and conflict, she rejects the long-held view that southern owners were paternalistic and that workers were docile and deferential, instead arguing that owners and workers had a contentious class-driven relationship, with both sides striving to maximize their economic success. Moreover, while Beatty shows that slavery, secession, war, defeat, and postbellum race relations influenced the development of southern industry, she maintains that industrialization in the South was not fundamentally different from that in other regions of the country. Alamance's story of southern industrial power makes an outstanding contribution to the history of southern communities and will fascinate those interested in the region, as well as students of social, business, and labor history.

Download or read book Remembering Alamance County written by Don Bolden and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembering Alamance County is a collection of historical stories that takes readers on a delightful journey through the years to meet a variety of interesting people and revisit some of the fascinating events that have helped to shape the story of this beloved county in the Tar Heel State. As history has progressed, so has Alamance County, and its citizens have witnessed scores of changes. Time has seen the county evolve from a quaint railroad community into a major textile center, with horse-drawn buggies giving way to streetcars, which all but disappeared with the advent of automobiles. Readers of this collection can turn back the clock and visit C.F. Pete Neese, the first child born in Burlington; Dr. Floyd Scott, who helped to bring the modern world to his country practice; Tom Zachary, who threw the pitch that put Babe Ruth in the record books and presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson, who rolled through Alamance County on the campaign trail. Some of the stories reflect major events in not only in the county s history, but in the nation s history as well. And tucked between the big names and big to-dos are some little-known tales that have contributed to make Alamance County the place it is today. Remembering Alamance County is a fond look at the history of a unique section of the North Carolina piedmont, sure to please old-timers and newcomers alike."

Download or read book Alamance County 1670 1945 Historical and Architectural History written by Benjamin Briggs and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on Alamance County history and architectural resources in fulfillment of National Register of Historic Places form 10-900a. Includes survey of county structures (89 pages).

Download or read book A Brief History of Alamance County North Carolina written by William Thornton Whitsett and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Local Schools written by Ronald E. Butchart and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 1986 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Prompting questions concerning educational experiences in your community and pointing you toward places to find answers, Local Schools will help you figure out what the schools in your community do and how they fit into the social and cultural context of your area"--From publisher description.

Download or read book Tastes in Plaid written by Alamance County Historical Museum and published by Alamance County Historical Museum. This book was released on 1990 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Brief History of Alamance County North Carolina with Sketches of the Whiteshell Family and the Huffman Family written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Centennial History of Alamance County 1849 1949 written by Walter Claiborne Whitaker and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: