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Book Oak Hill Cemetery

Download or read book Oak Hill Cemetery written by Paul P. Delisle and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Veterans of Oak Hill Cemetery

Download or read book The Veterans of Oak Hill Cemetery written by James N Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resting in Oak Hill cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan are about 1,800 veterans from the Revolutionary War to the Middle East, including one General and two Medal of Honor recipients. Included, when possible is the name of the veteran, birth and death, enlistment and discharge, unit and information regarding their service and veteran groups after the war.

Book A History of Birmingham and Its Environs

Download or read book A History of Birmingham and Its Environs written by George M. Cruikshank and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lincoln s Secretary s Secretary

Download or read book Lincoln s Secretary s Secretary written by Ann Marie Maguire and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life, times, art, and writings of Helen Nicolay

Book Spoon River Anthology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edgar Lee Masters
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2012-03-02
  • ISBN : 0486112101
  • Pages : 147 pages

Download or read book Spoon River Anthology written by Edgar Lee Masters and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAn American poetry classic, in which former citizens of a mythical midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dreams of their lives. /div

Book 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die

Download or read book 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die written by Loren Rhoads and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography andtheir unique histories and residents. More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Pè Lachaise cemetery each year.They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around the world, by a combination of natural beauty, ornate tombstones and crypts, notable residents, vivid history, and even wildlife. Many also visit Mount Koya cemetery in Japan, where 10,000 lanterns illuminate the forest setting, or graveside in Oaxaca, Mexico to witness Day of the Dead fiestas. Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery has gorgeous night tours of the Southern Gothic tombstones under moss-covered trees that is one of the most popular draws of the city. 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die features these unforgettable cemeteries, along with 196 more, seen in more than 300 photographs. In this bucket list of travel musts, author Loren Rhoads, who hosts the popular Cemetery Travel blog, details the history and features that make each destination unique. Throughout will be profiles of famous people buried there, striking memorials by noted artists, and unusual elements, such as the hand carved wood grave markers in the Merry Cemetery in Romania.

Book Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail

Download or read book Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail written by Ghlee E. Woodworth and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oakdale

    Book Details:
  • Author : Laura Fromwiller
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2014-08-04
  • ISBN : 1439646627
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Oakdale written by Laura Fromwiller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lapeer State Home has been a large part of the history of Lapeer County since its beginnings in 1895. After starting with three buildings and housing for 200 patients, the facility grew to encompass several hundred acres and, at its peak, accommodating over 4,000 patients. The history of the home includes a variety of memories from staff members, patients, and visitors who once walked its halls. Images of America: Oakdale: The Lapeer State Home provides a journey of this historic institution and attempts to bring some clarity to questions that remain about the home and its past.

Book The Art of Memory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas R. Dilley
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 2014-09-01
  • ISBN : 0814340202
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book The Art of Memory written by Thomas R. Dilley and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers with roots in Grand Rapids as well as those interested in social and cultural history will enjoy The Art of Memory.

Book Haunted Birmingham

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan Brown
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2009-09-09
  • ISBN : 1614233748
  • Pages : 103 pages

Download or read book Haunted Birmingham written by Alan Brown and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supernatural tour of Alabama’s biggest city, filled with local legends and Southern folklore . . . Photos included! From the eerie vestiges of the Sloss Furnaces to the unexplained (and un-booked) performances in the Alabama Theatre and the rather otherworldly room service at the Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham is truly one of the South’s supernatural hotbeds. Renowned author and ghost expert Alan Brown delivers a fascinating, downright spine-chilling collection of haunts from around the city and surrounding neighborhoods such as Bessemer, Columbiana, Jasper, and Montevallo. Residents and tourists alike will cherish this glimpse into the city’s inexplicable occupants, and the lively history behind the legends.

Book Grave Landscapes

    Book Details:
  • Author : James R. Cothran
  • Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
  • Release : 2018-01-31
  • ISBN : 1611177995
  • Pages : 391 pages

Download or read book Grave Landscapes written by James R. Cothran and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing urban populations prompted major changes in graveyard location, design, and use During the Industrial Revolution people flocked to American cities. Overcrowding in these areas led to packed urban graveyards that were not only unsightly, but were also a source of public health fears. The solution was a revolutionary new type of American burial ground located in the countryside just beyond the city. This rural cemetery movement, which featured beautifully landscaped grounds and sculptural monuments, is documented by James R. Cothran and Erica Danylchak in Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth-Century Rural Cemetery Movement. The movement began in Boston, where a group of reformers that included members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society were grappling with the city's mounting burial crisis. Inspired by the naturalistic garden style and melancholy-infused commemorative landscapes that had emerged in Europe, the group established a burial ground outside of Boston on an expansive tract of undulating, wooded land and added meandering roadways, picturesque ponds, ornamental trees and shrubs, and consoling memorials. They named it Mount Auburn and officially dedicated it as a rural cemetery. This groundbreaking endeavor set a powerful precedent that prompted the creation of similarly landscaped rural cemeteries outside of growing cities first in the Northeast, then in the Midwest and South, and later in the West. These burial landscapes became a cultural phenomenon attracting not only mourners seeking solace, but also urbanites seeking relief from the frenetic confines of the city. Rural cemeteries predated America's public parks, and their popularity as picturesque retreats helped propel America's public parks movement. This beautifully illustrated volume features more than 150 historic photographs, stereographs, postcards, engravings, maps, and contemporary images that illuminate the inspiration for rural cemeteries, their physical evolution, and the nature of the landscapes they inspired. Extended profiles of twenty-four rural cemeteries reveal the cursive design features of this distinctive landscape type prior to the American Civil War and its evolution afterward. Grave Landscapes details rural cemetery design characteristics to facilitate their identification and preservation and places rural cemeteries into the broader context of American landscape design to encourage appreciation of their broader influence on the design of public spaces.

Book Lost Mill Towns of North Georgia

Download or read book Lost Mill Towns of North Georgia written by Lisa M. Russell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textile era was born of a perfect storm. When North Georgia's red clay failed farmers and prices fell during Reconstruction, opportunities arose. Beginning in the 1880s, textile industries moved south. Mill owners enticed an entire workforce to leave their farms and move their families into modern mill villages, encased communities with stores, theaters, baseball teams, bands and schools. To some workers, mill village life was idyllic. They had work, recreation, education, shopping and a home with the modern conveniences of running water and electricity. Most importantly, they got a paycheck. But after the New Deal, workers started to see the raw deal they were getting from mill owners and rebelled. Strikes and economic changes began to erode the era of mill villages, and by the 1960s, mill village life was all but gone. Author Lisa Russell brings these once-vibrant communities back to life.

Book Lipstick Brigade

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cindy Gueli
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-03-26
  • ISBN : 9780692374108
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Lipstick Brigade written by Cindy Gueli and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lipstick Brigade tells the dynamic, inspiring-and until now, untold-story of Washington's World War II "Government Girls," recruited from every corner of the nation to staff the offices of America's central command post. Sometimes called white-collar Rosie the Riveters, this clerical corps over 100,000 strong became federal stenographers, typists, code breakers, analysts, and spies. Filled with firsthand accounts and extensive primary research, Lipstick Brigade brings World War II-era Washington to life. Despite its romanticized image, the nation's wartime capital was gritty, carnal, frustrating, and sometimes deadly. From Sister Carrie to Carrie Bradshaw, the adventures of young, single women working in the big city have captured the public's imagination. Lipstick Brigade explores the captivating, surprising, and often moving stories of how these real-life adventurers confronted the challenges of war and transformed the usually sedate capital into a rollicking boomtown.

Book Boston s Copp s Hill Burying Ground Guide

Download or read book Boston s Copp s Hill Burying Ground Guide written by Charles Chauncey Wells and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the most definitive book about Boston's North End Copp's Hill Burying Ground in 110 years. It describes the famous and interesting personages buired there, has a complete Boston Tea Party and Revolutionary War soldiers list, current tombstone inventory and complete maps.

Book The People s History of Live Oak County  Texas

Download or read book The People s History of Live Oak County Texas written by Ervin Leslie Sparkman and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Signposts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Loomis
  • Publisher : San Jose Historical Museum
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN : 9780914139065
  • Pages : 97 pages

Download or read book Signposts written by Patricia Loomis and published by San Jose Historical Museum. This book was released on 1982 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: