Download or read book The Chesapeake and Potomac Country written by Oliver Martin and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature and History in the Potomac Country written by James D. Rice and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y
Download or read book Nature and History in the Potomac Country written by James D. Rice and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How environmental forces, and human responses to them, profoundly shaped both Native American and colonial life along the Potomac River. James D. Rice’s fresh study of the Potomac River basin begins with a mystery. Why, when the whole of the region offered fertile soil and excellent fishing and hunting, was nearly three-quarters of the land uninhabited on the eve of colonization? Rice wonders how the existence of this no man’s land influenced nearby Native American and, later, colonial settlements. Did it function as a commons, as a place where all were free to hunt and fish? Or was it perceived as a strange and hostile wilderness? Rice discovers environmental factors at the center of the story. Making use of extensive archaeological and anthropological research, as well as the vast scholarship on farming practices in the colonial period, he traces the region’s history from its earliest known habitation. With exceptionally vivid prose, Rice makes clear the implications of unbridled economic development for the forests, streams, and wetlands of the Potomac River basin. With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river’s waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people.
Download or read book The Chesapeake Bay Country written by Swepson Earle and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Giddings of the Chesapeake Potomac written by William C. Giddings (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of the James Francis Giddings family starting in Cornwall, England then on to Loudoun County, Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay Region of Maryland and Virginia. Included is a brief history of Col. William Giddings who was superintendent of Loudoun County schools in 1885.
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company written by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Potomac written by Judith Welles and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never-before-published photographs display the history and beauty of Potomac, Maryland. Many of the images have been donated from Montgomery History and private collections. Located in Montgomery County, Potomac is close to Washington, DC, and many notables from the past and present, including political figures and celebrities, have made the area their home. The Civil War and its aftermath left its mark on Offutts Crossroads, the early name of Potomac. The book tells the story of the 1865 gold rush and the mining that continued until 1940. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park borders Potomac with the wonder of Great Falls and historic lock tender houses. Rare photographs highlight the celebrated Potomac Hunt. Potomac still has quiet country roads and estate homes interspersed among new neighborhoods and modern shopping. Like its historic past, present-day Potomac Village is the area's commercial hub, with multiple banks, grocery stores, shops, and restaurants.
Download or read book Chesapeake Colonial Country Club on the Potomac River Mount Holly Virginia written by Chesapeake Colonial Country Club (Mount Holly, Va.) and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chesapeake Bay Country written by Swepson Earle and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chesapeake Country written by Eugene L. Meyer and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Chesapeake country. With photographs and text, it provides a guide to Chesapeake's variegated wildlife, towns forgotten by time, spectacular vistas, the diverse lifestyles of the people who live there, and the environmental and ecological challenges that the bay faces
Download or read book The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by Mary H. Rubin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fights of founding fathers to those fought in the supreme court, the pivotal role of this unassuming canal comes to life with historic images and insider insights. With the founding of his Patowmack Company in 1785, George Washington first hoped to make the Potomac River a viable route to America's West. The skirting canals the company constructed around the Great Falls rapids at Harpers Ferry, Seneca, and Little Falls made the Potomac's rushing waters navigable. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company was chartered by Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania in 1828 to build a truly useful canal through to the Ohio Valley. President John Quincy Adams turned the first spadeful of dirt on Independence Day of 1828 for what was hailed as the "Great National Project" to connect Georgetown to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The canal created an entire community of people and a way of life different from any other. At the height of operations, over 500 boats plied the 184.5 miles of the canal's waters. After many financial difficulties, competition from railroads, and the devastating effects of the Civil War as well as a flood, the canal went into receivership and was closed in 1924. In 1954, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas brought attention back to the canal with a fight to preserve the natural beauty for local residents. Today, the canal-listed as a National Historical Park-provides thousands with recreational opportunities, scenic nature trails, and gorgeous views.
Download or read book Stone Implements of the Potomac Chesapeake Tidewater Province written by William Henry Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Discovering the Chesapeake written by Philip D. Curtin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-03-21 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering the Chesapeake explores all of the long-term changes the Chesapeake has undergone and uncovers the inextricable connections among land, water, and humans in this unusually delicate ecosystem.
Download or read book Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay written by John Wennersten and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades after the Civil War, Chesapeake Bay became the scene of a life and death struggle to harvest the oyster.
Download or read book Land People Recreation in the Potomac River Basin written by United States. Federal Interdepartmental Task Force on the Potomac. Recreation and Landscape Sub-Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bay Country written by Tom Horton and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the changing environment and ecology of the Chesapeake Bay Region of Maryland and Virginia.
