Download or read book History of Fayette County Kentucky written by Robert Peter and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the 1882 ed. published by O. L. Baskin, Chicago, with a newly prepared index.
Download or read book Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania written by John Woolf Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clermont Fayette County written by Jane Jurgens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located on the east and west banks of the Turkey River, Clermont has historically attracted settlers for both its idyllic setting and its proximity to water. Clermont's story is revealed here in over 200 vintage photographs that trace the town's progress from the early days through the late 1920s. Drawn by inexpensive and fertile land, immigrants from Germany, Ireland, and Norway came to Clermont because of the new possibilities and opportunities afforded to those living by the river. The building of the brick mill, the cooper mill, and the introduction of the railroad were all major events that resulted in Clermont's development as a trading center. With informative captions narrating your visual tour, this collection provides an intimate look at the town.
Download or read book History of Fayette County Ohio written by Frank M. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unexplained written by Victoria Dutko Leonelli and published by Shore Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is the first in a proposed series of strange and incredible stories. The events described and recounted in these stories occurred in Fayette County, Pennsylvania . Author Victoria Dutko Leonelli has selected an assortment of tales and stories ranging from a long ago Shawnee tribe legend to a young child's encounter with ghosts in the 1980s. The original artwork and rare images are truly remarkable. These stories are being presented to you for your enjoyment. These tales will pique the imaginations of those who have a thirst for the eerie, the mysterious and the utterly inexplicable. But readers beware! Some of these stories may simply tickle your funny bone, but others will certainly tingle your spine.
Download or read book Historic Fayette County written by Carolyn C. Cary and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death Unexpected written by Bruce L. Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South written by Charles S. Bullock and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 achieved what two constitutional amendments and three civil rights acts could not: giving African Americans in the South access to the ballot free from restriction or intimidation. The most exhaustive treatment of elections and race in the region in sixty years, The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South explores the impact of that landmark legislation and highlights lingering concerns about minority political participation. In this state-by-state assessment, Charles S. Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie show how minorities have become politically empowered thanks to the act—particularly its Section 5 provision, which requires jurisdictions that have had low levels of minority voting to obtain federal clearance before altering election laws. Blending data and anecdote, the authors demonstrate how minority participation in politics has improved as measured by voter registration and turnout, election of African Americans to political office, and minorities’ success in electing preferred candidates. Eleven southern states are discussed, including Arkansas and Tennessee, where Section 5 was not implemented, and Florida and Texas, where the act takes into account Latino participation. Concluding chapters offer a comparative assessment of voting rights progress across the South, explore the political by-products of the act, and analyze the 2008 election of President Barack Obama in light of wider access to the polls. The authors also discuss whether Section 5, set to expire in 2031, will be needed any longer. Political scientists, historians, students, and all those interested in southern politics and minority voting rights will find this study rich in information and insight as it shows how race and party interact in the modern South.
Download or read book Civil War in Fayette County West Virginia written by Tim McKinney and published by Quarrier Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive book on the Civil War theatre in Fayette County. Lifelong resident of Fayette County, Tim McKinney is well known all over the region for his meticulous research and well written books on the Civil War. Generous amounts of photographs, maps, sketches, and letters, along with the nature of the fighting over extremely rough terrain, make this history enjoyable for war buffs as well as the casual reader. From the Richmond Dispatch, 1861: In Mountain Warfare the learning of strategist is of little importance. In a country where it is impossible to find enough level land to muster a company of militia, there is little scope for ingeniously studied military plans. It is impossible for the books to embrace the thousand topographical features of a wild region, where all nature seems drunk and the hills and mountains in high frolic. The only rule of warfare in such a region is to throw away all rule. The policy there is to fight and march, to march and fight. Ingenious ink and paper plans of campaign are about as useless in the region about the Big Sewell Mountain as a McCormick's reaper in a mountain "wheat" field. The great requisites of an army fit for mountain warfare are good legs and plenty of ammunition. The best general for such an army is he who will keep them most actively on the march and most constantly loading and firing. Physical exertion is the great thing in mountain warfare; the refined strategy of science can have no play.
Download or read book Evicted written by Alice Faye Duncan and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlist, Goddard Riverside/CBC Young People's Book Prize for Social Justice This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee's Fayette County Tent City Movement in the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote. Powerfully conveyed through interconnected stories and told through the eyes of a child, this book combines poetry, prose, and stunning illustrations to shine light on this forgotten history. The late 1950s was a turbulent time in Fayette County, Tennessee. Black and White children went to different schools. Jim Crow signs hung high. And while Black hands in Fayette were free to work in the nearby fields as sharecroppers, the same Black hands were barred from casting ballots in public elections. If they dared to vote, they faced threats of violence by the local Ku Klux Klan or White citizens. It wasn't until Black landowners organized registration drives to help Black citizens vote did change begin--but not without White farmers' attempts to prevent it. They violently evicted Black sharecroppers off their land, leaving families stranded and forced to live in tents. White shopkeepers blacklisted these families, refusing to sell them groceries, clothes, and other necessities. But the voiceless did finally speak, culminating in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which legally ended voter discrimination. Perfect for young readers, teachers/librarians, and parents interested in books for kids with themes of: Activism Social justice Civil rights Black history
Download or read book HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA written by BOYD. CRUMRINE and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission 1779 1780 written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of the Dead written by Muriel Rukeyser and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a rare engagement with the overlap between race and environment in Appalachia. Published for the first time alongside photographs by Nancy Naumburg, who accompanied Rukeyser to Gauley Bridge in 1936, this edition of The Book of the Dead includes an introduction by Catherine Venable Moore, whose writing on the topic has been anthologized in Best American Essays.
Download or read book Fayette County written by Jon Todd "Jt" Koenig and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1837 out of Stephen F. Austin's original colony, Fayette County's roots reach back in Texas history to the days of Mexican empresarios and native Indian tribes, spanning the boom period of 19th century European migration and colonization and stretching into the earliest days of 20th century America. It is the quintessential Texas county made up of vibrant, diverse cultures and unique communities. Originally settled by "Americans" from the southern United States, its later development was influenced and led by first German and then Czech immigrants escaping the European revolutions and economic hardships in search of the definitive American Dream.
Download or read book Cummins Creek Project Fayette County written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fayette County Illinois Fishing Floating Guide Book written by Jim Maccracken and published by Recreational Guides. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fayette County Illinois Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 271 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. NEW NEW Now with a complete set of 15 full sized U.S.G.S. Topographical Maps for the entire county that normally cost from $12.00 to $14.00 each but are included on the disk for FREE. These maps are complete full sized 7.5 minute series quadrangle maps in 1:24,000 scale maps. Contains complete information on Becks Creek* Big Creeks* Carlyle Lake Carlyle Lake Overflow Ponds Crooked Creek Dismal Creek Hickory Creek* Hurricane Creek* Kaskaskia River* Lake Nellie Mitchell Creek Ramsey Creek* Ramsey Lake St Elmo South Lake Vandalia City Lake and Wolf Creek (*) means floatable stream or river
Download or read book Report written by Pennsylvania. Department of Health and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: