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Barrington
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Barrington Preservation Society
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Founded in 1930, the Institute for Advanced Study was conceived of
high ideals for the future of America and its system of higher
education, and was made possible by sibling philanthropists Louis
Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. Guided by education expert
Abraham Flexner, the Bambergers created an independent institution
devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. The Institute for Advanced
Study opened its arms to scholars "without regard to race, creed,
or sex." It provided a haven for Jewish intellectuals fleeing Nazi
Germany, including Albert Einstein, who remained on the permanent
faculty until his death in 1955, and became the intellectual home
of such luminaries as J. Robert Oppenheimer, John von Neumann, Kurt
G del, Marston Morse, Oswald Veblen, Hermann Weyl, Homer A.
Thompson, Erwin Panofsky, George F. Kennan, Clifford Geertz, and
Freeman Dyson.
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Early Reno
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Nevada Historical Society Docent Council
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Founded in 1802, Lebanon, Ohio, was once dubbed by noted author and
broadcaster Charles Kurault as the most historic spot in the state.
Home to Ohio's oldest business, the iconic Golden Lamb, and the
oldest weekly newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains, the
Western Star, Lebanon has sat quietly by the side of the road for
over two centuries and waited while the world came to it. Located
midway on the main stage route between Cincinnati and Dayton,
Lebanon was a natural stopping point for travelers throughout the
19th and early 20th centuries, including 12 U.S. presidents and
numerous authors and dignitaries who would help mold America's
future. Along the way, Lebanon was home to one of the earliest
coeducational teachers colleges, National Normal University, and
the largest Shaker community in the west, Union Village. The men
and the monuments are all gone now, but the city, rich in history
and heritage, remains.
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Farmington
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Reginald W. Neale; Foreword by Margaret Hartsough
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In March 1790, the first permanent settlers traveled through the
wilderness to their new home in Farmington. Two centuries later,
the site would become the fastest-growing township in New York
State. Farmington developed into a unique transportation and
manufacturing community where sawmills, grain mills, asheries, and
foundries thrived. The town was serviced by the New York Central
and Lehigh Valley Railroads and the Rochester and Eastern Rapid
Railway, which had stops in the vanished hamlets of Mertensia and
Hathaway's Corners. Today these railroad tracks have been reclaimed
as recreational trails. The collection of photographs in Farmington
weaves together the history of the mills, stores, churches, and
families that make the township what it is today. Many of the
images were captured by early Farmington photographer E. J.
Gardner, whose practiced eye and personal connection to his
neighborhood resulted in a priceless record of the people of
Farmington.
In Union County, New Jersey, many soldiers and sailors of African
ancestry answered President Lincoln's call for troops during the
Civil War, and enlisted in regiments organized in Union County, the
United States Colored Troops (USCT), out-of-state-regiments and the
United States Navy and Marine Corps. They fought not only for
country, but also for their comrades in chains in the south and for
the promise of equality that they had for so long been denied.
Through their stories, never before seen photographs, documents and
service records, local historian Ethel M. Washington tells a
largely overlooked but riveting history of patriotic Black
servicemen in the antebellum north, who defended the nation's
ideals on the battlefield, even as they faced discrimination in the
ranks and back home.
East Harlem Revisited presents a fresh look at this historic
neighborhood through rare photographic images. Photographs taken
from tenement rooftops, at family gatherings, and of sports and
events celebrate a bygone era and the neighborhood's diversity. A
neighborhood of many ethnicities and languages, at one time a
section of East Harlem made up the largest Little Italy in the
country. The landmarks that have been preserved throughout the
years detail the importance and impact of architectural development
on East Harlem's history. Photographs of the neighborhood's
tenements and public housing depict East Harlem's changing
landscape, while images of famous residents celebrate the many
talented individuals who have called East Harlem home.
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Newport
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Diane Disse, Jodi Weeber, Loretta Harrison, Lincoln County Historical Society
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Newport and its surrounding areas are beautiful and bountiful,
offering resources for fishing, logging, shipping, and tourism.
Today's community, similar to populations that settled the land in
earlier days, is independent, hearty, and versatile. The Yacona,
the Native Americans who called Newport home before the arrival of
other cultures, lived almost entirely off the land and waterways.
Later settlers, while still reliant on natural resources,
integrated technology into the growth of their society. As the area
matured, the desire to find balance and preserve natural resources
grew. Today Newport's heritage remains strong, and this book serves
as a tribute to its history.
The Nueces River runs west to east across La Salle County, and at
one time it served as the boundary between Texas and Mexico. The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, ceded the Nueces Strip
to Texas. La Salle County was formed out of some of this land in
1858. Early settlers struggled to survive in the wild terrain amid
fears of attacks from outlaws and natives. From the Indian Raid of
1878 and the assassination of a sheriff, to droughts and dust
storms, the hardy people of La Salle County persevered. After an
election in 1883, Cotulla was selected as the permanent county
seat, a courthouse was erected, and churches and schools were
built. The lawlessness of the past is gone, but the county's
residents share the perseverance of those early pioneers.
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Temple Terrace
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Lana Burroughs, Tim Lancaster, Grant Rimbey with the Temple Terrace Preservation Society
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The influential and adventurous Chicago socialite Mrs. Potter
Palmer (Bertha) struck out for Florida in 1910, eventually buying
thousands of acres of land across the state. In 1914, after setting
up residence in Sarasota, she established Riverhills, a hunting
preserve on 19,000 acres in the area now known as Temple Terrace.
Local historians believe it was Palmer's vision to create one of
America's first planned golf course communities, where every
Mediterranean Revival villa sold would include its own grove.
Intended to provide a hobby and part-time income for the wealthy
Northerners lured to the Sunshine State, 5,000 acres were planted
with the exotic hybrid Temple orange--making up the largest citrus
grove in the world at the time. The new city was named after the
orange and for the sloping terrain of the land along the
Hillsborough River.
Within a mile from the center of Winston-Salem, the 21st century
gives way to an earlier time in the historic district of Old Salem.
Cross-timbered houses, costumed interpreters, historic and
interactive museums, and period gardens show and tell the story of
the Moravian town of Salem, established in 1766. Old Salem is also
the home of Salem Academy and College, begun in 1772 as a school to
educate Moravian girls and in continuous operation since its
founding. Step back in time and view Salem before and after its
transformation to a living history museum and experience the
Moravian way of life in Piedmont North Carolina.
In December 1910, Indian traders John and Louisa Wetherill opened
their trading post--with a tent for supplies (and sleeping) and a
store counter of boards laid across two barrels. From that modest
beginning, Kayenta became the center of Navajo gatherings and
exploring expeditions to Rainbow Bridge, Monument Valley, and the
grand cliff dwellings in Tsegi Canyon. Soon came a parade of
visitors, including authors, painters, and archaeologists, as well
as cowboys, miners, traders, and tourists. The Kayenta Township
today is home to descendants of the early inhabitants and the hub
for thousands of annual visitors from around the world who come to
see the magnificent region known as Monument Valley.
Sheboygan deserves its reputation as a conservative city clean,
quiet and law-abiding. But here are some stories that have been
swept under the rug or lost overboard. Venture into the mists of
the "Lake Michigan Triangle" that have swallowed boats, planes and
entire tribes. Investigate speakeasy shootings, safes burgled by a
fly swatter, poisoned Christmas candy, flaming shipwrecks and the
hoax that had militiamen firing on their own cattle. Or just sit
down with some bizarre anecdotes about a hometown you thought you
knew, from the town's first baseball game to the man freed from
jail by a jug of whiskey to the deputy sheriff who had to enforce
Nicholas Hoffman's first bath in fifty years.
Florida in the late 1800s was a veritable jungle frontier. It was
hot, dangerous, hostile, and difficult to traverse and settle.
Voracious insect swarms, bears, panthers, and alligators were
dangerous to the unwary. There were postwar military trails and
steamboats on the major waterways, but much of the state was
inaccessible. In spite of its untamed nature, stories continued to
filter into the north of Florida's exciting potential. This setting
attracted all sorts of adventurers: land developers, people
desperate for land, and people who wanted to make a quick dollar.
The ones who stayed and thrived were tough, innovative,
hard-working visionaries. This book focuses on the late 1800s
through the 1920s, a truly exciting period in Indian River County
history.
Those who have halted their treks down the National Road in
Effingham County form a diverse band of characters, from Joseph
Boleyjack, known as the "parched corn, summer preacher," to
polished orators like William Jennings Bryan, who continued
exhorting enthusiastic Effingham crowds as his train pulled away.
Donaldson traces this story back to before this land was known as
Effingham, to the burial mounds of the Kickapoo. He presses on
through the challenges the county's determined inhabitants faced in
the twentieth century, from the horrors witnessed abroad in the
world wars to those faced at home during the Great Depression and
in the tragic St. Anthony's Hospital fire. His obvious passion for
the county's past is sure to strike a spark with lifelong residents
and new arrivals alike.
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East Amwell
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East Amwell Historical Society
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Hesperia
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Gary "Old Town Griz" Drylie
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During the late 1860s, Hispanos from Colorado's San Luis Valley
moved their families east over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains into
Huerfano County. Their story is an important and almost forgotten
part of Colorado's history as a whole, though their contributions
are still felt throughout the area today and their descendents
still call this land home. In Forgotten Cuchare os of the Lower
Valley, historian Virginia Sanchez brings this fascinating account
of Native American, Hispano and Anglo cultures to life, presenting
new information about Cucharas and the people who settled thee.
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