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Charles County Revisited

Jacqueline Zilliox
Charles County Revisited Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Zilliox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738567701

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Charles County was chartered in 1658 and marked its 350th anniversary in 2008. In its lifespan, it has transformed itself from an agriculturally based English colony to an explosive commercial bedroom community for Washington, D.C. In this second volume on Charles County, the author reveals just how that happened. Most of the images in this book focus on the explosive growth the county experienced from the 1940s to 1970s. They also provide a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people doing everyday things. An eye-opening chapter about the county's legalized gambling era will recall the neon icons that signaled entrepreneurial risk takers, gamblers, and service industries to enter, and forever change, southern Maryland's plantation lifestyle. A chapter on law enforcement and the judicial system will solicit an appreciation of one of the earliest institutions in the county. Good Samaritans are properly recognized for their noble works in chapters on infrastructure and service clubs.

Charles County Revisited

Jacqueline Zilliox
Charles County Revisited Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Zilliox
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1531644481

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Charles County was chartered in 1658 and marked its 350th anniversary in 2008. In its lifespan, it has transformed itself from an agriculturally based English colony to an explosive commercial bedroom community for Washington, D.C. In this second volume on Charles County, the author reveals just how that happened. Most of the images in this book focus on the explosive growth the county experienced from the 1940s to 1970s. They also provide a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people doing everyday things. An eye-opening chapter about the county's legalized gambling era will recall the neon icons that signaled entrepreneurial risk takers, gamblers, and service industries to enter, and forever change, southern Maryland's plantation lifestyle. A chapter on law enforcement and the judicial system will solicit an appreciation of one of the earliest institutions in the county. Good Samaritans are properly recognized for their noble works in chapters on infrastructure and service clubs.

A Question of Quality

Louis Filler
A Question of Quality Book PDF

Author : Louis Filler
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0879720786

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The subjects treated in this symposium have one major characteristic in common, that they have recently, or relatively recently, enjoyed high popularity among readers. Also, they have received from substantial to torrents of comment.

The History of Charles County, Maryland

Margaret Brown Klapthor,Paul Dennis Brown
The History of Charles County Maryland Book PDF

Author : Margaret Brown Klapthor,Paul Dennis Brown
Publisher : Heritage Classic
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0788401602

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Chronicles 300 years in the development of Charles County. The area known today as Charles County lies along a wide curve of the Potomac River, just south of Washington, D.C., and across the river from George Washington's boyhood home in Virginia. It has been steeped in history since Captain John Smith explored the area in 1608. This commemorative book marked Charles County's 300th birthday by chronicling its beginning in the 17th century, its growth and development in the 18th century, and its maturity in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is illustrated with ancient maps and portraits of historical figures, from Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, for whom the county was named, to the Lincoln conspirators, who fled across the county in their desperate escape bid. Researchers will find an abundance of valuable material: a thorough list of notes and references is followed by appendices which include a description of the original boundaries of "old" Charles County (which included parts of St. Mary's, Calvert, present-day Charles and Prince George's counties); a list of Charles Countians of prominence; bibliography; 1790 U.S. census for Charles County, and a comprehensive index of names, places, and subjects. This work is cited in the Harvard Guide to American History.

Charles County

Jacqueline Zilliox
Charles County Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Zilliox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-04
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439617649

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Faithful subjects of the English crown, Jesuits, and entrepreneurs first settled in Charles County in the early 1630s. The area quickly sprouted into Colonial-styled plantation life of distinct Southern charm. The currency of the day was tobacco, even for payment of taxes and doctor bills. Through the War of 1812 and the Civil War, the mainly agricultural economy of the county was devastated. But as time passed, plantations became farmsteads, Native American trails became roadways, and the railroad created new town centers, such as Waldorf and La Plata. In the earlier years, the county’s self-sufficiency was strongly displayed when the public school system and fire departments were started through private donations. For most of its life, Charles County’s only employer not associated with agriculture was the Indian Head Naval Proving Ground, now known as the Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center. It is still ranked as the county’s number one employer. Tobacco still reigned as the cash crop of choice until 2000.

Stories from the Leopold Shack

Estella B. Leopold
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Author : Estella B. Leopold
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780190463243

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In 1934, conservationist Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella bought a barn - the remnant of a farm - and surrounding lands in south-central Wisconsin. The entire Leopold clan - five children in all - worked together to put into practice Aldo's "land ethic," which involved ecological restoration and sustainability. In the process, they built more than a pleasant weekend getaway; they established a new way of relating to nature. In 1948, A Sand County Almanac was published, and it has become a beloved and foundational text of the conservation movement. Decades later, Estella B. Leopold, the youngest of the Leopold children - she was eight when they bought the land - now reflects on the "Shack," as they called the repurposed barn, and its inhabitants, and recalls with clear-eyed fondness the part it played in her and her siblings' burgeoning awareness of nature's miracles, season by season. In Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited, she unforgettably recalls the intensity of those days: the taste of fresh honey on sourdough pancakes; the trumpeting arrival of migrating Canada geese; the awesome power of river ice driven by currents - and each description is accompanied by stunning photographs by her brother, A. Carl Leopold. As the Leopolds worked to restore degraded farmland back to its original prairie and woods, they noted and celebrated all of the flora and fauna that came to share the Shack lands. As first evoked in A Sand County Almanac, and now revisited in Stories from the Leopold Shack, the Leopold family's efforts of ecological restoration were among the earliest in the United States, and their work, collectively and individually, continues to have a profound impact on land management and conservationism. All of Aldo and Estella Leopold's children went on to become distinguished scientists and to devote themselves to a life of conservation; their work continues through the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Estella B. Leopold book offers a voyage back to the place where it all began.

The Physical Features of Charles County

Maryland. Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources
The Physical Features of Charles County Book PDF

Author : Maryland. Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Geology
ISBN : UOM:39015035473506

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Technical Abstract Bulletin

Anonim
Technical Abstract Bulletin Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Science
ISBN : CORNELL:31924057177044

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Catalog of Copyright Entries

Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Catalog of Copyright Entries Book PDF

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1740 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119497662

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New Publications of the Geological Survey

Geological Survey (U.S.)
New Publications of the Geological Survey Book PDF

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Geology
ISBN : UOM:39015022362266

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