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Author : Lisa M. Russell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467153843
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692644857
A pictorial tribute to the seventeen remaining historic covered bridges in Georgia.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0895876701
A guidebook with full-color photos for 56 gristmills and 16 covered bridges in GA
Author : Warren H. White
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786491605
Covered bridges are gaining public attention as states and counties make investments in their repair and preservation, offer tours of them, and build new ones. This work documents all extant covered bridges in the southeastern United States: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. (Mississippi has none.) The book is arranged by state, then by county and bridge name. The bridges are in four categories: authentic historic, authentic modern, non-authentic historic, and non-authentic modern. For each, a history and description, the World Guide Covered Bridge identification number, and length and width dimensions are given. To be included, a bridge must have been originally built as a true covered bridge, used as a means of traveling over an obstacle, usually water, not for access to a building or between buildings, and have a covered portion at least ten feet in length. There are 65 black & white and 55 color photographs.
Author : John S. Lupold,Thomas L. French Jr.
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820355382
Horace King (1807-1885) built covered bridges over every large river in Georgia, Alabama, and eastern Mississippi. That King, who began life as a slave in Cheraw, South Carolina, received no formal training makes his story all the more remarkable. This is the first major biography of the gifted architect and engineer who used his skills to transcend the limits of slavery and segregation and become a successful entrepreneur and builder. John S. Lupold and Thomas L. French Jr. add considerably to our knowledge of a man whose accomplishments demand wider recognition. As a slave and then as a freedman, King built bridges, courthouses, warehouses, factories, and houses in the three-state area. The authors separate legend from facts as they carefully document King’s life in the Chattahoochee Valley on the Georgia-Alabama border. We learn about King’s freedom from slavery in 1846, his reluctant support of the Confederacy, and his two terms in Alabama’s Reconstruction legislature. In addition, the biography reveals King’s relationship with his fellow (white) contractors and investors, especially John Godwin, his master and business partner, and Robert Jemison Jr., the Alabama entrepreneur and legislator who helped secure King’s freedom. The story does not end with Horace, however, because he passed his skills on to his three sons, who also became prominent builders and businessmen. In King’s world few other blacks had his opportunities to excel. King seized on his chances and became the most celebrated bridge builder in the Deep South. The reader comes away from King’s story with respect for the man; insight into the problems of financing, building, and maintaining covered bridges; and a new sense of how essential bridges were to the southern market economy.
Author : Terry E. Miller,Ronald G. Knapp
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462914203
As many as 15,000 covered bridges were built in North America over the past 200 years. Fewer than 1,000 remain. In America's Covered Bridges, authors Terry E. Miller and Ronald G. Knapp tell the fascinating story of these bridges, how they were built, the technological breakthroughs required to construct them and above all the dedication and skill of their builders. Each wooden bridge, whether still standing or long gone, has a story to tell about the nature of America at the time—not only about its transportational needs, but the availability of materials and the technological prowess of the people who built it. Illustrated with some 550 historical and contemporary photos, paintings, and technical drawings of nearly 400 different covered bridges, America's Covered Bridges offers five readable chapters on the history, design and fate of America's covered bridges, plus related bridges in Canada. Most of the contemporary photography is by master photographer A. Chester Ong of Hong Kong. 55 photo essays on the most iconic bridges including: Cornish-Windsor Bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire Porter-Parsonsfield Bridge, Maine East Paden and West Paden (Twin Bridges), Pennsylvania Philippi Bridge, West Virginia Hortons Mill Bridge, Alabama Medora Bridge, Indiana Rock Mill Bridge, Ohio Knight's Ferry Bridge, California Perrault Bridge, Quebec, Canada Hartland Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada Over time, wooden bridges eventually gave way to ones made of iron, steel and concrete. An American icon, many covered bridges became obsolete and were replaced—others simply decayed and collapsed. Many more were swept away by natural disasters and fires. America's Covered Bridges is absolutely packed with fascinating stories and information passionately told by two leading experts on this subject. The book will be of tremendous interest to anyone interested in American history, carpentry and technological change.
Author : Wil Elrick and Kelly Kazek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467140768
Alabama's covered bridges are reminiscent of a more romantic time, when people rode in horse-drawn buggies and couples stole kisses beneath their roofs. But they are also keepers of history--structures built by former slaves and Civil War soldiers. Such places are steeped in legend, including tales of ghostly children and the hanging of a sheriff turned outlaw. Just eleven historic covered bridges survive in Alabama--the oldest dating to the 1850s--but dozens of more recently constructed spans dot the landscape. Wil Elrick and Kelly Kazek provide photos and detailed information on more than fifty Alabama bridges, reveal the fate of the state's lost bridges and delve into the haunting legends surrounding these nostalgic structures.
Author : Joseph D Conwill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781784420116
Covered Bridges are historic pieces of American and Canadian rural history, gracing the countryside from Oregon to Tennessee and from California to New Brunswick and across Canada. In this lavishly illustrated volume Joseph D. Conwill recounts the rich, romantic history of covered bridges as they developed from early timber bridges, born out of the traditions of Medieval times, into modernized structures designed for the motorized traffic of the early twentieth century. Reflecting on the efforts to keep covered bridges in service as the face of the rural landscape is transformed, and the challenge of preserving their historic character while making them safe for modern traffic, Conwill guides the reader across the diverse range of covered bridges to be found throughout the North America.
Author : Richard Sanders Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Travel
ISBN : IND:39000005872440
"North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky"--Jacket.
Author : Carol Thalimer,Dan Thalimer
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581577747
Georgia is one of the top domestic travel destinations in the U.S. From ancient mountains and winding rivers to charming towns, plush coastal island communities, and the lively metropolis of Atlanta, Georgia: An Explorer's Guide offers a vast variety of opportunities for travelers of many interests. In this all-new guide, veteran travel writers Carol and Dan Thalimer lead you on the ultimate exploration of the Peach Tree State, showing you where to find the best barbeque, white-water rafting, historic battlefields, cultural opportunities, and much more. This revised edition includes hundreds of dining recommendations, from roadside eateries to fine cuisine. Opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, vacation cabins, and campgrounds are also featured. Other features include: 15 up-to-date regional and city maps; an alphabetical “What's Where” guide for trip planning; handy icons that point out best values, wheelchair access, family- and pet-friendly activities and establishments.
Author : George Deardorff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1006184406
A 6x9 inch softcover, 33 page booklet with colored photographs of 14 Historic Covered Bridges and 5 Gristmills located throughout the State of Georgia. Explanations are given why most of these bridges and gristmills are located in the northern part of the state. Common construction methods used to build the structures are explained with photographs and a diagram.
Author : Richard Sanders Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0517128470
Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780635085030
The perfect reference guide for students in grades 3 and up - or anyone! This handy, easy-to-use reference guide is divided into seven color-coded sections which includes Georgia basic facts, geography, history, people, places, nature and miscellaneous information. Each section is color coded for easy recognition. This Pocket Guide comes with complete and comprehensive facts ALL about Georgia. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight! Georgia Basics section explores your state's symbols and their special meaning. Georgia Geography section digs up the what's where in Georgia. Georgia History section is like traveling through time to some of Georgia's greatest moments. Georgia People section introduces you to famous personalities and your next-door neighbors. Georgia Places section shows you where you might enjoy your next family vacation. Georgia Nature section tells what Mother Nature gave to Georgia. Georgia Miscellaneous section describes the real fun stuff ALL about Georgia.
Author : Robert James Waller
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759521728
Fall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time -- the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world are so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they became a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, The Bridges of Madison County gives voice to the longings of men and women everywhere -- and shows us what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again.
Author : Rich Newman
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738750255
Restless Spirits and Supernatural Thrills More than 300 bridges with eerie phenomenon that span space and time Across the country hundreds of bridges harbor some of the creepiest paranormal activity known to man. Invisible hands reach out and touch unsuspecting travelers. Residual ghosts haunt scenes of murders, accidents, hangings, and suicides. At some bridges a voice cries out in the darkness that sends a chill down the spine of anyone who hears it. Haunted Bridges tells the kinds of stories that are told in hushed tones around hearths and campfires as we ponder the unknown late into the night. The stories are at once mesmerizing, unique, and unexpectedly familiar, as if we all know deep down that fate keeps some spirits bound to earth. If you can endure the fear and you don’t look away, you will experience the dread and mystery of the unexplained. Cities and states are listed for 324 public locations so readers can look up specific bridges.