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Hot Towns

Author : Peter Wolf
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0813530431

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Hot Towns by Peter Wolf Pdf

Hot Towns is about the vast national relocation of one million Americans a year. Successful, well-financed people are moving to communities they view as choice -- places distinguished by fine climate, physical beauty, abundant natural recreation resources, and minimal social problems and low crime.

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico

Author : James E. Sherman,Barbara H. Sherman
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0806111062

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Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico by James E. Sherman,Barbara H. Sherman Pdf

Given in memory of Ethel A. Tsutsui, Ph.D. and Minoru Tsutsui, Ph.D.

Ghost Towns of Texas

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0806121890

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Ghost Towns of Texas by T. Lindsay Baker Pdf

"The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not to life -eighty-six Texas ghost towns for the reader's pleasure. Baker lists three criteria for inclusion: tangible remains, public access, and statewide coverage. In each case Baker comments about the town's founding, its former significance, and the reasons for its decline. There are maps and instructions for reaching each site and numerous photographs showing the past and present status of each. The contemporary photos were taken, in most instances, by Baker himself, who proves as adept a photographer as he is researcher and writer....Baker has done his work thoroughly and well, within limits imposed by necessity. He obviously had fun in the process and it shows in his prose."---New Mexico Historical Review

Black Hills Gold Rush Towns

Author : Jan Cerney,Roberta Sago
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439651292

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Black Hills Gold Rush Towns by Jan Cerney,Roberta Sago Pdf

Rising out of the prairie, the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming had long been rumored to have promising quantities of gold. Sacred to the Lakota, the Black Hills was part of the land reserved for them in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. However, the tide of prospectors seeking their fortune in the Black Hills was difficult to stem. Members of the 1874 Custer expedition, lead by Gen. George Armstrong Custer, found gold. In 1875, scientists Henry Newton and Walter Jenney conducted an expedition and confirmed the rumors. By 1876, the trickle of prospectors and settlers coming to the Black Hills was a flood. The US government realized that keeping the interlopers out was impossible, and in 1877 the Black Hills was officially opened to settlement. In this sequel to their Black Hills Gold Rush Towns book, the authors expand their coverage of Black Hills towns during the gold-rush era.

The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia

Author : Christopher E. Hendricks
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 1572335432

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The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia by Christopher E. Hendricks Pdf

Hendricks writes on how towns in backcountry Virginia came about from the designs and ambitions of entrepreneurial individuals. They did not just spring up randomly in some pleasing meadow or on some riverbank happened upon by a frontiersman, for example, or a group which had struck out into the wilderness. "The people who put these plans [for towns] into action were motivated by a variety of economic, social, or philanthropic factors and sometimes purely by circumstance and opportunity." These entrepreneurial-like individuals were not a part of any organized movement. But their activities in toto played a large part in opening up the western parts of Virginia and setting a pattern for westward expansion. Among the towns Hendricks studies in larger topological areas such as the Piedmont and the Great Valley (Shenandoah) are Winchester, Marysville, Leesburg, Woodstock, Charlottesville, and Brent Town. Early maps of many of the towns especially demonstrate the ideas and purposes of their founders. Along with the maps, the authors specifics on the conception, establishment, and early period of the many towns makes each oe stand out distinctively. The enterprises and goals of the town were as varied as the individuals who conceived them.

Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780760343166

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Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest by Anonim Pdf

Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest is a guidebook to the best boomtowns of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Once thriving centers for mining, fishing, logging, and national defense, these abandoned camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featuring color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography, Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest details famous sites such as Port Gamble (Washington), Fort Steele (British Columbia), and Jacksonville (Oregon) — in addition to out-of-the-way gems like Holden (Washington), Sandon (British Columbia), and Flora (Oregon). See the region as you have never seen it before with this essential guidebook to the glory days of the Pacific Northwest!

More Ghost Towns of Texas

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 080613724X

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More Ghost Towns of Texas by T. Lindsay Baker Pdf

A companion volume to Ghost Towns of Texas provides readers with histories, maps, and detailed directions to the most interesting ghost towns in Texas not already covered in the first volume. Reprint.

Towns, Ecology, and the Land

Author : Richard T. T. Forman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107199132

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Towns, Ecology, and the Land by Richard T. T. Forman Pdf

A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.

Planning New Towns

Author : U.S./U.S.S.R. New Towns Working Group,United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of International Affairs
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
ISBN : IND:30000065731527

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Planning New Towns by U.S./U.S.S.R. New Towns Working Group,United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs Pdf

Ghost Towns of Death Valley

Author : Robert P. Palazzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467132275

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Ghost Towns of Death Valley by Robert P. Palazzo Pdf

Although the Death Valley area is sparsely populated, it once was home to a good many towns, some of which not only have disappeared from the desert but also from history. Even though the name "Death Valley" itself evokes dark and foreboding images devoid of life, there was a surprising number of towns that did exist in or near the 3.4 million acres that comprise Death Valley National Park. Many had the amenities of larger cities, and some thrived before being deserted and melting back into the desert. The visual record of many of these towns and their occupants is featured in this book.

The Towns of Roman Britain

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351539975

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The Towns of Roman Britain by Anonim Pdf

This edition of the text has been rewritten and re-illustrated to take account of the extensive new excavations and interpretations that have taken place since the book was first published twenty years ago. The central section of the text covers the origin, development, public and private buildings, fortifications, character and demise of each of the twenty-one major towns of the province: the provincial capital of London; the coloniae - Colchester, Lincoln, Gloucester and York; the first civitas capitals - Canterbury, Verulamium and Chelmsford; from client kingdoms to civitas - Caister-by-Norwich, Chichester, Silchester and Winchester; Flavian expansion - Cirencester, Dorchester, Exeter, Leicester and Wroxeter; and Hadrianic stimulation - Caerwent, Carmarthen, Brough-on-Humber and Aldborough. The introductory chapters address the general questions of definition and urbanization, while the concluding chapter examines the reasons for the decay and final demise.

Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies

Author : Robert L. Brown
Publisher : Caxton Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 0870043420

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Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies by Robert L. Brown Pdf

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This book features information and travel directions for sixty of Colorado's ghost towns and mining camps. There is an informal history of each town, along with early and contemporary photographs to aid in site identification.

Random Tables: Cities and Towns

Author : Timm Woods
Publisher : Ulysses Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781646040094

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Random Tables: Cities and Towns by Timm Woods Pdf

Make your fantasy tabletop role-playing game even more epic with hundreds of creative and unexpected details to keep your story fresh, your settings vivid and alive, and your friends guessing! Take your fantasy world to the next level, all with the roll of a die! Random Tables: Cities and Towns is a utility book for fans of tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, allowing Game Masters to generate on-the-fly content for adventurers traveling, shopping, or simply passing through towns and cities. Adventurers love to ask tough questions that can sometimes put Game Masters on the spot and put their creative skills to the test. Never fear being stumped when the party asks: What building is across the street from the thieves’ guild headquarters? Who runs the local potion shop? Who is staying in the other rooms of the party’s tavern? Generate all of these answers and more by rolling on the dozens of randomized tables provided within these pages. Your players will love your fast-paced and exciting adventures; and even you will be on the edge of your seat to see what happens next!

Nameless Towns

Author : Thad Sitton,James H. Conrad
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292799882

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A comprehensive history of the sawmill towns of East Texas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company “cut out” its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation’s third-largest lumber producer and created a colorful way of life that lingers in the memories of the remaining former residents and their children and grandchildren. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centers. And they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions. Winner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission “After completing the book, I truly understood life in the sawmill communities, intellectually and emotionally. It was very satisfying. Conrad and Sitton write in such a manner to make one feel the hard life, smell the sawdust, and share the danger of the mills. The book is compelling and stimulating.” —Robert L. Schaadt, Director-Archivist, Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center