Legendary Locals Of Greater Utica

Author : James L. Davis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100847

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Legendary Locals of Greater Utica by James L. Davis Pdf

Utica's neighborhoods are filled with people whose passion for family, food, faith, and civic engagement are exemplary of the true American experience. Lives devoted to politics, business, sports, and scholarship have found their start, and often times their purpose, in Greater Utica. The nation's politics have been shaped by the likes of abolitionist Gerrit Smith, Congressman Roscoe Conkling, Vice Pres. James Sherman, and political pollster John Zogby. Enterprises including American Express and the Associated Press received boosts from businessmen John Butterfield and Theodore Faxton. Dick Clark hit the Utica airwaves long before American Bandstand was a household favorite, Will Smith wore a Proctor uniform before becoming a New Orleans Saint, and Arthur B. Davies learned to paint Mohawk Valley landscapes before introducing America to modernist art. Those looking to reclaim Utica's birthright as an essential American landmark include chefs Dean and Jason Nole, publisher Donna Donovan, Olympian-turned-entrepreneur Robert Esche, and the brewers of Saranac Beer, the Matt family.

Author : Gary Leveille
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467101240

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Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires by Gary Leveille Pdf

Southern Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts is a magical place. Some call it paradise. The special synergy that exists here between people and place has inspired remarkable residents for centuries. From Mohican John Konkapot to African American W.E.B. Du Bois, from novelist Catharine Sedgwick to mental health pioneer Agnes Gould, the Housatonic Valley and surrounding hills have proved to be a haven for inventors and industrialists, artists and activists, entrepreneurs, and educators. Stockbridge summer resident and legendary sculptor Daniel Chester French once said to a New York reporter, "I spend six months of the year up there, it is heaven." William Cullen Bryant, Norman Rockwell, Cyrus Field, William Stanley, Elizabeth Freeman (Mumbet), Laura Ingersoll Secord, and numerous other luminaries have all passed on to a different heavenly plane. Still, the Southern Berkshires continue to produce local legends and unsung heroes--folks like community activist Rachel Fletcher, Pastor Charles Van Ausdall, educator Mae Brown, and police chief Rick Wilcox. Open the pages of Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires and see for yourself!

Author : Tyriek A. Murphy, MPA
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480947849

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Big City Nights: The Biography of the Legendary Cisero Murphy by Tyriek A. Murphy, MPA Pdf

Big City Nights: The Biography of the Legendary Cisero Murphy By: Tyriek A. Murphy This book your are about to embark upon contains a detailed depiction of a dramatically dynamic individual – whose family ancestry dates back to the late nineteenth century – determined to diversify a sports area dedicated and dominated by Caucasians during the mid-twentieth century. This essential gentleman has repeatedly set records that are still intact today, in the twenty-first century. Whether locally, nationally, or internationally, this man displayed the utmost professionalism during times of devastation derived from racial discrimination. Despite the dangerous deviations, he dissected his way through in life; he always found the directional path to overcome the odds. His breakthrough ultimately paved the way for other diverse players and, essentially, women to partake in the pastime. As a result, and considered by many to be the “Jackie Robinson” of the billiards world, this iconic figure holds the record for being the only Black American world title winner and Hall of Fame inductee in professional billiards history. Enjoy this literature piece about the legendary Cisero Murphy.

Author : James A. Vlasich
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0879724943

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A Legend for the Legendary by James A. Vlasich Pdf

The origins of baseball are controversial. James A. Vlasich discusses the debates between two men intimately involved in nineteenth-century baseball, Henry Chadwick and Albert G. Spalding. Abner Graves of the Mills Commission claimed that Abner Doubleday had invented the game and he had done it in Cooperstown, New York. This claim was scrutinized at the time but the myth became etched into baseball history. Through the years, however, some critics have questioned the Mills Commission report. The problem is that the Baseball Hall of Fame is built on this shaky foundation. The lack of diligence on the part of Spalding's self-appointed committee has led to a credibility gap for the baseball shrine that continues a half century after its dedication. Indeed, the story of the building of the Baseball Hall of Fame is filled with intrigue worthy of a political thriller.

Author : Robert Hazel
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527550452

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Snakes, People, and Spirits, Volume Two by Robert Hazel Pdf

This two-volume publication offers an in-depth analysis of ophidian symbolism in Eastern Africa, while setting the topic within its regional and historical context: namely, with regards to the rest of Africa, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Greek world, ancient Palestine, Arabia, India, and medieval and pre-Christian Europe. Through the ages, most of those areas have connected with Eastern Africa in a broad sense, where ophidian symbolism was as “rampant” and far-reaching, if not more so, as anywhere else on the continent, and perhaps in past civilisations. Much as in the wider context, snakes were held to be long-lived, closely related to holes, caverns, trees, and water, life and death, and credited with a liking for milk. Even though ophidian symbolism has always been developed out of the outstanding biological and ethological features of snakes, the process of symbolisation, which plays a crucial role in the elaboration of cultural systems and the shaping of human experience, was inevitably at work. This second volume focuses on southern Abyssinia, an area of Eastern Africa latu senso where the connection between snakes and paramount religious leaders was especially far-reaching. Their clans were said to be the outcome of sexual encounters between a young woman and an ophidian. These leaders bred and fed snakes. Some of them buried dead snakes in their compounds. Their curse was likened to the bite of a deadly serpent. This volume is devoted to a few communities of southern Abyssinia, notably the Oromo, an important group that has fascinated European travellers, missionaries, and social science specialists over a period of 150 years. The rich Oromo ethnographic record lends itself to full-circle analysis. This volume represents a significant contribution to the study of the mysterious “snake priests” of the Oromo, Hoor, Konso, and Burji peoples. In Eastern Africa, the meanings attributed to snakes were multifaceted and paradoxical. Overall, the two volumes of this publication show that African snake symbolism broadly echoed the diverse representations of ancient civilisations. The widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is therefore unrepresentative, both historically and culturally.

Author : David O. Stowell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226776689

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Streets, Railroads, and the Great Strike of 1877 by David O. Stowell Pdf

For one week in late July of 1877, America shook with anger and fear as a variety of urban residents, mostly working class, attacked railroad property in dozens of towns and cities. The Great Strike of 1877 was one of the largest and most violent urban uprisings in American history. Whereas most historians treat the event solely as a massive labor strike that targeted the railroads, David O. Stowell examines America's predicament more broadly to uncover the roots of this rebellion. He studies the urban origins of the Strike in three upstate New York cities—Buffalo, Albany, and Syracuse. He finds that locomotives rumbled through crowded urban spaces, sending panicked horses and their wagons careening through streets. Hundreds of people were killed and injured with appalling regularity. The trains also disrupted street traffic and obstructed certain forms of commerce. For these reasons, Stowell argues, The Great Strike was not simply an uprising fueled by disgruntled workers. Rather, it was a grave reflection of one of the most direct and damaging ways many people experienced the Industrial Revolution. "Through meticulously crafted case studies . . . the author advances the thesis that the strike had urban roots, that in substantial part it represented a community uprising. . . .A particular strength of the book is Stowell's description of the horrendous accidents, the toll in human life, and the continual disruption of craft, business, and ordinary movement engendered by building railroads into the heart of cities."—Charles N. Glaab, American Historical Review

Author : International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Labor unions
ISBN : CORNELL:31924054255967

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Proceedings of the ... Convention by International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada Pdf

Author : Tom Sizemore,Anna David
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451681680

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By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There by Tom Sizemore,Anna David Pdf

An account of the acclaimed actor's Hollywood career and struggles with methamphetamine addiction covers his Detroit background, his relationships with various co-stars, and his experiences as a father of twin boys.

Author : Mike Tyson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780142181218

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Undisputed Truth by Mike Tyson Pdf

Be sure to check out IRON AMBITION: My Life with Cus D’Amato by Mike Tyson “Raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life.”—Wall Street Journal Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time—and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Yet—even after hitting rock bottom—the man who once admitted being addicted “to everything” fought his way back, achieving triumphant success as an actor and newfound happiness and stability as a father and husband. Brutal, honest, raw, and often hilarious, Undisputed Truth is the singular journey of an inspiring American original.

Author : New York (State). Commissioners to Revise Laws for Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Local taxation
ISBN : HARVARD:HNTF9K

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Local Taxation by New York (State). Commissioners to Revise Laws for Assessment and Collection of Taxes Pdf

Author : Connie L. Rutter,Sondra Brockway Gartner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0738551546

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Licking County by Connie L. Rutter,Sondra Brockway Gartner Pdf

Licking County is located at the geographic center of Ohio. The history of the county began over 2,000 years ago when an ancient people known as the Hopewells occupied the area. While they disappeared for no apparent reason, the large earthen mounds left behind give modern man clues to their type of culture. Licking County is home to a countless number of these mounds with the Great Circle Earthworks being the largest. In 1808, Licking County was established with Newark as its county seat. The construction of the Ohio Canal began in 1825 and finished in 1833. The canal brought a new era to Licking County, and Newark became a beehive of activity. The railroads came and the canal gradually began to lose its value. In 1908, the great Ohio Canal was filled in. For the past 200 years, many people have had a connection to Licking County, and their names continue to keep the history of the county alive.

Author : Jack Behrens
Publisher : Author House
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781425969776

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Big Bands and Great Ballrooms by Jack Behrens Pdf

Where did big bands and swing music go? They didn't leave. . . but many Americans actually believe they disappeared along with ballrooms, jukeboxes, bobby sox and zoot suits decades ago. Band leader Brooks Tegler, who has recreated the great music of World War II with his Army Air Corps Review Big Band, offers a good response. "In order for something to come back, it needs to have gone away. Big bands have wrongly been put in that category. They never went away." And that's the essence of the chapters of my book about America's big bands, ballrooms and dancing's past and present. And there's a good look at the future through the eyes of a number of young bandleaders from the east to west coast who carry on in the tradition of Guy Lombardo, Glenn Miller, Harry James, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington and a host of other music legends in their own distinctive way. The struggle to survive in the music business hasn't been without losses and a need for life support. It did when Miller, Benny Goodman, James and Ellington were in their heyday. It's a financially precarious business regardless of your talent. Inevitably, music and dancing evolved and matured. The reasons are numerous and linked to our heritage. But like marching bands on the 4th of July, imagine a country club new year's eve without live dance music and a big band. Think about the many community social events and high school and college proms let alone wedding receptions that still insist on having live bands to play the foxtrots and swing numbers people enjoy. My research shows that while there were approximately 800 big bands on the road during the swing era of the 1940s, today there are nearly 1,300 big bands, according to a Google search and a review of hundreds of territory bands. Consequently, neither the bands nor the music vanished. . . they scattered throughout the American countryside.

Author : Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625847768

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Native American & Pioneer Sites of Upstate New York by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota Pdf

Prior to the Revolutionary War, everything west of Albany was wilderness. Safer travel and the promise of land opened this frontier. The interaction between European settlers and Native Americans transformed New York, and the paths they walked still bear the footprints of their experiences, like the shrine to Kateri Tekakwitha in Fonda. Industry and invention flourished along these routes, as peace sparked imagination, allowing for art and the freedom to explore new ideologies, some inspired by Native American culture. The Latter Rain Movement took hold in the heart of the Burned-Over District. Utopian communities and playgrounds for the wealthy appeared and vanished; all that remains of the Oneida Community is its Mansion House. Follow New York's westward trails--the Erie Canal and Routes 5 and 20--that opened the west to the United States, beginning in Albany and moving westward to Buffalo.

Author : George Newman Fuller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015593614

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Historic Michigan, Land of the Great Lakes by George Newman Fuller Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
ISBN : HARVARD:HXTDTD

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The Hudson Illustrated with Pen and Pencil by Anonim Pdf