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Legendary Locals of Jacksonville

Laura Jo Brunson and Kendall Brunson
Legendary Locals of Jacksonville Book PDF

Author : Laura Jo Brunson and Kendall Brunson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467101745

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Legendary Locals of Jacksonville by Laura Jo Brunson and Kendall Brunson Pdf

Since Europeans first settled along Jacksonville's riverbanks in the 16th century, the area has been a diverse community that thrives not only on commerce, music, and the arts but also on the advantages of a subtropical climate and waterside lifestyle. The city grew up around a crossing point for cattle in the St. Johns River and first became known as Cowford. The Great Fire of 1901 left 10,000 people homeless but not defeated. The ashes gave birth to a new era with strong architecture and a new resolve. Considered a friendly town for African Americans, Jacksonville was home to Harlem Renaissance artists as well as civil rights leaders. A bit laid back, the city has still managed to be on the cutting edge--it was the home of the Navy's Blue Angels as well as Southern rock and one of the country's first skateboard parks.

Legendary Locals of Fort Myers

Gerri Reaves
Legendary Locals of Fort Myers Book PDF

Author : Gerri Reaves
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100182

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Legendary Locals of Fort Myers by Gerri Reaves Pdf

A pictorial history of Fort Myers as exemplified by its citizens and their accomplishments.

Legendary Locals of Amelia Island

Rob Hicks
Legendary Locals of Amelia Island Book PDF

Author : Rob Hicks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439661079

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Legendary Locals of Amelia Island by Rob Hicks Pdf

Amelia Island has been host to remarkable people throughout its 500-year history. These people are responsible for giving Amelia the distinction as the only place in the United States to have seen eight different flags. A new railroad followed the Civil War and brought those who sought to take advantage of the burgeoning shipping center. As opportunities waned, the island became a sleepy, blue collar community supported by the local paper mills. Prior to civil rights legislation desegregating the South, Fernandina's American Beach flourished as an African American coastal community. Meanwhile, local visionaries oversaw tight-knit communities and set the stage for the large resorts that came to the island's south end in the 1970s. Today, Amelia Island is a national tourist destination and home to a diverse of community of longtime residents and newcomers, both with remarkable talents and interesting stories to tell.

Legendary Locals of Eunice

Alma Brunson Reed,Van Reed
Legendary Locals of Eunice Book PDF

Author : Alma Brunson Reed,Van Reed
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100243

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Legendary Locals of Eunice by Alma Brunson Reed,Van Reed Pdf

Long before C.C. Duson--realtor, sheriff, and state senator--established his town on the Louisiana prairie, Cajuns, Europeans, and Native Americans had forged homes on the isolated site. Then in 1894, Duson's city auction enabled numerous ethnic groups to buy lots in the new town. Railroad construction brought Anglo, African-American, and Irish laborers, while Lebanese and Jewish merchants saw retail opportunities in Eunice. Fearful of war rumors in Europe prior to 1914, German families immigrated to prairie farms. In 1929, Italians arrived as the Mississippi River's flooding disrupted their lives. By the 1930s, the Tepetate oil field was discovered south of Eunice, creating fortunes for Anglo workers. Men from nearby World War II military bases often settled in Eunice after marrying local girls. Eunice saw new arrivals as petrochemical plants and pipelines began construction in the 1950s. The diverse traditions of newcomers blended with the dominant Cajun culture, resulting in the rich gumbo of citizens' lives. Legendary Locals of Eunice celebrates some individuals who have contributed to the vibrant and diverse culture of Eunice through the years.

Legendary Locals of Fort Pierce

Jean Ellen Wilson
Legendary Locals of Fort Pierce Book PDF

Author : Jean Ellen Wilson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467101271

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Legendary Locals of Fort Pierce by Jean Ellen Wilson Pdf

Whether it was homesteaders and dragoons or cowboys and Indians, they all clashed in the "Wild East" of early Fort Pierce. A natural inlet through the barrier island into the Indian River Lagoon created the perfect location for two Seminole War forts: Pierce and Capron. After the Civil War, the Reuben Carlton family moved their cattle to the area's free range. Today, Alto "Bud" Adams Jr. runs the famous Adams Ranch from its Fort Pierce headquarters. Some time after the Carltons, Elizabeth and C.T. McCarty arrived, she to teach and he to plant pineapples and citrus. Growers like the Bernard Egan family continue to produce prize Indian River fruit. Generations of Summerlin fishermen made their living from the sea. The watered paradise still lures sport fishermen such as Terry Howard, ecotour operators like Lisa's Kayaks, and charter captains like Captain Mark. African Americans farmed, labored, and enriched the cultural environment, culminating in the success of artists such as Alfred Hair. In Legendary Locals of Fort Pierce, the town's diversity is illuminated through vignettes of its legends. Among these are Edwin Binney, the creator of Crayola crayons, and Edwin Link, the inventor of the Link flight simulator.

Legendary Locals of Savannah

Laura C. Lawton
Legendary Locals of Savannah Book PDF

Author : Laura C. Lawton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439652299

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Legendary Locals of Savannah by Laura C. Lawton Pdf

On Sunday mornings, church bells ring, calling all denominations, and Savannah’s squares are filled with people and activities. The city embraces music, art, and literature, and the historic district welcomes visitors from all over the world. As a port city, Savannah has always embraced diversity, and that is what residents love about it. We are not losing our Southern values and traditions; we are just sharing them. Legendary Locals of Savannah introduces readers to people who braved the Atlantic Ocean to establish the Georgia colony, entrepreneurs who made a fortune in cotton, and black citizens who struggled through slavery and later fought for civil rights. Liberty boys who plotted the Revolution, families who lived in mansions, boys who fought bravely for the Confederate cause, and those who insisted on preserving our beautiful historic district—they all have a story to tell.

Legendary Locals of Berea

Patricia M. Mote
Legendary Locals of Berea Book PDF

Author : Patricia M. Mote
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100151

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Legendary Locals of Berea by Patricia M. Mote Pdf

A diverse immigrant population that arrived to work in Berea's sandstone quarries, plus the academic atmosphere of a liberal arts college, provided a distinct cultural heritage uncommon in American suburbia. The town has inherited a strong work ethic and deep spiritual values from early Bereans. Consider Dr. William Pierce, first resident pastor, who gave the town "a stamp of culture." Capt. Edward Kennedy, Civil War veteran and survivor of the tragic Sultana explosion, served Berea in nearly every elected capacity. Mary Elmore, elected to the Berea school board years before the 19th Amendment passed. Modern-day Berea has its legends, too, like Arthur Bassett, NASA astronaut; Daisy G. Collins, federal administrative law judge; John-Michael Tebelak, creator of Godspell; Frances Millward, known as the "Mother Teresa of Berea"; and dozens more.

Legendary Locals of Norco

Kevin Bash
Legendary Locals of Norco Book PDF

Author : Kevin Bash
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439655597

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Legendary Locals of Norco by Kevin Bash Pdf

From its beginning as a poultry powerhouse to World War II Navy town and to Horse Town USA, Norco has been known over time as a community of go-getters and dreamers with unparalleled volunteerism, stubbornly protecting a rural way of life. Founder Rex Clark wished for families to be self-sustaining with what they could grow and raise on their property; wounded Marine Johnny Winterholler, against incredible odds, led the way for other disabled veterans as the star of the famed wheelchair basketball team the Rolling Devils; and Tamara Ivie fulfilled her impossible dream to play professional baseball. And regular folks, known once as “Acres of Neighbors,” stepped up to create a city of “elbow room,” stopping cold, big-money developers wishing to cut the community into small lots. Today, Norco is an equestrian paradise with trails on most streets and plentiful open space. For decades, this small community has produced activists, ballplayers, college presidents, physicians, actors, cowboys, and lots of Norconians who give back to the community that raised them.

Legendary Locals of Oxnard

Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt
Legendary Locals of Oxnard Book PDF

Author : Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100564

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Legendary Locals of Oxnard by Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt Pdf

The roots of Oxnard history begin on the fertile plain of western Ventura County. A century after the Native Chumash were interrupted by the Spanish Mission system, the rancho period that followed was slow to develop on the Oxnard Plain. By the late 19th century, groups of newcomers from Europe, Latin America, and the post-Civil War states began settling on the agricultural terrain. After experimenting with various dry crops, the introduction of the cash crop of sugar beets brought about the next wave of emigration from Asia, as well as a steady flow of emigrants from the Latin countries. As Oxnard has grown, so has its diverse population and the contributions from the many residents who have made this area their home for generations. Legendary Locals of Oxnard offers a glimpse of some of these individuals.

Legendary Locals of Bend

Les Joslin
Legendary Locals of Bend Book PDF

Author : Les Joslin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467102278

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Legendary Locals of Bend by Les Joslin Pdf

A fascinating mix of local legends who could be characterized as "the right people, in the right place, at the right time" arrived in Central Oregon during the past century and a half to make Bend the fascinating city it has become. Some of these people--explorer John Charles Fremont, publisher George Palmer Putnam, economist William A. Niskanen, and "World's Greatest Athlete" Ashton Eaton among them--gained national prominence and even global stature. Others were and are more ordinary people who have done and continue to do extraordinary things in an extraordinary place, a small but singular city of some 80,000 souls astride the Deschutes River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.

Legendary Locals of Ashland

Sam Wheeler
Legendary Locals of Ashland Book PDF

Author : Sam Wheeler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467101455

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Legendary Locals of Ashland by Sam Wheeler Pdf

A century and a half of close-knitted community spirit, independent-mindedness, and a strong sense of stewardship have uniquely melded into present-day Ashland. Behind that patchwork of local ingenuity, artistry, and infamy are the faces of thousands--too many of whom are not mentioned within the pages of this book. There were hundreds of generations of Shasta Native American families that lived off the hills and creeks where Ashland now sprawls, but their abodes were abandoned and replaced by the lumber and flour mills, cleared streets, and painted homes of Ashland Mills. The sense of spirit and enthusiasm instilled by Ashland's early settlers bred the town's participation in the Chautauqua cultural movement, the remnants of which harbor Ashland's world-renown Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which paved the way for a former mill town's future prosperity. That spirit of ingenuity and artistry continues to shape Ashland and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the quaint town nestled below the mighty crest of Siskiyou Pass along the Oregon-California border.

Legendary Locals of Harrisburg

Todd M. Mealy
Legendary Locals of Harrisburg Book PDF

Author : Todd M. Mealy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439647370

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Legendary Locals of Harrisburg by Todd M. Mealy Pdf

With images taken from the archives of the Dauphin County Historical Society, as well as family collections, Legendary Locals of Harrisburg encompasses biographical tributes that celebrate the deeds of actors, musicians, artists, teachers, athletes, humanitarians, politicians, veterans, firemen, and community leaders who have added a peculiar brand of Harrisburgs rich cultural tapestry. William Howard Day, an educator, and John Harris, who established Harrisburg, are two pioneers. Edward Stackpole, of Stackpole Books, and Theophilus Fenn, editor of the Telegraph, have forged the way for the citys writers. The first secretary of homeland security, Tom Ridge, and Simon Cameron, secretary of war under Lincoln, are among world-renowned politicians who have contributed to Harrisburgs valued reputation. From rival high school football coaches to dueling business owners, from civic leaders building an integrated city to aspiring young people embarking on independent journeys to the big screen, these profiles of real lives and real heroes show us that we all have contributed to the development of our own communities.

Legendary Locals of Greater Miami

Howard Kleinberg and Arva Moore Parks
Legendary Locals of Greater Miami Book PDF

Author : Howard Kleinberg and Arva Moore Parks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100823

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Legendary Locals of Greater Miami by Howard Kleinberg and Arva Moore Parks Pdf

Guided by a visionary widow named Julia Tuttle, the city of Miami truly came into being in 1896 and has not stopped growing. Halfway through the last century, the apparent domination of land, population, and business by whites and--for decades--repressed African Americans became tested and balanced by the victims of the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Beyond that, hundreds of thousands of others from Spanish-speaking lands came to create what truly is an international metropolis. The chapters of Miami's existence are delineated by those legendary locals who came earliest; those who were the pioneers; those who established businesses that endured; those who were the builders and visionaries; those who served in politics; those who came from other places; those who created, built, and extended educational and arts opportunities; and those who embraced the placid environment and natural beauty of the "Magic City."

Legendary Locals of Daytona Beach

Mark Lane
Legendary Locals of Daytona Beach Book PDF

Author : Mark Lane
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467102223

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Legendary Locals of Daytona Beach by Mark Lane Pdf

Since the 1920s, Daytona Beach has sold itself as "The World's Most Famous Beach," which, while not literally true, does suggest a city with a big personality and large plans. The people in these pages contributed to that personality and made those plans. These people include Matthias Day, the Ohio industrialist, educator, inventor, and newspaper editor who founded and gave his name to the new city in 1876; Mary McLeod Bethune, the daughter of former slaves, who founded the university that bears her name "with five little girls, a dollar and a half, and faith in God"; Bill France Sr., the race driver and promoter who took stock car racing from the beach sands to a state-of-the-art track and built a racing empire; and his son, Bill France Jr., who turned NASCAR into a national pastime. Other notable Daytonans include the builders, writers, artists, rockers, promoters, business founders, educators, journalists, politicians, pioneers, bootleggers, philanthropists, sports stars, and even a dog that made the city what it is today. They come to life in historical photographs from the Halifax Historical Museum, the Florida Archives, and files of the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Legendary Locals of East Boston

Dr. Regina Marchi
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Author : Dr. Regina Marchi
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467102056

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Legendary Locals of East Boston by Dr. Regina Marchi Pdf

Once a rural paradise known as "Noddle's Island," East Boston is the site of key developments in the nation's history, including the first naval battle of the American Revolution, the creation of the world's fastest sailing ships, the country's first underwater tunnel, and the nation's first public branch library. It has had its share of famous residents, from Colonial governor John Winthrop and repentant Salem witch trial judge Samuel Sewall, to clipper ship builder Donald McKay and the world's first female clipper ship navigator, Mary Patten. Women's suffrage activist Judith Winsor Smith called East Boston home, as did the first Civil War nurse, Armeda Gibbs; Massachusetts governor John Bates; and Boston mayor Frederick Mansfield. Pres. John F. Kennedy's paternal grandparents and father were born in East Boston, where they started their first businesses and political ventures, and the neighborhood has produced numerous community activists, musicians, artists, writers, and athletes.