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Legendary Locals of Red Bank

Author : Eileen Moon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467100953

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Legendary Locals of Red Bank by Eileen Moon Pdf

In its early years, Red Bank was a place where Sigmund Eisner, a Jewish emigrant from Austria, could arrive with empty hands and build a manufacturing empire that served the nation. It is a place where families like the Irwins could make a home for generations: Capt. Edward Irwin started his marine business by the side of Red Bank's Navesink River in 1884, and his great-grandson Channing still runs the family marina by the water. It is the place where Thomas Edison experimented with sonar and where the Dorn family launched a photographic dynasty that has chronicled the life of the community for more than a century. It is a place where the Drs. Parker, a family of black physicians, earned an enduring place in the hearts of Red Bankers by caring for its citizens, both black and white, with skill and kindness. Red Bank is a place where Bruce Springsteen could start off playing at high school dances and end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These are only a few of the legendary locals of Red Bank.

Legendary Locals of Rumson

Author : Roberta H. Van Anda
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439651216

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Legendary Locals of Rumson by Roberta H. Van Anda Pdf

In Rumson’s formative years, people journeyed to the Jersey Shore to escape the heat and pestilence in the cities. In what is now Rumson, river-to-river land parcels were developed into farms and country estates for the elite of New York City. Along with “the Baking Powder King” and “the Calico King,” another of Rumson’s notable residents was a US Secretary of the Interior who was asked to run for vice president, refused the honor, and left the position open for the second choice, Teddy Roosevelt. Today, one of the world’s most famous and enduring singing stars and one of America’s most famous chefs have ties to the town. Rumson has been the home of entertainers, sports stars, financiers, entrepreneurs, scientists, brewers, legislators, philanthropists, and jurists. It is a community that brings together people of varied interests, ages, and walks of life yet still remains a warm and comfortable small town.

Legendary Locals of Jacksonville

Author : Laura Jo Brunson,Kendall Brunson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439648162

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

Since Europeans first settled along Jacksonvilles 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 edgeit was the home of the Navys Blue Angels as well as Southern rock and one of the countrys first skateboard parks.

Legendary Locals of Asbury Park

Author : Tom Chesek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439651322

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Legendary Locals of Asbury Park by Tom Chesek Pdf

It is a pious paradise wrested from the dunes; a salty carnival of dreamers, drifters, and just plain folks; a city made legendary by Bruce Springsteen and Stephen Crane but grounded in generations of turbulent American reality. Even those who never lived there feel proprietary about Asbury Park—a place of shared experiences and strong passions, where grand sandcastle plans wash up against changing times and tides. Legendary Locals of Asbury Park captures a parade of personalities, from the visionaries who challenged nature to the true believers who sought, against tremendous odds, to make a year-round life in this city of summers. The shopkeepers and show people, the advocates on the front lines of social change, and the chroniclers who witnessed history are all among those who helped a small town cast a giant profile, here and on the big boardwalk beyond.

Legendary Locals of Bay City

Author : Ron Bloomfield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100199

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Legendary Locals of Bay City by Ron Bloomfield Pdf

Who would have thought a city would one day stand where there was nothing but swamp, with long grass--where there was scarcely an opening in the woods, and in which the wolves made plenty of howling. This observation was made by Leon Trombley, one of the first to try to settle in this part of the Michigan "frontier" in the early 1800s. His nephews, Mader and Joseph, would soon follow and ultimately become noted among the area's first permanent residents. The residents of Bay City have always aspired to be legendary, whether by design, accident, or sheer determination. Annie Edson Taylor, the area schoolteacher turned daredevil who would ride her Bay City-built barrel over Niagara Falls (and survive!), is only one among a large group of local legends that includes Olympic champions, community leaders, artists, musicians, scholars, philosophers, and historians.

Legendary Locals of Marana, Oro Valley, and Catalina

Author : Barbara Marriott
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100168

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Legendary Locals of Marana, Oro Valley, and Catalina by Barbara Marriott Pdf

In Legendary locals of Marana, Oro Valley, and Catalina, readers will discover the historical riches, courage, and determination of the western spirit that shaped the state and the country.

Legendary Locals of Montclair, New Jersey

Author : Elizabeth Shepard,Mike Farrelly
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100533

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Legendary Locals of Montclair, New Jersey by Elizabeth Shepard,Mike Farrelly Pdf

In the 1870s, railroads transformed Montclair from a rural retreat to a haven for influential businessmen and artists. They came for the orderly government, excellent schools, flourishing churches, able physicians, and attractive families. Actress Laura Keene sought the area's healthy atmosphere after contracting tuberculosis. Civil War hero Dr. J.J.H. Love was influential in organizing the first hospital. Other Civil War notables include Medal of Honor recipient Abram Haring and Gen. John C. Tidball. After famed painter George Inness made Montclair his home, dozens of artists came to be near him and share his influences. Today's roster of artists continues to be amazing: Oliver Lake, Frankie Faison, Horace Ott, George Walker, Olympia Dukakis, and Louis Zorich. Legendary Locals of Montclair shares the inspiring tales of songwriter Herman Hupfeld; Lucy Stone, founder of the American Suffrage Association; medical pioneers Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell; pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick; violin maker Carleen Hutchins; astronaut Buzz Aldrin; inventor Carleton Ellis; and baseball greats Yogi Berra and Larry Doby.

Legendary Locals of Vancouver, Washington

Author : Pat Jollota
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1467100013

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Legendary Locals of Vancouver, Washington by Pat Jollota Pdf

Profiles Vancouver's most notable and notorious residents, from the city's namesake, British Captain George Vancouver, and explorer William Clark to modern day musicians and philanthropists.

Legendary Locals of Mount Clemens, Michigan

Author : Deborah J. Larsen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100120

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Legendary Locals of Mount Clemens, Michigan by Deborah J. Larsen Pdf

Judge Christian Clemens founded Mount Clemens in 1818 and established it as the seat of justice for Macomb County when Michigan was yet a territory. While the town prospered on the strength of its strategic location on the Clinton River and proximity to Lake St. Clair, it was the mineral water beneath the citizens' feet that would propel Mount Clemens to national prominence as a health resort. As it grew, the "Bath City of America" attracted the likes of stage actress Sadie Hasson, the Nelson family of circus performers, and baseball all-star Vic Wertz. Numerous visitors who came seeking a cure--or to find work in the hospitality industry--stayed to call Mount Clemens home, adding their own peculiar brand of warp and weft to the town's rich historical tapestry.

Legendary Locals of Lowell

Author : Richard P. Howe Jr.,Richard P. Howe,Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100489

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Legendary Locals of Lowell by Richard P. Howe Jr.,Richard P. Howe,Chaim M. Rosenberg Pdf

When Nathan Appleton and his colleagues built their first textile mill on the banks of the Merrimack River in 1822, they were pursuing the vision of their departed mentor, Francis Cabot Lowell. The complex system of machinery, labor, management, and capital that resulted made the city that they named Lowell the centerpiece of America's Industrial Revolution. Changes in technology and commerce made the golden age of Lowell's mills short lived. Despite the success of businesses such as the patent medicine company of James C. Ayer, jobs remained scarce for decades. Hard times created strong leaders--people like Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, who sponsored the G.I. Bill, and writer Jack Kerouac, who added a new voice to the country's literary mix. More recently, Paul Tsongas inspired a new generation to transform Lowell into one of the most exciting mid-sized cities in post-industrial America and a world model of urban revitalization. Legendary Locals of Lowell tells the city's story through pictures of its people.

Legendary Locals of Androscoggin County

Author : Maxwell Mogensen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100946

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Legendary Locals of Androscoggin County by Maxwell Mogensen Pdf

In as much as it has endowed the region with a rich heritage, plentiful stories, and a host of colorful characters, history has been kind to Androscoggin County. But history can also be dark and uncanny, as when Francis E. Stanley, a Lewiston resident and inventor of an early steam-powered vehicle, died in an automobile accident. It can be eerie, like when his twin brother opened an enormous hotel--now purportedly home to his ghost--that became the inspiration for Stephen King's novel The Shining. These twists of fate begin to unravel the tale of Androscoggin County's legendary locals. Some, like Benjamin Bates and Edward Little, are remembered for the institutions they helped create. Others raised the hopes and spirits of their neighbors, like Joey Gamache, who won two boxing world titles in the early 1990s. Still others are remembered for the subtler ways they affected change, like Rita Dube, who saved Lewiston's St. Mary's Church from demolition and helped create the Franco-American Heritage Center. Some notable residents ascended to the highest offices of government, others to national fame, but many are remembered for the significant ways they shaped their communities, and Androscoggin County, from within.

Legendary Locals of Pine City

Author : Nathan Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467101196

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Legendary Locals of Pine City by Nathan Johnson Pdf

Throughout the history of Pine City, individuals have dreamed, struggled, and created a remarkable place of American culture. Legendary Locals of Pine City represents an amazing mix of talents and activities, sometimes with far-reaching effects. The Pine City story is told here in the faces of its people: the innovators who brought industry and commerce; generous people and institutions who have given back to the community in a variety of ways; participants in Pine City's thriving cultural life embracing a spectrum of interests and enthusiasms; and ordinary people living everyday lives who have done extraordinary things or had remarkable experiences. This book honors such individuals as the renowned Karla Nelsen, the world's most muscular woman; Anna Dickey Olesen, the first woman to break the glass ceiling and run for US Senate; and Shane Bauer's mom, Cindy Hickey, who worked diligently for more than two years to free her son from captivity in Iran, along with many other memorable people.

Legendary Locals of Idaho Falls

Author : Paul Menser
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439649619

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Legendary Locals of Idaho Falls by Paul Menser Pdf

In 1864, a stage line driver named Matt Taylor and two associates decided Black Rock Canyon was the place for a toll bridge to handle traffic to and from Montana. The following year, their bridge opened and a town called Eagle Rock took shape. With the coming of the railroad, trains brought everyone from saloon keeper Dick Chamberlain to temperance crusader Rebecca Mitchell. To project a more genteel air, Eagle Rock became Idaho Falls in 1891. Joseph Clark, the first mayor, and newspaper publisher William Wheeler were just two of the people who helped pave the streets and turn on the lights. After assiduous wooing by boosters such as Bill Holden, D.V. Groberg, and E.F. McDermott, the Atomic Energy Commission in 1949 chose Idaho Falls for the headquarters of its National Reactor Testing Station. Today, Idaho Falls is a vital trading and service center with two hospitals, a professional baseball team, symphony orchestra, and world-class museum. It is also the hometown of some remarkable people who have gone out in the world to make names for themselves.

Legendary Locals of Saginaw

Author : Roberta M. Morey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467101110

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Legendary Locals of Saginaw by Roberta M. Morey Pdf

Saginaw's river system was important to settlement in the area. The Shiawassee, Tittabawassee, and Saginaw Rivers converge at a place called Green Point. It was here that Native Americans lived long before the first white man came. Louis Campau was the first permanent white settler. Later, Gen. Louis Cass arrived and was commissioned to negotiate a treaty with the Indians for the purpose of acquiring a large portion of their lands. Settlers began to arrive, along with trappers and fur traders, but the city did not begin to grow until men from the East found that a fortune could be made in lumbering white pine trees. Men such as Curtis Emerson, Norman Little, Jesse Hoyt, Wellington R. Burt, and Little Jake Seligman prospered because of the lumber boom. When lumbering waned, many of the lumber barons remained in Saginaw and established new businesses. Saginaw has legendary leaders and heroes in the areas of medicine, education, agriculture, business, and industry. Many are highlighted throughout the chapters of this book.

Legendary Locals of Newburyport

Author : Kathleen M. Downey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467101424

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Legendary Locals of Newburyport by Kathleen M. Downey Pdf

YEAT! The colloquial greeting is distinctly Newburyport, uttered by this seaport's citizens to acknowledge one another in passing or to seek out fellow locals in far-flung places. Individuals featured in Legendary Locals of Newburyport extend to readers a congenial "Yeat!" William Lloyd Garrison, native son and leading abolitionist; "Lord" Timothy Dexter, who staged his own mock funeral; Harry O'Connor, founder of the World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade; James Stehlin, celebrated Newburyport High School football coach; Rhina Espaillat, award-winning poet and founder of Powwow River Poets; Richard Simkins, owner of the legendary Grog restaurant-tavern; Sue Little, owner of Jabberwocky Bookshop; Tom Maginnis, drummer for the post-punk band Buffalo Tom; Mickey, feral cat mascot for the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, and 1st Lt. Derek Hines, who gave his life while serving his country in Afghanistan, are among the legendary locals--native born and transplants--who have left their imprint, or paw print, upon the Port.