The Roanoke Valley In The 1950s

Author : Nelson Harris
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1467155683

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The Roanoke Valley in the 1950s by Nelson Harris Pdf

Drag racing at Starkey, the debut of television, mass polio vaccinations, college football games at Victory Stadium, Roanoke's Diamond Jubilee, Salem's Sesquicentennial, and Vinton's Dogwood Festival American Viscose closed, the N&W Railway switched to diesel and the General Electric plant opened. The Roanoke Valley welcomed the Children's Zoo on Mill Mountain and the Miss Virginia Pageant to Hotel Roanoke. From a new terminal at Woodrum Field to the erection of Cave Spring High School, municipal projects reflected the economic boom times. Sears Town, Miller & Rhoads, the viaduct, and a new main library altered downtown Roanoke. WDBJ and WSLS television stations went on the air, premiering local programs such as Saturday Session, Top O' the Mornin', and Uncle Looney. The nation's top entertainers performed at the American Theatre, Lakeside, and the American Legion Auditorium. The valley's arts scene produced the Roanoke Fine Arts Center, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, and Showtimers. Minor league baseball teams played to large crowds in the stands at Maher Field, Municipal Field and Springwood Park. Black leaders campaigned for equal pay, desegregation, and neighborhood equity. By searching every edition of the Roanoke Times and the Roanoke Tribune from January 1950 through December 1959, local historian Nelson Harris documents the decade's local events in sports, business, crime, arts, entertainment, religion, civil rights, politics, individual achievements, and healthcare.

Author : Nelson Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439671917

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The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s by Nelson Harris Pdf

The history of the Roanoke Valley during the 1940s has largely been unexplored until now. This significant decade bore witness to the birth of the local civil rights movement, the impact of World War II and the postwar boom in public projects and private development. The J-Class locomotives, Carver School, Woodrum Field, Victory Stadium, Carvins Cove, the Roanoke Star, the end of streetcars, and the advent of drive-in theaters all marked the decade. Crowds thronged to see the biggest names in radio, film and music at the American Legion Auditorium, the Academy of Music and the Roanoke Theatre, while Major League baseball and professional football brought exhibition games to Maher Field and Victory Stadium. Local historian Nelson Harris provides a detailed account of this dynamic decade along with 300 archival photographs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780890247181

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Modeling the '50s by Anonim Pdf

Re-create the fantastic '50s in your model railroad setup! This book, compiled from articles published in Modern Railroader magazine, provides historical information and photos covering steam and diesel locomotives, passenger equipment, freight cars, and trackside details.

Author : Nelson Harris,Harold McLeod
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0738586668

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Roanoke Valley by Nelson Harris,Harold McLeod Pdf

Nestled in the shadows of the Blue Ridge, the Roanoke Valley has developed as the capital region for western Virginia. After a century of growth fueled by transportation, education, and healthcare, the region has undergone significant visible change. While some of the valley's landmarks remain, many have been replaced or dramatically altered.

Author : Andrew Dow
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780801882920

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Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations by Andrew Dow Pdf

Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations is an authoritative compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. More than 3,400 entries are drawn from over 1,300 writers and speakers and a wide range of original sources both British and American—Acts of Parliament, poetry, songs, journals, advertisements, obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, office memoranda, speeches, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, and private documents and conversations. Here Andrew Dow records remarkable, memorable words—from the well-known to the abstruse, from the commonplace to the vital. The selected quotations are arranged by subject matter and searchable by speaker, subject, and keyword. Dow's Dictionary will inform and captivate railway enthusiasts along with readers interested in railway architecture, engineering, geography, and history.

Author : Marshall Harris and Nelson Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467121606

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Aviation in Roanoke by Marshall Harris and Nelson Harris Pdf

In 1910, an awestruck crowd at the Roanoke Fair got its first glimpse of powered flight when a Curtiss biplane soared overhead. Within the next decade, gliders were lifting off from hills in South Roanoke and cow pastures were being converted into airstrips. Once Roanoke Municipal Airport was developed in 1929, earlier local airfields such as Cook, Trout, and Horton Fields were rendered inactive. Then in 1941, when--with federal assistance-- the municipal airport became Woodrum Field, the region's air travel transitioned into the modern era and brought services from major airlines to the area. Roanoke's aviation reputation continued to grow when the city played a critical role in military air travel and training during World War II, leading its airport to become one of the busiest on the East Coast. Aviation in Roanoke tells the stories of early airfields, the growth and transformation of Woodrum Field, and the adventures of Roanoke's aviation pioneers.

Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1532 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Patents
ISBN : WISC:89049546229

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office by United States. Patent Office Pdf

Author : Mark A. O'Connell
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781640274617

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The Team the Titans Remember by Mark A. O'Connell Pdf

In 2000, Walt Disney Pictures released the film Remember the Titans which stirred the hearts of many but falsely depicted the Titans of T.C. Williams playing their arch-rival, George C. Marshall, in a nail-biter of a championship football game decided on the last play in a place called Roanoke Stadium. Wrong! The Titans played a small and scrappy bunch of players from Salem known as the Wolverines of Andrew Lewis High in the historic Victory Stadium of Roanoke. Salem native Mark A. O’Connell sets the record straight for all time in this book which tells the true story of the championship game and also links the 1971 Andrew Lewis High “Wolverines” to a lasting-legacy which had begun in 1962 under legendary head Coach Eddie Joyce. Now you can read the true—and unaltered—story. *** Now this from Coach Foster: Andrew Lewis, a small southwest Virginia school located in Salem and nicknamed the Wolverines, played—and won—against some of the largest schools in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee. Today, these schools would be classified in Virginia as 6A, the largest of all six classifications. During the 1971 season, Andrew Lewis played 7 schools that had student enrollments over 2,000 while Lewis’s enrollment was only 975 students. Lewis was 12-1 that year, its only loss to T.C. Williams (Remember the Titans Game) which had an enrollment of 5,000 students. Between 1962 and 1971, Andrew Lewis won 2 state championships (‘62,’64) and was runner-up 3 times (‘66,’67 and ‘71) as a member of the largest classification in Virginia. Over that span of time—considered as “the best years of Coach Joyce”—the Wolverines compiled a record of 88 wins, 15 losses and 2 ties—Dale Foster.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780744085174

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Train by DK Pdf

Visit a train station and create a colorful fold-out scene with all your favorite trains. DK Picture Stickers in favorite themes offer great value and hours of sticker fun in a terrific accordion-page format. Kids can create an exciting scene on one of the poster-size spreads, and then pull it out to hang in a bedroom or playroom. Fun facts accompany each reusable sticker.

Author : Nelson Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467145237

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Roanoke Valley in the 1940s, The by Nelson Harris Pdf

"A collection of little known historical stories in Roanoke, VA"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030175798

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Roanoke River Parkway Construction, Bedford County by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nelson Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625840639

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Hidden History of Roanoke by Nelson Harris Pdf

How did a Roanoke neighbor's secret upend North Carolina politics and why did a weeding scandal in Big Lick make front-page headlines in New York? These questions and many more are answered in this exciting volume of hidden stories and forgotten tales from the Star City. Discover why a Roanoker was found frozen in the North Atlantic and what Mother's Day crime and trial shocked the city in 1949. Meet the Black Cardinals, a semipro African American baseball team that played in the 1930s and '40s, and find out how a fistfight at Shenandoah Life helped save the company. Author Nelson Harris delves into the annals of history to uncover these marvelous and mostly unknown stories of the Star City of the South.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Southern States
ISBN : UOM:39015054023018

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Who's who in the South and Southwest by Anonim Pdf

Includes names from the States of Alabama, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Author : Jim Hargan
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581579475

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Explorer's Guide The Shenandoah Valley & Mountains of the Virginias: Includes Virginia's Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains & West Virginia's Alleghenies & New River Region by Jim Hargan Pdf

A lively, comprehensive guide to the southern Appalachians, from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to the Monongahela National Forest of West Virginia. With visitation levels that rival Orlando and New York City, the southern Appalachians draw a huge array of weekenders, adventurers, and long-term visitors. This book offers historical insight, outdoor adventure, and all the information most travelers need to plan and enjoy their journey. This guide also serves as an insider's handbook to the nine national parks, offering active travelers the best access points and trailheads for kayaking, biking, and hiking excursions. In addition, this comprehensive guide to the region includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, and vacation cabins; hundreds of dining reviews, from barbecue to four-star cuisine; up-to-date maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out family-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, places of special value, and lodgings that accept pets.

Author : Sharon Huxford,Collector Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1574323229

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Garage Sale & Flea Market Annual by Sharon Huxford,Collector Books Pdf

Packed with descriptions and current values for items readily available at flea markets or garage sales, this book contains listings for 25,000 collectables representing virtually every collectable category on today's market: old books, ornaments, toys, cookie jars, and movie memorabilia. 750 photos.