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Bowers Mansion

The Legacy of a Comstock Family

by Tamera J. Buzick, Ronald M. James, Michael A. Bedeau ...

Series series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
Few estates born from the discovery of the Comstock Lode still survive. Among the grandest, Bowers Mansion, dates to the height of the Civil War. The property has a tragic history shrouded in legend, laid bare within these pages: from the mansion’s construction; to Eilley Bowers’s fight to maintain the property after her husband’s death, running it as a resort and telling fortunes; to the mansion ... Read more

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Few estates born from the discovery of the Comstock Lode still survive. Among the grandest, Bowers Mansion, dates to the height of the Civil War. The property has a tragic history shrouded in legend, laid bare within these pages: from the mansion’s construction; to Eilley Bowers’s fight to maintain the property after her husband’s death, running it as a resort and telling fortunes; to the mansion
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The White Cascade

The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche

by Gary Krist ...

The never-before-told story of one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history in which two trains full of people, trapped high in the Cascade Mountains, are hit by a devastating avalancheIn February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped—but nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, ... Read more

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The never-before-told story of one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history in which two trains full of people, trapped high in the Cascade Mountains, are hit by a devastating avalancheIn February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped—but nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington,
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Ghost Towns of the Mountain West

Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada

by Philip Varney ...

The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and railroad villages stand today as reminders of the glory days of gold rushes, industrial progress, and that pioneering spirit of the Old West. This book guides readers to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and ... Read more

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The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and railroad villages stand today as reminders of the glory days of gold rushes, industrial progress, and that pioneering spirit of the Old West. This book guides readers to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and
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When Minnehaha Flowed with Whiskey

A Spirited History of the Falls

by Karen E. Cooper ...

Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis has been a much-loved place for a very long time. Native people visited the Falls for millennia before 1855, when Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha put its “laughing waters” into the American imagination. Tourists from the cities in the East soon began arriving on new railroads to view its picturesque loveliness. And Minnehaha Regional Park is still a favorite place for ... Read more

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Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis has been a much-loved place for a very long time. Native people visited the Falls for millennia before 1855, when Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha put its “laughing waters” into the American imagination. Tourists from the cities in the East soon began arriving on new railroads to view its picturesque loveliness. And Minnehaha Regional Park is still a favorite place for
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Iowa's Railroads

An Album

by H. Roger Grant ...

Series series Railroads Past and Present
A definitive history of the railroads of Iowa, featuring over four hundred black-and-white photographs.At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads played in the urban development of the ... Read more

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A definitive history of the railroads of Iowa, featuring over four hundred black-and-white photographs.At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads played in the urban development of the
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Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent

A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier

by Maura Jane Farrelly ...

Maura Jane Farrelly explores the history of the nineteenth-century United States via the lives of three people from prominent East Coast families who moved to Wyoming to escape a host of humiliations—only to discover that by 1890 the West was no longer a place where anyone could go to be forgotten and start over. ... Read more

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Maura Jane Farrelly explores the history of the nineteenth-century United States via the lives of three people from prominent East Coast families who moved to Wyoming to escape a host of humiliations—only to discover that by 1890 the West was no longer a place where anyone could go to be forgotten and start over.
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Historical Cities-Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri

by Lyn Wilkerson ...

This edition in the Historical Cities series explores the history and historic places of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Over 80 points of interest are presented, with reference maps to assist navigation and GPS coordinates for all listed sites. Also included are sites in Independence, Missouri and Shawnee, Kansas. ... Read more

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This edition in the Historical Cities series explores the history and historic places of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Over 80 points of interest are presented, with reference maps to assist navigation and GPS coordinates for all listed sites. Also included are sites in Independence, Missouri and Shawnee, Kansas.
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Chicago's Historic Prairie Avenue

by William H. Tyre ...

Series series Images of America
Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicago's most exclusive residential street during the last three decades of the 19th century.Chicago's wealthiest citizens--Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullman--were soon joined by dozens of Chicago's business, social, and civic leaders, establishing a neighborhood that the Chicago Herald proclaimed a cluster of millionaires not to be matched for numbers ... Read more

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Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicago's most exclusive residential street during the last three decades of the 19th century.Chicago's wealthiest citizens--Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullman--were soon joined by dozens of Chicago's business, social, and civic leaders, establishing a neighborhood that the Chicago Herald proclaimed a cluster of millionaires not to be matched for numbers
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Hidden History of Vermont

by Mark Bushnell, Tom Slayton ...

Series series Hidden History
Discover the lively and lesser-known history of the Green Mountain State—illustrations included.Vermont's history is marked by fierce independence, generosity of spirit—and plenty of quirky characters and colorful events that have occurred among its steep slopes and fertile valleys. In this lively book, you can:Meet the widow who outwitted Tories and may have spied for the Green Mountain ... Read more

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Discover the lively and lesser-known history of the Green Mountain State—illustrations included.Vermont's history is marked by fierce independence, generosity of spirit—and plenty of quirky characters and colorful events that have occurred among its steep slopes and fertile valleys. In this lively book, you can:Meet the widow who outwitted Tories and may have spied for the Green Mountain
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Colorado

A History

by Marshall Sprague ...

Those who travel to look at Colorado will find as much meaning in Marshall Sprague’s well-told story of its historical conflict as will those who live with the beauty—and the challenge.Mountains—so beautiful, the land dominated by the Colorado Rockies, that miners who “thought of returning to the comfort and dull security of their homes back east,” in Marshall Sprague’s words, “found themselves ... Read more

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Those who travel to look at Colorado will find as much meaning in Marshall Sprague’s well-told story of its historical conflict as will those who live with the beauty—and the challenge.Mountains—so beautiful, the land dominated by the Colorado Rockies, that miners who “thought of returning to the comfort and dull security of their homes back east,” in Marshall Sprague’s words, “found themselves
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Golden, Colorado

by Golden Pioneer Museum ...

Series series Images of America
Where The West Lives! Golden's motto sums up the colorful history of the small town set at the entrance to the storied gold fields of Colorado. The scenic valley that shelters Golden caught the notice of some of the most famed pioneers of the West: explorer Major Stephen Long, world traveler Isabella Bird, showman Buffalo Bill Cody, and brewer Adolph Coors. Chronicled here in over 200 vintage ... Read more

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Where The West Lives! Golden's motto sums up the colorful history of the small town set at the entrance to the storied gold fields of Colorado. The scenic valley that shelters Golden caught the notice of some of the most famed pioneers of the West: explorer Major Stephen Long, world traveler Isabella Bird, showman Buffalo Bill Cody, and brewer Adolph Coors. Chronicled here in over 200 vintage
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Kennedy Family of Pennsylvania and Their Native American Kin

by Raymond C. Wilson ...

While recently researching the rumored marriage of a Scots-Irish Immigrant by the name of David Kennedy, Sr. to a Native American woman in colonial Pennsylvania in the early-1700s, I uncovered a dark secret that remained hidden in my wife's family for nearly three hundred years. This revelation was so shocking to my wife, who was raised north of the Mason-Dixon Line, that she initially viewed my ... Read more

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While recently researching the rumored marriage of a Scots-Irish Immigrant by the name of David Kennedy, Sr. to a Native American woman in colonial Pennsylvania in the early-1700s, I uncovered a dark secret that remained hidden in my wife's family for nearly three hundred years. This revelation was so shocking to my wife, who was raised north of the Mason-Dixon Line, that she initially viewed my
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