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Adventures in Apache Country: A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada
written by John Ross Browne, 1821-1875 (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1871), 535 page(s)
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written by John Ross Browne, 1821-1875 (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1871), 535 page(s)
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Essay
Author / Creator
John Ross Browne, 1821-1875
Date Published / Released
1871
Publisher
Harper and Brothers
Topic / Theme
Migration and Diaspora
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Black Manhattan
written by James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938 (New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1930), 284 page(s)
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written by James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938 (New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1930), 284 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938
Date Published / Released
1930
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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Copyright © 2003 by Sondra Kathryn Wilson, Administrator of the Literary Estate of James Weldon Johnson.
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History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Nevada
written by William Wright, 1829-1898 (Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1876), 569 page(s)
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written by William Wright, 1829-1898 (Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1876), 569 page(s)
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Essay
Author / Creator
William Wright, 1829-1898
Date Published / Released
1876
Publisher
American Publishing Company
Topic / Theme
Silver mines and mining, Silver mining, Miners, Frontier and pioneer life, Trade and Commerce, Migration and Diaspora
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Homestead: A Complete History of the Struggle of July 1892, between the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, and the Amalgamated Association of...
written by Arthur Gordon Burgoyne (Pittsburgh, PA, 1893), 298 page(s)
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written by Arthur Gordon Burgoyne (Pittsburgh, PA, 1893), 298 page(s)
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Essay
Author / Creator
Arthur Gordon Burgoyne
Date Published / Released
1893
Topic / Theme
Labor strikes, Iron and steel industry, Homestead Strike, Homestead, PA, June 30th-November 20th, 1892, Trade and Commerce
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Images of America, Angels Camp and Copperopolis
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2009 by Judith Marvin, Julia Costello, and Salvatore Manna
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Images of America, Around Scottdale and Everson
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Prior to the Great Depression, coal mines and coke ovens made Scottdale the wealthiest community in Westmoreland County. Once part of a region that was known as the world’s largest producer of metallurgical coke, the area’s prosperity created a thriving business district on the road to Pittsburgh, lined Chestn...
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Prior to the Great Depression, coal mines and coke ovens made Scottdale the wealthiest community in Westmoreland County. Once part of a region that was known as the world’s largest producer of metallurgical coke, the area’s prosperity created a thriving business district on the road to Pittsburgh, lined Chestnut Street with elegant Victorian mansions, and provided a home for a baseball farm team affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals. Immigr...
Prior to the Great Depression, coal mines and coke ovens made Scottdale the wealthiest community in Westmoreland County. Once part of a region that was known as the world’s largest producer of metallurgical coke, the area’s prosperity created a thriving business district on the road to Pittsburgh, lined Chestnut Street with elegant Victorian mansions, and provided a home for a baseball farm team affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals. Immigrants from Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean joined earlier Scotch Irish and German settlers to create a rich cultural heritage. Around Scottdale and Everson celebrates this ethnic diversity. Pictured within are views of early homesteads, coke ovens, mills, and places where residents lived, shopped, worshiped, and played, including Lake Forest Park and the YMCA. Although recent economic growth shifted to nearby interstate highways, Scottdale and Everson occupy a strategic gateway to the Laurel Highlands, which promises to attract new immigrants preferring to live near open spaces and in neighborhoods without strangers.
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Field of Study
American History
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Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Paul E. Eckman and Tom Zwierzelewski with the Scottdale
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Images of America, Assabet Mills
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 128 page(s),
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 128 page(s),
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Industry, Mill towns, Textile industry
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Copyright © 1999 by Paul Boothroyd and Lewis Halprin
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Images of America, Austin
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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The rural town of Austin is located in the geographic center of Nevada, in the heart of the Great Basin Desert. In 1862, a wrangler found silver ore there while cutting firewood for a nearby Overland Stage station. Some of it assayed in richer than ore from the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, causing a rush to Pon...
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The rural town of Austin is located in the geographic center of Nevada, in the heart of the Great Basin Desert. In 1862, a wrangler found silver ore there while cutting firewood for a nearby Overland Stage station. Some of it assayed in richer than ore from the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, causing a rush to Pony Canyon, where the area exploded to a population of 10,000. The town of Austin was located and quickly became the mining, milling, and...
The rural town of Austin is located in the geographic center of Nevada, in the heart of the Great Basin Desert. In 1862, a wrangler found silver ore there while cutting firewood for a nearby Overland Stage station. Some of it assayed in richer than ore from the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, causing a rush to Pony Canyon, where the area exploded to a population of 10,000. The town of Austin was located and quickly became the mining, milling, and commercial hub for central Nevada. Its future looked assured, but like most mining camps of the time, Austin quickly settled in for a long--although occasionally prosperous--decline. Today located on US 50, the loneliest highway in America, Austin has a population of around 300. Because of the town's isolation, many of the original buildings are still in active use, as they were 140 years ago. Although the mines are long silent, Austin continues to lives on.
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Field of Study
American History
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Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2011 by Austin Historical Society
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Images of America, Bay View
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011), 128 page(s),
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Bay View was built as the company town for the Milwaukee Iron Company, which was established at the outlet of Deer Creek into Lake Michigan in 1867. Most people credit the Bay View name to Mrs. William Durfee, wife of the steel mill's chief engineer. In 1879, Bay View incorporated as a village but eight years late...
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Bay View was built as the company town for the Milwaukee Iron Company, which was established at the outlet of Deer Creek into Lake Michigan in 1867. Most people credit the Bay View name to Mrs. William Durfee, wife of the steel mill's chief engineer. In 1879, Bay View incorporated as a village but eight years later joined the city of Milwaukee. Although Bay View owes its existence to the steel mill, it closed in 1929 and was torn down 10 years la...
Bay View was built as the company town for the Milwaukee Iron Company, which was established at the outlet of Deer Creek into Lake Michigan in 1867. Most people credit the Bay View name to Mrs. William Durfee, wife of the steel mill's chief engineer. In 1879, Bay View incorporated as a village but eight years later joined the city of Milwaukee. Although Bay View owes its existence to the steel mill, it closed in 1929 and was torn down 10 years later. Bay View was Milwaukee's first industrial suburb and Wisconsin's first company town. In 1982, the Bay View National Historic District was created to preserve a portion of this area that still retains the community pride that was born with the steel mill and Bay View's village days.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Lakes
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Copyright © 2011 by Ron Winkler
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Images of America, Bemiston
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Built in 1928, the mill town known as Bemiston was a development of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company. This village was built as a model city and boasted all-cement sidewalks and paved streets, which was an unheard-of feature in the late 1920s. The 700,000-square-foot bag plant, which was the center of the community,...
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Built in 1928, the mill town known as Bemiston was a development of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company. This village was built as a model city and boasted all-cement sidewalks and paved streets, which was an unheard-of feature in the late 1920s. The 700,000-square-foot bag plant, which was the center of the community, took almost two years to build due to the lack of electric tools or cranes. Therefore, mules equipped with scoops were given the arduo...
Built in 1928, the mill town known as Bemiston was a development of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company. This village was built as a model city and boasted all-cement sidewalks and paved streets, which was an unheard-of feature in the late 1920s. The 700,000-square-foot bag plant, which was the center of the community, took almost two years to build due to the lack of electric tools or cranes. Therefore, mules equipped with scoops were given the arduous task of moving the mounds of earth to facilitate construction of this vast plant. Bemiston had its own general store, fire department, and medical office with nurses around the clock. It also had its own electric system, water department, and garbage collection. The community building was the center of social life, and residents spent many hours socializing there. The town was known as a good place to raise children and enjoy family life.
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Field of Study
American History
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Book
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Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2009 by Bobbye Baker Trammell
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