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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by G. W. Shadwick (Irvine, CA: Conagra Brands), 22 mins
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Images of America, Alma
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Ralph Ely, founder of Alma, selected 10 acres of old forest on the bank of the Pine River in 1853. In this central-Michigan wilderness, he built a log cabin, a log store, and two steam-powered mills—a sawmill and a gristmill. At first, his growing settlement was called Elyton, but within a few years, it was rena...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Around Pittsford
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Winding north through Pittsford, Otter Creek has powered the lumber, grain, and marble mills essential to this region since 1770. Chittenden lies east of Pittsford, on the west flank of the Green Mountains, where iron and manganese deposits supplied Pittsford’s iron industry. To the south, Pittsford and Proctor...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Christian County
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"In the years since Christian County was founded more than 210 years ago, the rural area—including many small communities and the county seat of Hopkinsville—has become a historic treasure of various architectural styles. Water-powered mills are representative of the first local industry. Blacksmith shops, fol...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Farming in Carroll County
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Carroll County’s road signs are a testament to the farm families who settled here. Bollinger, Hoff, Roop, Baugher, Royer, Bushey, and many more are road names that honor those who have produced food for themselves and the nation in times of peace, war, and the Great Depression. In 1917, when the first county agr...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Huntley
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Huntley was founded in 1851. Its first boom years—the 1850s to 1920s—saw the town prosper thanks to the local dairy industry. Prolific dairy farmers provided milk for the many local condensing plants and cheese factories and sent huge surpluses into Chicago by train each day. It was said that the Huntley area...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Kuyahoora Towns
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003), 128 page(s),
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Once known as the Kuyahoora River, the West Canada Creek flows from the southern Adirondacks into the Mohawk River at Herkimer. Kuyahoora Towns provides a snapshot view of the early days in the Kuyahoora's four valley and upland towns: Fairfield, Newport, Norway, and Russia. It further explores the villages and su...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003), 128 page(s),
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Montgomery County
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With a rich and varied history spanning almost three hundred years, Montgomery County suffered during the Revolutionary War, prospered with the Erie Canal and the railroad, and changed in the age of urban renewal. Located in the heart of the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York, the county experienced the arrival of...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Plymouth
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 128 page(s),
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Plymouth is best known as the Pilgrim landing place, but history did not stop when the dishes were cleared away from the first Thanksgiving. A prosperous fishing village before the War of 1812, Plymouth developed mills and factories to line its modest brooks during the Industrial Revolution, and elegant dwellings...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 128 page(s),
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