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Images of America, Around Boonville
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Nestled in the Black River valley with the Tug Hill Plateau to the east and the Adirondack Mountains to the west, Boonville traces its origin to the failure of a grand investment scheme. In the mid-1790s, Gerrit Boon, agent for the Holland Land Company, purchased vast acreage in northern New York, hoping to establ...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Images of America, Bonita
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The small rural community of Bonita is nestled in the fertile valley of the Sweetwater River. For over a century, families from nearby San Diego and Chula Vista have built secluded homes on large lots carved from the pioneer ranches that emerged in the 1870s on Rancho de la Nacion. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. and the Mar...
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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Images of America, Meridian
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Eight miles west of Idaho's capital city, Boise, the first settlers in what became Meridian found only arid land, sagebrush, and jackrabbits. The lone tree in the area was another 8 miles west in what became Nampa. Originally called Hunter, after a railroad superintendent, Meridian was initially a railway postal d...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 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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Industrial History of the United States: from the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time
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written by Albert Sidney Bolles, 1846-1939 (Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1881), 936 page(s)
written by Albert Sidney Bolles, 1846-1939 (Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1881), 936 page(s)
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