Browse Titles - 154 results

3. Mills
See details
written by Dennis McDonald; in Medford, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 61-68
Settled by Quakers in the late 1600s, Medford was dominated by sawmills and gristmills in the mid-1700s. During the 1800s, small Quaker and public schools were scattered throughout the township, three of which still survive today. When Medford became a town in 1847, after breaking away from Evesham, it had already...
written by Dennis McDonald; in Medford, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 61-68
×
2. Mills, Factories, and Businesses
See details
written by Grace G. Hoag and Priscilla N. Howker; in Medway, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 21-44
written by Grace G. Hoag and Priscilla N. Howker; in Medway, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 21-44
×
6. From Creamery to City Hall
See details
written by Frank Thomason and Polly Ambrose Peterson; in Meridian, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 103-114
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...
written by Frank Thomason and Polly Ambrose Peterson; in Meridian, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 103-114
×
5. Flour Mill, River, and Lake
See details
written by Martha A. Churchill; in Milan, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 83-92
John Marvin started the town of Milan in 1831 by placing a two-story log building beside a dirt Native American trail. The Saline River was just a few steps away. About that time, Native Americans were either moving to reservations west of Michigan or blending in with the melting pot. Milan and its neighboring com...
written by Martha A. Churchill; in Milan, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 83-92
×
Images of America, Montgomery County
See details
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 128 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
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),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
×
7. Whaling
See details
written by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco and Paul Buchanan, 1956-; in New Bedford, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003), 81-98
In 1765, when Joseph Rotch sailed across the bay from Nantucket, he brought with him the skills and knowledge to start New Bedford's whaling industry. By 1830 the town was a larger whaling port than Nantucket, with an immense fleet employing more than 10,000 people.
written by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco and Paul Buchanan, 1956-; in New Bedford, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003), 81-98
×
2. Gristmill Spurs Growth
See details
written by Michele M. Fecht; in Northville, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 21-32
Most of the first pioneers came from New York by steamship across Lake Erie, disembarking in Detroit in the 1820s. From Detroit, it would take three days of treacherous travel through dense forests, thick brush, and swampy countryside to reach their destination—a hilly region in the northwest corner of Plymouth...
written by Michele M. Fecht; in Northville, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 21-32
×
5. Lumber and Flour Mills
See details
written by Caroline Denyer Gallacci; in Old Tacoma, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), 95-110
In 1865, Job Carr paddled a canoe to his new homestead on a small harbor that would become Old Tacoma. The area’s notorious reputation—as “The Wildest Port North of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast”—haunted it for decades after the tall-masted schooners, sailors, brothels, and saloons were gone. Situated...
written by Caroline Denyer Gallacci; in Old Tacoma, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), 95-110
×
in Palatine, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 19-34
×
2. Plymouth Mills and Factories
See details
written by James W. Baker; in Plymouth, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 17-30
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...
written by James W. Baker; in Plymouth, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 17-30
×

Pages