An Automobile Tour Through Key Peninsula History
Author: Simon Priest
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781932298079
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Explorer's Guide Washington (Second Edition) (Explorer's Complete)
Author: Denise Fainberg
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Published: 2012-06-04
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 0881509744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a resource to the landscapes of Washington; features coverage of such regions as Puget Sound, Mount St. Helens, and the Columbia River Gorge, in a guide complemented by recommendations for lodging, dining, and shopping.
The Key Peninsula
Author: Colleen A. Slater
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738548937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Key Peninsula is a scenic finger of land that stretches south between Case and Carr Inlets in Washington State. Few people lived there before 1850, although Native Americans fished and hunted from temporary villages. Several communities, each with a unique history, took root near the various bays and inlets of the peninsula, and by the 1890s, many areas bustled with schools, post offices, mills, churches, and stores. Logging, orchards, and chicken farms supported these early pioneers. Cut off from the mainland, the waters of Puget Sound provided transportation. The famous Mosquito Fleet carried products such as fruit, seafood, chickens, eggs, and butter to Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle until the advent of the ferries and, later, the bridges. Many of today's "oldtimers" are just two or three generations distant from the original hardy settlers, but the area's residents are proud of the heritage of this unique place they call home.
Early Days of the Key Peninsula
Author: R. T. Arledge
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 361
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHiking Washington's History
Author: Judy Bentley
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2021-05-31
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0295748532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor thousands of years people have traveled across Washington’s spectacular terrain, establishing footpaths and roads to reach hunting grounds and coal mines high in the mountains, fishing sites and trade emporiums on the rivers, forests of old growth, and homesteads and towns on prairies. These traditional routes have been preserved in national parks, restored by cities and towns, salvaged from old railroad tracks, and opened to hikers by Indigenous communities. In this new, full-color edition of the first-ever hiking guide to the state’s historic trails, historian and hiker Judy Bentley teams up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to lead adventurers of all abilities along trails on the coast, over mountains, through national forests, across plateaus, and on the banks of the Columbia River. Features include: • 44 hikes, including 12 new additions • Full-color trail maps • A trails timeline that connects hikes to key events • Updated trail descriptions • Accounts from diaries, journals, and archives • Historical overviews of 8 regions of the state • Contemporary and historical photographs Bentley and Romano offer an essential boots-on-the ground history of some of the state’s most fascinating places.
To the Copper Country
Author: Barbara Carney-Coston
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2017-09-11
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 0814343643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young Croatian girl travels to America hoping to heal her father in 1880s northern Michigan. In 1886, eleven-year-old Mihaela embarks on a journey from Croatia to the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as Michigan’s Copper Country. Mihaela’s papa had made the trip two years beforehand in order to work in the copper mines so that he could send money back home, but a painful eye disease has left him vulnerable in a new land and in need of the skills of his wife, an expert healer. And so Mihaela, her mother, and two younger brothers leave their family farm in Croatia for what they assume will be a brief visit to America, only to find themselves faced with a great many challenges and a stay that will not be temporary after all. To the Copper Country: Mihaela’s Journey is based on the family history of author Barbara Carney-Coston. Her ancestors made the voyage from Croatia to Michigan in the late nineteenth century, a time when many different groups were immigrating to the United States in search of a new life and better opportunities for their families. A common thread runs throughout the accounts of most immigrants, in terms of sacrifice, assimilation, and cultural contribution to a growing America. But Mihaela’s story is unique in that her exploration of this new land is critical to her father’s survival. Through extensive primary source materials, family interviews, and correspondence, Carney-Coston introduces readers to an exceptional narrative of the immigrant experience. Complete with a pronunciation guide, family recipes, and a bibliography, To the Copper Country aims to highlight a lesser-known ethnic group that made up part of the great migration of the late 1800s while also identifying parallels between today’s immigrant experiences and those of the past. This book is suitable for young readers and would be an excellent tool for teaching empathy and Michigan history in the classroom.
A Journey into Florida Railroad History
Author: Gregg M. Turner
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012-03-25
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 0813042925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is safe to say that without railroads, Florida wouldn't be what it is today. Railroads connected the state's important cities and towns, conquered the peninsula's vast and seemingly impenetrable interior, ushered in untold numbers of settlers and tourists, and conveyed to market--faster than any previous means of transportation--the myriad products of Florida's mines, forests, factories, farms, and groves. Gregg Turner traces the long, slow development of Florida railroads, from the first tentative lines in the 1830s, through the boom of the 1880s, to the maturity of the railroad system in the 1920s. At the end of that decade nearly 6,000 miles of labyrinthine track covered the state. Turner also examines the decline of the industry, as the automobile rose to prominence in American culture and lines were abandoned or sold for hiking trails and green spaces. Meticulously researched and richly illustrated--including many never-before-published images--A Journey into Florida Railroad History is a comprehensive, authoritative history of the subject. Written by one of the nation's foremost authorities on Florida railroads, it explores all the key players and companies, and every significant period of development. This engaging and lively story will be savored and enjoyed by generations to come.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSunflower Landscapes of Fuerteventura
Author: Noel Rochford
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
Published: 2004-03
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781856912488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition has been thoroughly updated by a tour operator and walking guide who lives in the Canaries, and it incorporates several new routes.
