Cincinnati's Great Disasters
Cincinnati's Great Disasters

Author: Betty Ann Smiddy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780738551258

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Cincinnati's Great Disasters explores catastrophes from 1905 to 1937, featuring floods, tornadoes, fires, explosions, winter storms, and crashes. Although tragic, disasters became popular postcard subjects in the early 1900s, with many of these photograph postcards being taken by professional photographers. The postcards documenting the 1907 and 1913 floods make up the bulk of this book, as these disasters dramatically affected Cincinnatians' lives and led to innovative flood prevention planning and health initiatives. Flooding ultimately determined where businesses and residences were located in the city and was a driving force behind urban renewal of the riverfront.

Earthquake in Cincinnati
Earthquake in Cincinnati

Author: Chelsea House Publishers

Publisher: Chelsea House

Published: 1999-12

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780791055892

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In early-nineteenth-century Cincinnati, fifteen-year-old George Lankford, whose main interests include creating a steam engine and avoiding a friendship with the badly scared new boy, Charles Lidell, finds his life radically changed when an earthquake hits town.

Cincinnati's Great Disasters
Cincinnati's Great Disasters

Author: Betty Ann Smiddy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007-06-20

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1439618895

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Cincinnatis Great Disasters explores catastrophes from 1905 to 1937, featuring floods, tornadoes, fires, explosions, winter storms, and crashes. Although tragic, disasters became popular postcard subjects in the early 1900s, with many of these photograph postcards being taken by professional photographers. The postcards documenting the 1907 and 1913 floods make up the bulk of this book, as these disasters dramatically affected Cincinnatians lives and led to innovative flood prevention planning and health initiatives. Flooding ultimately determined where businesses and residences were located in the city and was a driving force behind urban renewal of the riverfront.

Cincinnati Magazine
Cincinnati Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.

8 Wonders of Cincinnati
8 Wonders of Cincinnati

Author: Wendy Beckman

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1625858981

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Cincinnati is an amazing place to live and visit for so many reasons. Local author Wendy Beckman and illustrator Allison Ranieri celebrate the city's eight wonders--architecture, art, commerce, food, customs, geography, history and people. With its Venetian Gothic lancet arches and crystal chandeliers, the Cincinnati Music Hall stands as an architectural masterpiece. The Cincinnati Red Stockings made history as the first professional baseball team. Remnants of marine fossils from the Ordovician Period remind residents that the city was once under water. Limitless local varieties of goetta range from family recipes to trendy café dishes. And the city birthed trailblazers like track and field star DeHart Hubbard, the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. These stories and more reveal the unique character of the Queen City.

Places of the Underground Railroad
Places of the Underground Railroad

Author: Tom Calarco

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-12-03

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 031338147X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This up-to-date compilation details the most significant stops along the Underground Railroad. Places of the Underground Railroad: A Geographical Guide presents an overview of the various sites that comprised this unique road to freedom, with entries chosen to represent all regions of the United States and Canada. Where most works on the Underground Railroad focus on the people involved, this unique guide explores the intricacies of travel that allowed the "conductors" to carry out the tasks entrusted to them. It presents an accurate picture of just where the Underground Railroad was and how it operated, including routes and itineraries and connections between the various Railroad locations. Through information about these locations, the book takes readers from the beginnings of organized aid to fugitive slaves during the period following the American Revolution up to the Civil War. It delineates the possible routes fugitive slaves may have taken by identifying the rivers, canals, and railroads that were sometimes used. And it shows that a network, though decentralized and variable over time and place, truly was established among Underground Railroad participants.