A Place Apart
A Place Apart

Author: Helen R. Prillaman

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0806347066

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The Williamson Road area, which was annexed by the city of Roanoke in 1949, was originally a part of Botetourt County and thereafter of the northern part of Roanoke County. "A Place Apart" traces the history, places, and families of the Williamson Road. The book begins with various sketches of Roanoke Valley pioneers and early land owners. The second part of the volume continues with sketches of families that arrived during the late 18th or early 19th century, including Barren, Bushong, Campbell, Cannaday, Fellers, Garst, Harshbarger, Huntingdon, Nelms, Nininger, Oliver, Petty, Read, Rudd, Stokes, Watts, and Williamson. Community leaders associated with the Roanoke Valley's recent history are treated elsewhere in the book.

The Economics of Historic Preservation
The Economics of Historic Preservation

Author: Donovan D. Rypkema

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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Since it was first published in 1994, The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leaders Guide has become an essential reference for any preservationist faced with convincing government officials, developers, property owners, business and community leaders, or his or her own neighbors that preservation strategies can make good economic sense. Author Donovan D. Rypkemareal estate consultant and nationally known speaker and writermakes his case with 100 "arguments" on the economic benefits of historic preservation, each backed up by one or more quotes from a study, paper, publication, speech, or report. In this eagerly awaited 2005 edition, he gives these arguments even more clout by adding new information and insights gained in the last decade. Count on Rypkema to be entertaining, provocative, and convincing as he describes and demonstrates how strategies that include preservation help communities make cost-effective use of resources, create jobs, provide affordable housing, revive downtowns, build tourism, attract new businesses and workers, and more.

Circle of Fire
Circle of Fire

Author: John D. McDermott

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2003-07-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0811746135

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The year 1865 was bloody on the Plains as various Indian tribes, including the Southern Cheyenne and the Southern Sioux, joined with their northern relatives to wage war on the white man. They sought revenge for the 1864 massacre at Sand Creek, when John Chivington and his Colorado volunteers nearly wiped out a village of Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho. The violence in eastern Colorado spread westward to Fort Laramie and Fort Caspar in southeastern and central Wyoming, and then moved north to the lands along the Wyoming-Montana border.

From Blackland Prairie to Blacktop
From Blackland Prairie to Blacktop

Author: Randolph W. Farmer

Publisher: Community Heritage

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781935377443

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Contains over 100 historical photos pertaining to the history of Collin County, Texas from the Stone Age to the Digital Age.