Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix

Author: J. Seth Anderson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-01-02

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439649928

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On a bed of a primordial ocean floor and in a valley surrounded by jagged mountains, a city was founded atop the ruins of a vanished civilization. In 1867, former Confederate soldier Jack Swilling saw the remains of an ancient canal system and the potential for the area to blossom into a thriving agricultural center. Pioneers moved into the settlement searching for new opportunities, and on October 20, 1870, residents living in adobe structures that lined dirt streets adopted the name Phoenix, expressing the optimism of the frontier. For decades, downtown Phoenix was a dense urban core, the hub of agricultural fields, mining settlements, and military posts. Unfortunately, suburban sprawl and other social factors of the postWorld War II era led to the centers decline. With time, things changed, and now downtown Phoenix is uniquely positioned to rise again as a prominent 21st-century American city.

Final Placement
Final Placement

Author: Robert B. Dickerson

Publisher: Conran Octopus

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Provides full details of the final hours, the funerals, and the burial places of presidents, politicians, musicians, inventors, authors, explorers, artists of stage and screen, captains of industry, and others, both famous and infamous, who for one reason or another have made a mark upon the national consciousness.

The Hall Ball
The Hall Ball

Author: Ralph Carhart

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-07-03

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1476679649

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Rescued in 2010 from the small creek that runs next to Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, a simple baseball launched an epic quest that spanned the United States and beyond. For eight years, "The Hall Ball" went on a journey to have its picture taken with every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, both living and deceased. The goal? To enshrine the first crowd-sourced artifact ever donated to the Hall. Part travelogue, part baseball history, part photo journal, this book tells the full story for the first time. The narratives that accompany the ball's odyssey are as funny and moving as any in the history of the game.

The 18th New York Infantry in the Civil War
The 18th New York Infantry in the Civil War

Author: Ryan A. Conklin

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1476626510

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Responding to President Lincoln's initial call for troops, the 18th New York Infantry emerged as one of the Excelsior State's first regiments and mustered many of its earliest volunteers. Formed of companies from across the state, the unit saw combat early, suffering the first casualties of the Bull Run campaign when they were ambushed on the march four days before the battle. As part of the Army of the Potomac, they fought at Gaines's Mill, Crampton's Gap, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Drawing on numerous sources including several unpublished letters and diaries, this book gives the complete history of the 18th--from the first enlistee to the last surviving veteran (who died in 1938)--with an emphasis on the experiences of individual soldiers.