The Heritage of Baldwin County, Alabama
Author: Jeanette Bornholt
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781891647352
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Author: Jeanette Bornholt
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781891647352
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Baldwin County Heritage Book Committee
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Published: 2001
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Comings
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780788426049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John C. Lewis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738568348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough 2009 marked the bicentennial of Baldwin County, the history began long before and included Native Americans, European colonists, pioneers, Chief Red Eagle, Andrew Jackson, William Bartram, and soldiers of the North and South. However, what makes Baldwin County's character today is the story of the growth in the early 1900s. As the railroad began to replace the Federal Road and Mobile Bay boats, land developers voiced the call, and Baldwin County boomed as a destination for colonists. Immigrants from all over the world came for land and for work in lumber and agriculture, building towns to fulfill their dreams. And somehow they succeeded in maintaining their cultural heritage in more than 20 distinct ethnic communities, most still thriving today. This is their story, their legacy, and the heritage of a county--the people.
Author: Martha M. Albers
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn effort to put in brief but permanent form the many scattered records of historic Baldwin.
Author: O. Lawrence Burnette
Publisher: HPN Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 189361980X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated history of Baldwin County, Alabama, paired with histories of the local companies that helped
Author: Kay Nuzum
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: O. Lawrence Burnette
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Published: 2006-10
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781413793383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe section of the Gulf Coast lying between Perdido and Mobile bays has had a long and significant history of almost five hundred years, and the flags of Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, Alabama, the Confederacy, and of a Naval Commander Ashore have marked the succession of powers that have exercised sovereignty over the area. Once one of the most remote and unsettled areas in North America, it has become a dynamic, rapidly-growing area, truly a akingdom by the sea.a This is the story of Baldwin County, Alabama. The largest of Alabamaas counties, and older than the state itself, Baldwin provides an interesting case study of the evolution of a distinctive society and culture. Cosmopolitan, yet Southern, it was peopled by a surprising variety of immigrants, most of whom arrived as late as the 1890s. Its rapid growth in recent years has been due to the attraction of its beaches and as a retirement haven. This is not a typical county history, a list of old houses and prominent names. Instead, it is an effort to present the story of an area that is a distinctive if not unique part of the American past. The story is often larger than life and stranger than fiction.
Author: Harriet Brill Outlaw
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738598690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdvertisements placed in newspapers throughout the Midwest in the early 1900s read, Notice to Homeseekers: Good farm land at a reasonable price, directing people toward picturesque Foley, Alabama. A new town with an ideal climate and boundless resources, it was the final stop on the railroad spur to south Baldwin County that was completed in 1905. First built on an agriculture and timber economy, the town was soon home to businesses that sprang up during the population explosion. Nearby Elberta, a German colony, and the river towns of Magnolia Springs and Bon Secour also experienced accelerated growth as the area was developed. The heritage of the greatest resource--the people of Foley--is best told in the photographs long treasured by families of the earliest settlers and collected by the authors to be shared and preserved for posterity.
Author: Winston County Heritage Book Committee (Ala.)
Publisher: Heritage Publishing Consultants
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781891647062
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