Some Dreams Die
Author: George A. Thompson
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780942688016
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Archives of Instruction
Author: Jean Ferguson Carr
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 2005-02-21
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0809326116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoth a historical recovery and a critical rethinking of the functions and practices of textbooks, Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States argues for an alternative understanding of our rhetorical traditions. The authors describe how the pervasive influence of nineteenth-century literacy textbooks demonstrate the early emergence of substantive instruction in reading and writing. Tracing the histories of widespread educational practices, the authors treat the textbooks as an important means of cultural formation that restores a sense of their distinguished and unique contributions. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, few people in the United States had access to significant school education or to the materials of instruction. By century’s end, education was a mass—though not universal—experience, and literacy textbooks were ubiquitous artifacts, used both in home and in school by a growing number of learners from diverse backgrounds. Many of the books have been forgotten, their contributions slighted or dismissed, or they are remembered through a haze of nostalgia as tokens of an idyllic form of schooling. Archives of Instruction suggests strategies for re-reading the texts and details the watersheds in the genre, providing a new perspective on the material conditions of schooling, book publication, and emerging practices of literacy instruction. The volume includes a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary works related to literacy instruction at all levels of education in the United States during the nineteenth century.
Ghost Towns of the West
Author: Philip Varney
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Published: 2017-04-11
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 0760350418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Ghosts Towns of the West is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West! Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The book reveals the little-known stories of long-dead soldiers, American Indians, settlers, farmers, and miners. This essential guidebook to the historic remains of centuries' past includes maps, town histories, color and historical photographs, and detailed directions to these out-of-the-way outdoor museums of the West. Plan your road trips by chapter--each section covers a geographic area and town entries are arranged by location to make this the most user-friendly book on ghost towns west of the Mississippi. Ghost towns are within a short drive of major cities out West, and they make excellent day trip excursions. If you happen to be in or near Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, or El Paso, for example, you ought to veer towards the nearest ghost town. Western ghost towns can also easily be visited during jaunts to national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, Glacier, Yellowstone, and many others throughout the West. Ghost Towns of the West is a comprehensive guide to former boomtowns of the American West, covering ghost towns in eleven states from Washington to New Mexico, and from California to Montana. This book has everything you need to learn about, visit, and explore a modern remnant of how life used to be on the Western range"--
Utah Ghost Rails
Author: Stephen L. Carr
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780914740346
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The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns
Author: Stephen L. Carr
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780914740308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGhost towns: the shadowy remains of a town's former life and activity; its houses, schools, and churches left behind, to dry and crumble in the arid winds of Utah. Carr presents more than 150 such sites across the state--towns formed around mines, railroads and agriculture--but nevertheless there remains a nagging suspicion that there are still ancient, forgotten villages lurking in the hills. Distributed for Western Epics Publishing.
Ghost Towns of the West
Author: William Carter
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurvey of abandoned towns, mostly mining towns, in the West. Well illustrated.
Haunted Utah
Author: Andy Weeks
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2012-07-01
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0811748758
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTales of hauntings, and creature sightings from the state of Utah.
Utah Trails Southwest Region
Author: Peter Massey
Publisher: Adler Publishing
Published: 2006-09
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781930193109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUtah Trails Southwest region guides travelers along spectacular backroads and four-wheel drive trails.
Following the Legends: A GPS Guide to Utah's Lost Mines and Hidden Treasures
Author: Dale R. Bascom
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Published: 2023-02-02
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1599555697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperience the thrill of chasing tales of hidden treasures and lost mines in Utah's mountains with Following the Legends. Packed full of expert advice and mysterious legends, and employing modern GPS and mapping software technology, this book sheds a new light on Utah's rich history and will be sure to intrigue both the curious and adventurous alike.
Powder Ghost Towns
Author: Peter Bronski
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 2013-03-04
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0899975186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn its heyday, Colorado had more than 175 ski areas operating on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains, and while many of those resorts have shut down, their runs still shelter secret stashes of snow. Pristine slopes await backcountry powder hounds out to discover these chutes and steeps, bunny hills and bumps. Chronicling the history of more than 36 of these "lost resorts," Powder Ghost Towns provides the beta for how to ski and board these classic runs today, with comprehensive information on trailheads, where to skin up, and the best descents. Coverage ranges from southern Wyoming's Medicine Bow Mountains to the Colorado-New Mexico border, including famous old resorts like Hidden Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park.
