Hidden History of Montgomery County, Indiana
Hidden History of Montgomery County, Indiana

Author: Jodie Steelman Wilson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1614238308

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Montgomery County never fails to surprise the visitor with its unique and varied history. Even local residents are often unaware of some of their county heritage. Anyone who spends some time in Crawfordsville will eventually know about General Lew Wallace, author of the one-time bestseller Ben-Hur, as well as Senator Henry Lane, who helped found the Republican Party and get Abraham Lincoln nominated for the presidency. Wabash College was founded here in 1832 and is one of the two remaining all-male colleges in the nation -- with the dubious honor of having fired Ezra Pound before he went on to fame as a poet. The Hidden History of Montgomery County will touch upon such topics but will also bring to light many of the area's other deserving stories.

What Is This Thing?
What Is This Thing?

Author: Nancy Polette

Publisher: Pieces of Learning

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1931334951

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Presents information about things used in everyday life at home and work in the 1800s.

In Search of Maryland Ghosts
In Search of Maryland Ghosts

Author: Karen Yaffe Lottes

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764340109

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Explore haunted places of Montgomery County, Maryland, and its surrounding area through 53 ghostly stories: Brookeville to Gaithersburg, Poolesville, and Leesburg, Virginia; the C & O Canal to Rockville and Silver Spring; Chevy Chase and Washington, D.C. to Sandy Spring. Learn about the many ghosts, apparitions, and supernatural occurrences that can't be explained logically, including the Headless Horseman that continues to terrorize visitors to the old railroad bridge; the poltergeist that haunts the Madison House; the Tommyknocker at the Maryland Mine; and the farmer that keeps searching for his buried treasure. The history of gold mining, presidential politics, the Civil War, the burning of Washington during the War of 1812, the French and Indian War, and various important personages come to life through these mind-tingling stories. Are you brave enough to take this haunted journey back into time?

Before Us Lies the Timber
Before Us Lies the Timber

Author: Warrick S. Hill

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780935437621

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Part yearbook, part cultural history, this book will help you not only to learn what African-Americans in Montgomery County, Maryland went through, but will keep their memories alive for future generations.

Leading for Equity
Leading for Equity

Author: Stacey M. Childress

Publisher: Harvard Education Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1612500110

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Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation—in less than a decade—into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement. In chapters organized around six core themes, the authors lay out the essential elements of MCPS’s success. They identify key lessons other districts can draw from MCPS’s experience and offer a framework for applying them. A dramatic departure from “business as usual,” MCPS has won nationwide attention as a compelling model for tackling the achievement and opportunity issues that confront our nation as a whole.

Saving Berry
Saving Berry

Author: Heather Barr

Publisher: Gatekeeper Press

Published: 2021-09-24

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 1662917031

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Saving Berry is a book about not giving up hope. Great Social emotional lesson for young children.

I Have Started for Canaan
I Have Started for Canaan

Author: Sugarland Ethno History Project

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781638772262

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A book documenting the history of the Historic community of Sugarland in Montgomery County, Maryland.

From Slave Ship to Harvard
From Slave Ship to Harvard

Author: James H. Johnston

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0823239500

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A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day.