Downstate New York Rock Walks
Downstate New York Rock Walks

Author: C. Russell Dunn

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2023-11-01

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 1438494696

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Downstate New York Rock Walks is both a hiking guidebook and a history book, calling attention to some of downstate New York's most spectacular and historic rocks: balanced rocks, perched rocks, rock shelters, talus caves, glacial potholes, split rocks, rock profiles, historic rocks, and massive, larger-than-life boulders. Many large glacial erratics have a history going back thousands of years to when they were moved to their present location by advancing glaciers. Many served as points of navigational reference at a time when the landscape was featureless and heavily forested, and still others were ceremonial sites for Native Americans. Rock shelters and talus caves have also been used for thousands of years by Native Americans and Europeans seeking refuge from the elements. It is important that these amazing natural wonders of stone be remembered and recorded before they are lost to collective memory or destroyed by the encroachment of civilization. Providing precise GPS location information along with length and degree of difficulty for each hike, Downstate New York Rock Walks will appeal to casual hikers, serious rock explorers, historians, geologists, and anyone wishing to explore some of nature’s greatest wonders within the reach of the lower Hudson River valley.

The American Historical Review
The American Historical Review

Author: John Franklin Jameson

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 940

ISBN-13:

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American Historical Review is the oldest scholarly journal of history in the United States and the largest in the world. Published by the American Historical Association, it covers all areas of historical research.

Poetic Resurrection
Poetic Resurrection

Author: Sina A. Nitzsche

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 3839453119

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While many Americans dismissed the borough of The Bronx in the late 1970s through the belief that »The Bronx is burning,« this study challenges that assumption. As the first explicit study on The Bronx in American popular culture, this book shows how a wide variety of cultural representations engaged in a complex dialogue on its past, present, and future. Sina A. Nitzsche argues that popular culture ushered in the poetic resurrection of The Bronx, an artistic and imaginative rebirth, that preceded, promoted, and facilitated the spatial revival of the borough.

The Story of the Bronx
The Story of the Bronx

Author: Stephen Jenkins

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-03

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 9780266711476

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Excerpt from The Story of the Bronx: From the Purchase Made by the Dutch From the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day The facts in regard to railroads I have obtained from the reports of the State Engineer, from those of the Railroad Commission, from Poor's Manual, and from the officials of the several roads of which descriptions are given. I have, also, received direct information in regard to churches from the pastors and others connected with such institutions. I am especially indebted to Father D. P. O'neil for information concerning the Roman Catholic Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.