Secrets of the Blue Ridge
Author: Phil James
Publisher:
Published: 2010-12-15
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781936518524
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Blue Ridge Heritage
Author: John L. Idol
Publisher: Parkway Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781887905411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Nicholson Idol was the son of Jehu Idol and Hannah Nicholson. He fought in the Civil War in Company B, 1st Battalion, North Carolina Sharpshooters. He married Thirza Greene, daughter of Solomon Greene and Mary Sherrill, 1 March 1867 in Deep Gap, North Carolina. They had seven children. John died 3 July 1897.
Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains
Author: Danny Bernstein
Publisher: Milestone Press (NC)
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781889596273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWestern North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains are some of the oldest on earth, boasting old-growth forests, pristine streams, and ancient heath balds with stunning views. This guide includes 72 great day hikes ranging from 1 to 13 miles, with destinations like the stone tower of Hanging Rock State Park, Max Patch on the Appalachian Trail, the "Opera Box" at Chimney Rock State Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway's Craggy Gardens, the waterfalls of Linville Gorge, and Gregory Bald in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Each entry includes complete driving and hiking directions, maps, trailhead GPS coordinates, elevation gain, trail highlights, and related historical anecdotes, plus books and movies set in each locale.
The Blue Ridge Tunnel
Author: Mary E. Lyons
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1625849524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations
Facets of Fannin
Author: Ethelene D. Jones
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 683
ISBN-13: 9780881071474
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Author: Fiona Ritchie
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2021-08-01
Total Pages: 577
ISBN-13: 1469666278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and songs of English, German, Welsh, African American, French, and Cherokee origin. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. Ritchie and Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change.
Blue Ridge Babies 1, 2, 3
Author: Laura Sperry Gardner
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Published: 2021-03-16
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781645670834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplore the Blue Ridge Mountains, a part of the Appalachian range that teems with fascinating plant and wildlife, through the memorable frame of the engaging folk song “Over in the Meadow.” Amongst budding dogwood trees, crooked creeks, mountains fading to heaven, and other stunning settings, animal mothers and their young all play a part in the great wide wilderness. Count the babies on every page: one fawn hides while two bear cubs forage, three cardinal fledglings fly and four owlets hoot, all the way up to ten salamander efts and one last expansive view of a unique American region. This traditional tune made new and paired with gorgeous, lushly illustrated creatures and environments will have kids counting, singing, and totally awed by the natural world.
Hollow Folk
Author: Mandel Sherman
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of Colvin hollow, Needles hollow, Oakton hollow, Rigby hollow and Briarsville in the Blue Ridge.
A Guide to the Crooked Road
Author: Joe Wilson
Publisher: Blair
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780895873279
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to the Crooked Road, a 250-mile driving route through southwestern Virginia, officially designated as Virginia's Heritage Music Trail.
Deep Gap Days
Author: John L. Idol
Publisher: Parkway Publishers
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781933251776
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Deep Gap Days is a companion volume to the author's Blue Ridge Heritage. This book describes the adventures and misadventures of the author, his siblings, and friends while growing up in the mountains of Deep Gap, North Carolina"--Provided by publisher.
