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Author: Todd Carr Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467140481 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 128
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"After the American Revolution, countless pioneers floated into the western frontier on the currents of the Ohio River. Inevitably, their journey brought them past Cave-in-Rock, where the region's outlaws waited in perfect and perpetual ambush. For almost half a century, notorious rogues such as the Alstons, the Harpes, the Sturdivants, Samuel Mason, James Ford, John Crenshaw, Logan Belt and Duff the Counterfeiter all operated out of the cave's dark interior. Todd Carr follows the folklore of the horse thieves, pirates and highwaymen clinging to the shadows of the legendary river bluff"--Page [4] of cover.
Author: Todd Carr Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467140481 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
"After the American Revolution, countless pioneers floated into the western frontier on the currents of the Ohio River. Inevitably, their journey brought them past Cave-in-Rock, where the region's outlaws waited in perfect and perpetual ambush. For almost half a century, notorious rogues such as the Alstons, the Harpes, the Sturdivants, Samuel Mason, James Ford, John Crenshaw, Logan Belt and Duff the Counterfeiter all operated out of the cave's dark interior. Todd Carr follows the folklore of the horse thieves, pirates and highwaymen clinging to the shadows of the legendary river bluff"--Page [4] of cover.
Author: H. Dwight Weaver Publisher: University of Missouri Press ISBN: 0826266452 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 177
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Missouri has been likened to a “cave factory” because its limestone bedrock can be slowly dissolved by groundwater to form caverns, and the state boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. Dwight Weaver has been fascinated by Missouri’s caves since boyhood and now distills a lifetime of exploration and research in a book that will equally fascinate readers of all ages. Missouri Caves in History and Legend records a cultural heritage stretching from the end of the ice age to the twenty-first century. In a grand tour of the state’s darkest places, Weaver takes readers deep underground to shed light on the historical significance of caves, correct misinformation about them, and describe the ways in which people have used and abused these resources. Weaver tells how these underground places have enriched our knowledge of extinct animals and early Native Americans. He explores the early uses of caves: for the mining of saltpeter, onyx, and guano; as sources of water; for cold storage; and as livestock shelters. And he tells how caves were used for burial sites and moonshine stills, as hideouts for Civil War soldiers and outlaws—revealing how Jesse James became associated with Missouri caves—and even as venues for underground dance parties in the late nineteenth century. Bringing caves into the modern era, Weaver relates the history of Missouri’s “show caves” over a hundred years—from the opening of Mark Twain Cave in 1886 to that of Onyx Mountain Caverns in 1990—and tells of the men and women who played a major role in expanding the state’s tourism industry. He also tracks the hunt for the buried treasure and uranium ore that have captivated cave explorers, documents the emergence of organized caving, and explains how caves now play a role in wildlife management by providing a sanctuary for endangered bats and other creatures. Included in the book is an overview of cave resources in twelve regions, covering all the counties that currently have recorded caves, as well as a superb selection of photos from the author’s extensive collection, depicting the history and natural features of these underground wonders. Missouri Caves in History and Legend is a riveting account that marks an important contribution to the state’s heritage and brings this world of darkness into the light of day.
Author: Michael Ray Taylor Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press ISBN: 0826501036 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 368
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Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist, Southern Environmental Law Center, 2021 More than ten thousand known caves lie beneath the state of Tennessee according to the Tennessee Cave Survey, a nonprofit organization that catalogs and maps them. Thousands more riddle surrounding states. In Hidden Nature, Michael Ray Taylor tells the story of this vast underground wilderness. In addition to describing the sheer physical majesty of the region’s wild caverns and the concurrent joys and dangers of exploring them, he examines their rich natural history and scientific import, their relationship to clean water and a healthy surface environment, and their uncertain future. As a longtime caver and the author of three popular books related to caving—Cave Passages, Dark Life, and Caves—Taylor enjoys (for a journalist) unusual access to this secretive world. He is personally acquainted with many of the region’s most accomplished cave explorers and scientists, and they in turn are familiar with his popular writing on caves in books; in magazines such as Audubon, Outside, and Sports Illustrated; and on websites such as those of the Discovery Channel and the PBS science series Nova. Hidden Nature is structured as a comprehensive work of well-researched fact that reads like a personal narrative of the author’s long attraction to these caves and the people who dare enter their hidden chambers.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency Publisher: ISBN: Category : Economic assistance, Domestic Languages : en Pages : 426
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor Publisher: ISBN: Category : Economic assistance, Domestic Languages : en Pages : 1202
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Pt. 1: Considers Federal employment aid programs to economically depressed urban areas. Feb. 3 hearing was held in Boston, Mass.; Feb. 9 hearing was held in Johnstown, Pa.; Feb. 10 hearing was held in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; pt. 2: Feb. 24 hearing was held in Benld, Ill.; Feb. 25 hearing was held in Johnston City, Ill.; Feb. 27 hearing was held in Rosiclare, Ill.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Publisher: ISBN: Category : Economic assistance, Domestic Languages : en Pages : 1144
Author: Todd Carr
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Author: Otto Arthur Rothert
Author: H. Dwight Weaver
Author: Michael Ray Taylor
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Author: United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee