Author: David S. HenkelPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368629603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.
A Description of the New Market Endless Caverns
Author: David S. HenkelPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368629603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.
Endless Caverns
Author: Douglas Reichert PowellPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469638649
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
For generations, enterprising people in the southern Appalachians have turned the region's extensive network of caves into a strange, fascinating genre of tourist attraction. Visitors pay admission to take a tour deep underground, learning a little about history and geology while puzzling over lit-up rock formations said to resemble anything from Niagara Falls to the Capitol dome. Then off go the lights, enveloping the travelers in total darkness--until the guide flips them back on and welcomes folks back into the safety of the inevitable gift shop. Show caves, as Douglas Reichert Powell explains in Endless Caverns, are at once predictable and astonishing, ancient and modern, eerie and sentimental. Their story sparks memories of a fleeting cool moment deep underground during a hot summer vacation, capturing in microcosm the history and culture of a region where a deeply rooted sense of place collides with constant change. Reichert Powell takes readers along on his journey through the past and present of Appalachia's show caves, highlighting the characters who have owned and operated them, the ways the attractions have developed and changed over the years, and the odd intrigue that still leads people to buy their ticket and head underground. Tourist tastes may shift as interstates whisk travelers past the backroads and on to trendier destinations, but the show cave--like Appalachia itself--endures.
Brown Swiss Record
Author: Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brown Swiss cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Around New Market
Author: James R. GravesPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738542805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Central to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the town of New Market lies at the western base of the Massanutten range. Its crossroads go back to two Native American hunting trails that crossed here throughout the ages. By the 1740s, Swiss-German settlers began moving southward from the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, region and settled in New Market, followed by Scotch-Irish immigrants. According to folklore, when it was incorporated in 1796, the community was named New Market after the famous race course in England. The area still shines with its agrarian roots, while over the years, it has fostered many educational institutions and maintained historically heavy commerce.
The Brown Swiss Bulletin
Author: Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brown Swiss cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Popular Mechanics
Author: Henry Haven WindsorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Year Book of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee
Author: Milwaukee Public MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Select Field Guides to Cave and Karst Lands of the United States 2009
Author: Annette Summers EngelPublisher: Karst Waters Institute
ISBN: 0978997646
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Monday Holidays
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 1684
Book Description