Author: Michael R. HillPublisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers
Author: Michael R. HillPublisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers
Author: A Guidebook to South Carolina Historical Markers
Author: Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1643361570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The South Carolina Historical Marker Program, established in 1936, has approved the installation of more than 1,700 interpretive plaques, each highlighting how places both grand and unassuming have played important roles in the history of the Palmetto State. These roadside markers identify and interpret places valuable for understanding South Carolina's past, including sites of consequential events and buildings, structures, or other resources significant for their design or their association with institutions or individuals prominent in local, state, or national history. This volume includes a concise history of the South Carolina Historical Marker Program and an overview of the marker application process. For those interested in specific historic periods or themes, the volume features condensed lists of markers associated with broader topics such as the American Revolution, African American history, women's history, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. While the program is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, most markers are proposed by local organizations that serve as a marker's official sponsor, paying its cost and assuming responsibility for its upkeep. In that sense, this inventory is a record not just of places and subjects that the state has deemed worthy of acknowledgment, but of those that South Carolinians themselves have worked to enshrine.
Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers
Author: Michael HillPublisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN: 9780865263284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This tenth revised edition of the popular marker guide contains inscriptions on 1,513 markers erected across the state between 1935 and 2007. The markers are conveniently grouped by county, and the counties are arranged alphabetically. Included are separate maps for each of the 100 counties and 107 additional illustrations.
A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina
Author: Catherine W. BishirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina
Sticks and Stones
Author: M. Ruth LittlePublisher:
ISBN: 9781469621357
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers
History Lover's Guide to North Carolina, A
Author: Michael C. HardyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467151645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Tour the Old North State's famous--and not-so-famous--historic sites. "First in Freedom," "First in Flight," and "First, Farthest and Last" are all honorifics that have been used to describe North Carolina's well-known history. Learn the truth behind each of these epithets and other tales from the sands of the Outer Banks to the bustling cities of the Piedmont and the western mountains. Tour the state's famous historic homes, gardens and cemeteries. Dive deep into its military conflicts, from the golden age of piracy to the Second World War. "Join North Carolina's veteran historian, Michael C. Hardy, for an exploration of the many sites, monuments, museums, and public spaces that tell story of North Carolina's history.
Moore's Historical Guide To The Battle Of Bentonville
Author: Mark A. MoorePublisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781882810154
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this large-format guide to the field where Sherman and Johnston fought their final battle, detailed route and battle maps are keyed to highway historical markers and accompanied by battle descriptions.
The North Carolina Gazetteer
Author: William S. PowellPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807833995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History
The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed
Author: William S. PowellPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807898295
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.