Author: John A. JaklePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Images of the Ohio Valley
Author: John A. JaklePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Ohio Valley Pottery Towns
Author: Pamela Lee GrayPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780738520322
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Land Act of 1796 opened the gates for a flood of settlers into the lands of the Upper Ohio River Valley. The natural clay soils of the valley, coupled with an abundance of salt for glazing and the Ohio River as a nearby source for transportation, laid the foundation for what would become the pottery capital of the United States. Naming their new towns for those they left behind-Liverpool, Chester, Newell-English and Irish entrepreneurs established factories for making crockery. The industry boomed and, by the turn of the twentieth century, Ohio Valley pottery was being exported throughout the world. The story of pottery production is more than a list of manufacturers; the towns that grew around these factories and the lifestyles of the people who worked in them provide the social fabric of the Ohio Valley. From the early pioneer villages of the "hand-thrown" period to the towns with bustling shops and regular trolley service, residents built homes, schools, and churches, creating thriving communities.
Pilgrims on the Ohio
Author: Reuben Gold ThwaitesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In the spring of 1894 Reuben Gold Thwaites, historian and State Historical Society of Wisconsin director, accompanied by three family members journeyed nearly 1,100 miles down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers in a fifteen-foot rowboat. This title documenting Thwaites's trip features approximately seventy circular black-and-white photographs taken by Thwaites with his #2 Kodak camera and the historian's descriptions about each image. Also included are the essays "Reuben Gold Thwaites: Clio's Pilgrim" by Robert L. Reid and "Reuben Gold Thwaites and the Circular Snapshot" by Dan Fuller.
The Ohio Valley in Colonial Days
Author: Berthold FernowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Footprints of the Pioneers in the Ohio Valley
Author: William Henry VenablePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A history of the exploration and settlement of the Ohio Valley by France and England; also discusses frontier life in Ohio and Indiana.
Early Maps of the Ohio Valley
Author: Lloyd Arnold BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Maps of Ohio Valley prior to 1784.
Ohio Valley Historical Series
Author: On Common Ground
Author: James Jeffrey HigginsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This collection finds photographer James Jeffrey Higgins exploring the fading farms and small towns of the Ohio Valley. While recording the ever-present signs of hard times, the photographs also capture a powerful sense of place and a victory of the spirit.
Images of the Ohio Valley
Author: John A. JaklePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Ohio River Images
Author: Russell G. RylePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738507392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Provides photographs of the Ohio River and the packet boats that sailed it during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.