Author: Charles Edward ConrodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Limited Growth of Cities in the Lower Ohio River Valley
Author: Charles Edward ConrodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Towns and Villages of the Lower Ohio
Author: Darrel E. BighamPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities such as Owensboro and Paducah succeed? Regardless of how appealing a locale looked on the map, luck, fate, culture, and leadership all helped determine success or failure. The fate of Cairo, Illinois—on paper an ideal site for a metropolis—emphasizes the extent to which human decisions, rather than physical landscape, affected a town's prosperity. The location of a canal or railroad terminus, the construction of a factory, or the activities of local boosters all mattered greatly. Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged. Bigham's intimate knowledge of the area offers a true sense of the towns and villages and discloses fundamental truths about the workings of the American dream.
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY
Author: Jon MullerPublisher: Left Coast Press
ISBN: 1598744518
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Although it has been occupied for as long and possesses a mound-building tradition of considerable scale and interest, Muller contends that the archaeology of the lower Ohio River Valley—from the confluence with the Mississippi to the falls at Louisville, Kentucky – remains less well-known that that of the elaborate mound-building cultures of the upper valley. This study provides a synthesis of archaeological work done in the region, emphasizing population growth and adaptation within an ecological framework in an attempt to explain the area’s cultural evolution.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1696
Book Description
The economic development of the Ohio River Valley due to the influence of water transportation
Author: Joseph R. CordaroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Geographical Abstracts
Author: Waterways of Westward Expansion
Author: Archer Butler HulbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio River
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Development of Urban Settlement in a Newly Settled Region
Author: Edward K. MullerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Economic Development in the Ohio River Valley Region
Author: Gene A. BramlettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Development of Water Resources in Appalachia
Author: United States. Office of Appalachian StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appalachian Region
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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