Author: O. H. KelleyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338523798X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Origin and Progress of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry in the United States
Author: O. H. KelleyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338523798X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Origin and Progress of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry in the United States
Author: Oliver Hudson KelleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Semi-centennial History of the Patrons of Husbandry
Author: Thomas Clark AtkesonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patrons of husbandry
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Knights of Plow
Author: Oliver H. KelleyPublisher: Purdue University Press
ISBN: 9781557532633
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Knights of the Plow analyzes the ideological origins of the Grange. It traces the incubation adn the birth of a radical farm organization during the economic and social upheaval in rural America in the 1850s and 1860s, primarily through the life and ideas of Grange founder Oliver Kelley and his early Minnesota and Illinois Associates. Based on intensive research in newspapers and unpublished archival sources and on the material culture and symbolism of Grange ritual, this book depicts the tumultuous early years of the Grange from the perspective of its most important organizer.
Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate, and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Author: PennsylvaniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Author: Annual Report
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Minnesota
Author: William E. LassPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393319712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A comprehensive history of a state thought by many to be the most livable.
American Railroads
Author: John F. StoverPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226776603
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel and trucking, railroads have enjoyed a rebirth in recent years as profitable freight carriers. A fascinating account of the rise, decline, and rebirth of railroads in the United States, John F. Stover's American Railroads traces their history from the first lines that helped eastern seaports capture western markets to today's newly revitalized industry. Stover describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, with the consequent need for state and federal regulations; relates the vital part played by the railroads during the Civil War and the two World Wars; and charts the railroads' decline due to the advent of air travel and trucking during the 1950s. In two new chapters, Stover recounts the remarkable recovery of the railroads, along with other pivotal events of the industry's recent history. During the 1960s declining passenger traffic and excessive federal regulation led to the federally-financed creation of Amtrak to revive passenger service and Conrail to provide freight service on bankrupt northeastern railroads. The real savior for the railroads, though, proved to be the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, which brought prosperity to rail freight carriers by substantially deregulating the industry. By 1995, renewed railroad freight traffic had reached nearly twice its former peak in 1944. Bringing both a seasoned eye and new insights to bear on one of the most American of industries, Stover has produced the definitive history of railroads in the United States.
Along New York's Route 20
Author: Michael J. TillPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439624232
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Few roads can match Route 20's beauty, history, or contribution to New York's vitality. In 1926, Route 20 became a federal highway and evolved into New York's foremost east-west road. But unlike most early highways, it has survived almost completely intact. The story of Route 20 is told through more than 200 vintage postcards showing scenes from the Shaker communities in Columbia County to the Lake Erie Shore. The postcards show the personality of the road: main streets, the Finger Lakes, and scenic vistas. Not to be forgotten are the tourist courts, hotels, diners, and gas stations that made travel possible. In The Revolutionary War in Bergen County, Carol Karels and her team of scholars weave a masterful account of the war in northeastern New Jersey. Here in Bergen County General Washington took the young Marquis de Lafayette under his wing; here in Bergen County the future antagonists Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were baptized by fire; here in Bergen County families--in a prelude to the Civil War--split bitterly along Loyalist and Patriotic lines. From Washington's miraculous November 1776 retreat to the Delaware to the beginning of the Continental Army's epic August 1781 march to destiny at Yorktown, The Revolutionary War in Bergen County, comprehensively encompasses one of the Revolutionary War's most dramatic and pivotal fronts.