Author: Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Publisher: ISBN: 9781596410381 Category : Deeds Languages : en Pages : 166
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Full Transcriptions of wills, and miscellaneous family diaries, letters, indentures, etc. Because of the nature of the documents, there are numerous names provided in the form of deceased, wives, witnesses, others named in the wills, witnesses, school employees, students, family, friends, etc. Fully indexed.
Author: Wpa Records Publisher: ISBN: 9780788489891 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 0
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This publication provides a collection of records such as indentures, deeds, diaries, letters, and wills from Putnam County, Tennessee. The surnames of grantors are arranged alphabetically in the index, along with corresponding page numbers.
Author: Richard B. Drake Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813137934 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 304
Book Description
Richard Drake has skillfully woven together the various strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole. Touching upon folk traditions, health care, the environment, higher education, the role of blacks and women, and much more, Drake offers a compelling social history of a unique American region. The Appalachian region, extending from Alabama in the South up to the Allegheny highlands of Pennsylvania, has historically been characterized by its largely rural populations, rich natural resources that have fueled industry in other parts of the country, and the strong and wild, undeveloped land. The rugged geography of the region allowed Native American societies, especially the Cherokee, to flourish. Early white settlers tended to favor a self-sufficient approach to farming, contrary to the land grabbing and plantation building going on elsewhere in the South. The growth of a market economy and competition from other agricultural areas of the country sparked an economic decline of the region's rural population at least as early as 1830. The Civil War and the sometimes hostile legislation of Reconstruction made life even more difficult for rural Appalachians. Recent history of the region is marked by the corporate exploitation of resources. Regional oil, gas, and coal had attracted some industry even before the Civil War, but the postwar years saw an immense expansion of American industry, nearly all of which relied heavily on Appalachian fossil fuels, particularly coal. What was initially a boon to the region eventually brought financial disaster to many mountain people as unsafe working conditions and strip mining ravaged the land and its inhabitants. A History of Appalachia also examines pockets of urbanization in Appalachia. Chemical, textile, and other industries have encouraged the development of urban areas. At the same time, radio, television, and the internet provide residents direct links to cultures from all over the world. The author looks at the process of urbanization as it belies commonly held notions about the region's rural character.
Author: Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)
Author: United States. Work Projects Administration (Tenn.)
Author: Matilda A. Porter
Author: Mrs. John Trotwood Moore
Author: Wpa Records
Author: United States. Works Progress Administration
Author: C.C. Baldwin
Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson
Author: Richard B. Drake
Author: John Carroll Power