Author: John E. SterlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
South Kingstown, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries
Author: John E. SterlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island
Author: John E. SterlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Oak Hill Cemetery
Author: Paul P. DelislePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries
Author: David Allen LambertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Includes cemetery names; year of consecration of cemetery or oldest known gravestone or burial; location of cemetery; printed and manuscript sources for the cemetery from New England Historic Genealogical Society, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and official Massachusetts vital records to 1850; and contact information for office affiliated with cemetery.
History of Newport County, Rhode Island
Author: Richard Mather BaylesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Newport County (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
Author: Loren RhoadsPublisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0316473790
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography andtheir unique histories and residents. More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Pè Lachaise cemetery each year.They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around the world, by a combination of natural beauty, ornate tombstones and crypts, notable residents, vivid history, and even wildlife. Many also visit Mount Koya cemetery in Japan, where 10,000 lanterns illuminate the forest setting, or graveside in Oaxaca, Mexico to witness Day of the Dead fiestas. Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery has gorgeous night tours of the Southern Gothic tombstones under moss-covered trees that is one of the most popular draws of the city. 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die features these unforgettable cemeteries, along with 196 more, seen in more than 300 photographs. In this bucket list of travel musts, author Loren Rhoads, who hosts the popular Cemetery Travel blog, details the history and features that make each destination unique. Throughout will be profiles of famous people buried there, striking memorials by noted artists, and unusual elements, such as the hand carved wood grave markers in the Merry Cemetery in Romania.
Cautantowwit's House
Author: William Scranton SimmonsPublisher: Brown Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Cemeteries and Gravemarkers
Author: Richard E. MeyerPublisher: Umi Research Press
ISBN: 9780835719032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The Scituate Reservoir
Author: Raymond A. WolfPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738573809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In 1772, portions of Providence received water through a system of hollowed out logs. By 1869, seventeen years after Zachariah Allen campaigned for a public water supply, the public voted in favor of introducing water into the city from the Pawtuxet River in Cranston. By 1900, it was clear that more, purer water was needed. A public law was approved on April 21, 1915, creating the Providence Water Supply Board and granting the power to condemn 14,800 acres to create the Situate Reservoir. Today the reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Rhode Island, supplying over 40 billion gallons of water to residents.
Death in Medieval Europe
Author: Joelle Rollo-KosterPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315466848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Death in Medieval Europe: Death Scripted and Death Choreographed explores new cultural research into death and funeral practices in medieval Europe and demonstrates the important relationship between death and the world of the living in the middle ages. This volume explores overarching topics such as burials, commemorations, revenants, mourning practices and funerals, capital punishment, suspiscious death and death registrations using case studies from across Europe including England, Iceland and Spain. Drawing together and building upon the latest scholarship, this book is essential reading for all students and academics of death in the medieval period.