Author: Vermont. Division for Historic PreservationPublisher:
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Category : Heritage tourism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Vermont State Historic Sites
Author: Vermont. Division for Historic PreservationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heritage tourism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Vermont's Stone Chambers
Author: Giovanna NeudorferPublisher:
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Building Modern Houston
Author: Anna ModPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738585246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Founded in 1836, Houston is now the country's fourth-largest city. In the early 20th century, Houston's economy shifted from agriculture to oil, fueling the city's explosive growth in the following decades. Houston grabbed the reins and saw a building boom in commercial, residential, and civic architecture redefine the city and skyline. Modernism was a new and fresh architectural expression and the perfect complement to the city's can-do entrepreneurial spirit. The 1960s brought ground-breaking ceremonies for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) headquarters, while residents and tourists alike lined up to tour the revolutionary new Astrodome. Building Modern Houston tells the story of Houston's architecture during its transformation from "Bayou City" to "Space City."
Down the Warpath to the Cedars
Author: Mark R. AndersonPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806169761
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In May 1776 more than two hundred Indian warriors descended the St. Lawrence River to attack Continental forces at the Cedars, west of Montreal. In just three days’ fighting, the Native Americans and their British and Canadian allies forced the American fort to surrender and ambushed a fatally delayed relief column. In Down the Warpath to the Cedars, author Mark R. Anderson flips the usual perspective on this early engagement and focuses on its Native participants—their motivations, battlefield conduct, and the event’s impact in their world. In this way, Anderson’s work establishes and explains Native Americans’ centrality in the Revolutionary War’s northern theater. Anderson’s dramatic, deftly written narrative encompasses decisive diplomatic encounters, political intrigue, and scenes of brutal violence but is rooted in deep archival research and ethnohistorical scholarship. It sheds new light on the alleged massacre and atrocities that other accounts typically focus on. At the same time, Anderson traces the aftermath for Indian captives and military hostages, as well as the political impact of the Cedars reaching all the way to the Declaration of Independence. The action at the Cedars emerges here as a watershed moment, when Indian neutrality frayed to the point that hundreds of northern warriors entered the fight between crown and colonies. Adroitly interweaving the stories of diverse characters—chiefs, officials, agents, soldiers, and warriors—Down the Warpath to the Cedars produces a complex picture, and a definitive account, of the Revolutionary War’s first Indian battles, an account that significantly expands our historical understanding of the northern theater of the American Revolution.
Buying Time for Heritage
Author: J. Myrick HowardPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469677016
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
What does it take to save endangered historic properties? This practical guide builds on decades of historic preservation experience to provide readers with legal, financial, political, and technical tools and strategies to be more effective preservationists. Myrick Howard makes clear that large sums of money are not necessarily needed to save endangered historic properties, but knowledge and passion are essential. This book shows how preservation-minded neighbors and organizations can succeed with only modest resources and rather than clash with developers, can become developers themselves for community benefit. Howard draws on case studies from forty-five years of successful work leading Preservation North Carolina, with lessons that are applicable coast to coast. This richly illustrated, fully revised and redesigned second edition includes detailed projects to renovate vacant houses in working-class neighborhoods; reflections on addressing racial equity through preservation; an expanded section on using preservation easements; and summaries of revolving fund programs around the country. Buying Time for Heritage is an indispensable resource for those looking to save the special places of our collective past.
Historic Preservation Resources
Author: Abolition & the Underground Railroad in Vermont
Author: Michelle Arnosky SherburnePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625844948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Many believe that support for the abolition of slavery was universally accepted in Vermont, but it was actually a fiercely divisive issue that rocked the Green Mountain State. In the midst of turbulence and violence, though, some brave Vermonters helped fight for the freedom of their enslaved Southern brethren. Thaddeus Stevens--one of abolition's most outspoken advocates--was a Vermont native. Delia Webster, the first woman arrested for aiding a fugitive slave, was also a Vermonter. The Rokeby house in Ferrisburgh was a busy Underground Railroad station for decades. Peacham's Oliver Johnson worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison during the abolition movement. Discover the stories of these and others in Vermont who risked their own lives to help more than four thousand slaves to freedom.
Discovering Black Vermont
Author: Elise A. GuyettePublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659084
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The search for an African American community in rural Vermont
Mapping Vermont's Natural Heritage
Author: Jens Hawkins-HilkePublisher:
ISBN: 9780977251742
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A mapping and conservation guide for municipal and regional planners in Vermont
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