Author: Susan Cochran SwansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Westchester County, a Pictorial History
Author: Susan Cochran SwansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Westchester
Author: Robert MarchantPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising narrative of slavery, anti-Semitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film stars, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, man-made disasters and assassinations.
Mount Pleasant
Author: George WaterburyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738562162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Mount Pleasant has deep American roots going back to the Revolutionary War, when local tenant farmers filled the ranks of General Washington's Continental army. For years, travel to New York City was difficult, until the arrival of the railroad in 1846 allowed easy transportation to lower Manhattan. In 1893, John D. Rockefeller Sr. began buying land in Pocantico and built his classic Georgian mansion. The massive Kensico Dam in Valhalla was completed in 1917 to satisfy the growing thirst of New York City. In 1927, Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, completed the Rosary Hill Home to care for the unfortunate. The following year, Dewitt Wallace and his wife Lila moved to Pleasantville to launch the production of Reader's Digest. Through photographs, Mount Pleasant remembers these historic moments.
Westchester
Author: Robert MarchantPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476673241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising narrative of slavery, anti-Semitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film stars, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, man-made disasters and assassinations.
Next Stop Westchester!
Author: George H. DouglasPublisher: Hudson River Museum
ISBN: 9780943651262
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Memories Along the South Shore
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597256544
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A treasure trove of history, profiling many aspects of life in Northwest Indiana. There's the first trolley car to enter Crown Point; the 1954 blast at the Whiting Refinery; the efforts to create the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966, and the years of effort that lead up to it. There's World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War. And there's also people having fun, creating communities, making history on the local level. Savor this trip down memory lane!
The Pageant of America, a Pictorial History of the United States
Author: Pictorial history of the United States from the earliest period to the present time
Author: Benson J. LOSSINGA Pictorial History of the United States
Author: Benson John LossingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers
Author: Jason MedinaPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1626195196
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The quiet New York suburb of Yonkers hides a history of hauntings. Now converted into apartments, old Public School 13 is the site of strange apparitions that may be ghosts of former students and teachers who died in a tragic fire. The Boyce Thompson Institute's lofty goal of solving world hunger was never met, and unfulfilled spirits are said to lurk in its abandoned laboratory. Wealthy colonial landowners still watch over stately historic homes like Philipse Manor Hall. Even the iconic Untermeyer Park is a playground for the otherworldly. Local ghost investigator Jason Medina reveals these and other ghosts of Yonkers.