Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory
Author: The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Author: Kentucky Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Millstone Industry
Author: Charles D. HockensmithPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078645380X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Since prehistoric times, the process of cutting rock to make millstones has been one of the most important industries in the world. The first part of this book compiles information on the millstone industry in the United States, which dates between the mid-1600s and the mid-1900s. Primarily based on archival research and brief accounts published in geological and historical volumes, it focuses on conglomerate, granite, flint, quartzite, gneiss, and sandstone quarries in different regions and states. The second part focuses on the millstone quarrying industry in Europe and other areas.
Finding List
Author: Chicago Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky
Author: Paul A. TenkottePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky is the authoritative reference on the people, places, history, and rich heritage of the Northern Kentucky region. The encyclopedia defines an overlooked region of more than 450,000 residents and celebrates its contributions to agriculture, art, architecture, commerce, education, entertainment, literature, medicine, military, science, and sports. Often referred to as one of the points of the "Golden Triangle" because of its proximity to Lexington and Louisville, Northern Kentucky is made up of eleven counties along the Ohio River: Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason, Owen, Pendleton, and Robertson. With more than 2,000 entries, 170 images, and 13 maps, this encyclopedia will help readers appreciate the region's unique history and culture, as well as the role of Northern Kentucky in the larger history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the nation. • Describes the "Golden Triangle" of Kentucky, an economically prosperous area with high employment, investment, and job-creation rates • Contains entries on institutions of higher learning, including Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More College, and three community and technical colleges • Details the historic cities of Covington, Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, and Ludlow and their renaissance along the shore of the Ohio River • Illustrates the importance of the Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport as well as major corporations such as Ashland, Fidelity Investments, Omnicare, Toyota North America, and United States Playing Card
Cincinnati Public Library
Author: A History of the Profession of Architecture in Kentucky
Author: Clarence Julian OberwarthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Geography and Travels
Author: Chicago Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Finding List of Books in the Public Library of Cincinnati
Author: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton CountyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
Germantown during the Civil War Era
Author: George C. BrowderPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621908151
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Germantown during the Civil War Era recounts the rise and fall of a nineteenth-century Tennessee town, a community that was not a typical antebellum town in the cotton belt. It’s a case study in how social, economic, and political changes affected them, Black and White. Before the Civil War, Germantown had become a thriving cultural, commercial, and political center. Its elite and middle-class White families had full access to the cultural and social life of Memphis, as well as local private academies and collegiate institutions that hosted enriching events. Its appealing inns, taverns, and mineral springs allowed for festive social mixing of all classes. As an emerging industrial and commercial center of a rich cotton-growing district in the 1850s, Germantown’s decline after the war would have been unimaginable before the war. Thus, this monograph paints a picture of a vibrant community whose brilliancy was extinguished and almost entirely forgotten. Yet, Germantown’s economic and political decline, caused by a number of factors, is not the most interesting part of its story. Meticulously documented and richly illustrated with maps and data, this book reveals the impacts of surviving a theater of guerrilla war, of emancipation, of social and political Reconstruction, and a disastrous Yellow Fever epidemic on all of Germantown’s people—psychologically, socially, and culturally. The damage struck far deeper than economic destruction and loss of life. A peaceful and harmonious society crumbled. Germantown during the Civil War Era is sure to be of interest not just to Shelby County residents, or students of the Civil War, but also to anyone interested in the racial and social history of the Volunteer state.