Author: John B. Robinson
Publisher: Warren Machine Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780972941099
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Providing a rich experience for those touched by Portland, Maine, this dynamic resource includes stories and incendiary history of the city. An invaluable narrative history for both residents and vacationers alike, this resource explains the history in and around one of the best kept secrets on the East Coast. Portland was a commercial port of prominence in the United States until the great fire of 1866 reduced to ashes a city that rivaled New York City and Boston, as explained in this fast-paced documentation of the events that changed the history of a city.
A Concise History of Portland
Author: John B. Robinson
Publisher: Warren Machine Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780972941099
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Providing a rich experience for those touched by Portland, Maine, this dynamic resource includes stories and incendiary history of the city. An invaluable narrative history for both residents and vacationers alike, this resource explains the history in and around one of the best kept secrets on the East Coast. Portland was a commercial port of prominence in the United States until the great fire of 1866 reduced to ashes a city that rivaled New York City and Boston, as explained in this fast-paced documentation of the events that changed the history of a city.
Publisher: Warren Machine Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780972941099
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Providing a rich experience for those touched by Portland, Maine, this dynamic resource includes stories and incendiary history of the city. An invaluable narrative history for both residents and vacationers alike, this resource explains the history in and around one of the best kept secrets on the East Coast. Portland was a commercial port of prominence in the United States until the great fire of 1866 reduced to ashes a city that rivaled New York City and Boston, as explained in this fast-paced documentation of the events that changed the history of a city.
A Short History of Portland
Author: Gordon DeMarco
Publisher: Lexikos Pub
ISBN: 9780938530466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Publisher: Lexikos Pub
ISBN: 9780938530466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
A Short History of Portland
Author: Beryl M. Brown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Portland (Jamaica : Parish)
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Portland (Jamaica : Parish)
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
A Short History of Portland
Author: Allan Levinsky
Publisher: Commonwealth Editions
ISBN: 9781933212432
Category : Portland (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Maine's largest city is celebrated in this concise narrative history, abundantly illustrated and featuring two dozen biographical profiles of important Portland people.
Publisher: Commonwealth Editions
ISBN: 9781933212432
Category : Portland (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Maine's largest city is celebrated in this concise narrative history, abundantly illustrated and featuring two dozen biographical profiles of important Portland people.
Portland
Author: Thomas Patrick Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780959816600
Category : Portland (Vic.)
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780959816600
Category : Portland (Vic.)
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Lost Portland, Oregon
Author: Val C. Ballestrem
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146713953X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
As Portland has grown and changed, so has its architectural landscape. Once prominent landmarks have disappeared--the Marquam Building collapsed during 1912 renovations, the massive chamber of commerce building became a parking lot and the Corbett Building became a shopping mall. The city skyline was shaped by architects like Justus F. Krumbein and David L. Williams, only to drastically change in the face of urban renewal and the desire for modernization. Discover the stories behind some of Portland's most iconic buildings, including the Beth Israel Synagogue and the first East Side High School, both lost to fire. Join historian Val C. Ballestrem as he explores the city's architectural heritage from the 1890s to the present, as well as the creative forces behind it.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146713953X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
As Portland has grown and changed, so has its architectural landscape. Once prominent landmarks have disappeared--the Marquam Building collapsed during 1912 renovations, the massive chamber of commerce building became a parking lot and the Corbett Building became a shopping mall. The city skyline was shaped by architects like Justus F. Krumbein and David L. Williams, only to drastically change in the face of urban renewal and the desire for modernization. Discover the stories behind some of Portland's most iconic buildings, including the Beth Israel Synagogue and the first East Side High School, both lost to fire. Join historian Val C. Ballestrem as he explores the city's architectural heritage from the 1890s to the present, as well as the creative forces behind it.
A Concise History of Portland, Maine
Author: John B. Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Wicked Portland
Author: Finn J. D. John
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614235473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Tucked away in the northwestern frontier, Portland offered all the best vices: opium dreams, gambling, cheap prostitutes, and drunken brawling. In its early days, Portland was a "combination rough-and-ready logging camp and gritty, hard-punching deep-water port town," and as a young city (established in the late 1840s) it developed an international reputation for lawlessness and violence. In the early 1900s, the British and French governments filed formal complaints about Portland to the US state department, and Congressional testimony from the time cites Portland as the worst place in the world for crimping. Today, tours of the alleged Shanghai Tunnels offer Portland visitors a taste of that seedy past.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614235473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Tucked away in the northwestern frontier, Portland offered all the best vices: opium dreams, gambling, cheap prostitutes, and drunken brawling. In its early days, Portland was a "combination rough-and-ready logging camp and gritty, hard-punching deep-water port town," and as a young city (established in the late 1840s) it developed an international reputation for lawlessness and violence. In the early 1900s, the British and French governments filed formal complaints about Portland to the US state department, and Congressional testimony from the time cites Portland as the worst place in the world for crimping. Today, tours of the alleged Shanghai Tunnels offer Portland visitors a taste of that seedy past.
History of Portland, Oregon, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers
Author: Harvey Whitefield Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Portland (Or.)
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Portland (Or.)
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description