Author: Publisher: Genealogical Society of PA
ISBN: 9781887099110
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Pennsylvania Civil War Veteran Burials: Volume I: Adams County, Perry County
Author: Publisher: Genealogical Society of PA
ISBN: 9781887099110
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Pioneer Cemeteries
Author: Annette StottPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803216082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the ?Wild West,? cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of stability and progress toward a European-inspired vision of Manifest Destiny. As repositories of art and history, these pioneer cemeteries tell the story of communities and visual culture emerging together within the developing landscape of the Old West. Annette Stott traces this story through Rocky Mountain towns on the western frontier, from the unkempt ?boot hills? of the early mining camps and cattle settlements to the more refined ?fair mounts.? She shows how people from Asia, Europe, and the Americas contributed to the visual character of the mountain cemeteries, and how the sepulchral garden functioned as an open-air gallery of public sculpture, at once a site for relaxation, learning, and social ritual. Here, widespread participation in a variety of ceremonies brought mountain communities together with a frequency almost unimaginable today. Illustrated with eighty-three striking photographs, this book shows how the pioneer cemetery emerged as a site of public sculpture and cultural transmission in which each carved or molded monument played dual (and sometimes conflicting) public and private roles, recording the community?s history and values while memorializing individuals and events.
Tales of John Wood and His Adams County
Author: Historical Society of Quincy and Adams CountyPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663265917
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Enter the leather-hinged door of the dirt-floored, one-room log cabin that John Wood built in October 1822 near the Mississippi River on Illinois’ westernmost shore. Two months later, Wood, a New Yorker in the vanguard of pioneers into the West, threw the first Christmas party there. A local historian wrote that Wood provided the whiskey, and the guests stayed all night. It was a standard of hospitality that John Wood set for all who followed. And his community responded. Here they provided refuge to 5,700 Mormons facing death, organized Illinois’ first antislavery society, comforted Potawatomi Indians forced over a “Trail of Death” into the West. Here Adams County’s pioneer men and women brought ideals and dreams. They built a powerful, river-based economy, became inventors and industrialists, doctors and lawyers, artists and soldiers, saints and sinners, living an enduring spirit made clear in these stories of 19th century Adams County, Illinois.
Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois
Author: William Herzog CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adams County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Fields of Stone
Author: Earl ColvinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780975259504
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Denver's Riverside Cemetery
Author: Annette L. StudentPublisher: Christian Services Network
ISBN: 9781593522278
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Annette Students fascinating guide to Riverside Cemetery introduces us to the variety of people who have been part of Denver and Colorado--from brick makers, tycoons, and soldiers to immigrants, baseball players, and brewers. Through this compelling book, readers will see Colorados history in a new light.--Modope Labode, chief historian, Colorado Historical Society.
From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries
Author: Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 0870045652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Graveyards of Chicago
Author: Matt HuckePublisher: Lake Claremont Press
ISBN: 9780964242647
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Cemeteries are in the metropolitan Chicago area.
Cemeteries of Illinois
Author: Hal HassenPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252099664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Illinois is home to cemeteries and burial grounds dating back to the Native American era. Whether sprawling over thousands of acres or dotting remote woodlands, these treasure troves of local and state history reflect two centuries of social, economic, and technological change. This easy-to-use guidebook invites amateur genealogists, historians, and cemetery buffs to decipher the symbols and uncover the fascinating past awaiting them in Illinois 's resting places. Hal Hassen and Dawn Cobb have combined almost three hundred photographs with expert detail to showcase how cemeteries and burial grounds can teach us about archaeology, folklore, art, geology, and social behavior. Features include the ways different materials used as gravestones and markers reflect historical trends; how to understanding the changes in the use of iconographic images; the story behind architectural features like fencing, roads, and gates; what enthusiasts can do to preserve local cemeteries for future generations. Captivating and informed, Cemeteries of Illinois is the only guide you need to unlock the mysteries of our state 's final resting places.
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