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Category : Troy (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Troy and Union City, Obion County, TN Miscellaneous Newspapers, 1871-1921
Author: Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake
Author: Paul VanderwoodPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081735039X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A notable and tragic case of the struggle between legal and social justice Reelfoot Lake has been a hunting and fishing paradise from the time of its creation in 1812, when the New Madrid earthquake caused the Mississippi River to flow backward into low-lying lands. Situated in the northwestern corner of the state of Tennessee, it attracted westward-moving pioneers, enticing some to settle permanently on its shores. Threatened in 1908 with the loss of their homes and livelihoods to aggressive, outsider capitalists, rural folk whose families had lived for generations on the bountiful lake donned hoods and gowns and engaged in “night riding,” spreading mayhem and death throughout the region as they sought vigilante justice. They had come to regard the lake as their own, by “squatters’ rights,” but now a group of entrepreneurs from St. Louis had bought the titles to the land beneath the shallow lake and were laying legal claim to Reelfoot in its entirety. People were hanged, beaten, and threatened and property destroyed before the state militia finally quelled the uprising. A compromise that made the lake public property did not entirely heal the wounds which continue to this day. Paul Vanderwood reconstructs these harrowing events from newspapers and other accounts of the time. He also obtained personal interviews with participants and family members who earlier had remained mum, still fearing prosecution. The Journal of American History declares his book “the complete and authentic treatment” of the horrific dispute and its troubled aftermath.
Farmer's Advocate
Author: House of Forrester
Author: Wallace R. ForresterPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 588281183X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
At least nine Forrester individuals immigrated from England, Scotland, or Ireland to the English colonies in the new world in the 1600s and 1700s. The names and particulars about these nine Forrester indivi- duals are listed (v. 1, p. 42-43), and they settled in various places in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia. Descen- dants and relatives also lived in Mississippi River states plus Indiana, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Texas, Arizona, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England, Scotland, Ireland, Flanders to 836 A.D. or earlier. Also includes organization and some officers of the Forrester Genealogical Association, Inc., which became the Clan Forrester Society, Inc., with U.S. headquarters at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Federal Aviation Agency
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
Book Description
A Family Called Fort
Author: Homer T. FortPublisher:
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Elias Fort was born before 1646 and died in 1677/1678.
The March of the Sages
Author: Bonnie Sage BallPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of James Sage. He was born ca. 1749 near London, England. He immigrated to America ca. 1773. He married Lovis (Lovice) Ott (Utt) 15 Dec 1780 in Montgomeroy County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Sylvester Ott. They were the parents of fourteen children. He died 17 Mar 1820. She died 28 Aug 1854. Descendants lived in Virginia, Missouri and elsewhere.
The Power Monopoly
Author: Gifford PinchotPublisher:
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Category : Electric power-plants
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Abridged Decimal Classification and Relativ Index for Libraries, Clippings, Notes, Etc
Author: Melvil DeweyPublisher:
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Category : Classification, Decimal
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Genealogy of the Dart Family in America
Author: Thaddeus Lincoln BoltonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description