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A Short History of Sonoma
$21.95 Add to cartSonoma is one of Northern California’s most desirable places to live and a popular tourist destination, combining small-town charm, a colorful past, and its current role as the hub of one of the world… [more below]
- Author: Downey, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0874179122
- Language: English
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A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek
$24.00 Add to cartIn the early morning of November 29, 1864, with the fate of the Union still uncertain, part of the First Colorado and nearly all of the Third Colorado volunteer regiments, commanded by Colonel John Ch
- Author: Kelman, Ari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0674503783
- Language: English
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Fort Benton
$24.99 Read moreFort Benton, the head of navigation on the Missouri River, is known as the “Birthplace of Montana.” Its history spans every era in Montana’s development. Founded in 1846 as a fur-trading post, it is M… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Robison, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0738570281
- Language: English
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Lost Treasures on the Old Spanish Trail
$15.95 Read moreThe Old Spanish Trail was a pathway with but one purpose: to lead followers to the legendary land of Cibola and its immeasurable treasures of silver and gold. Lost Treasures of the Spanish Trail takes… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, George A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: February 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0914740318
- Language: English
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Colorado Curiosities: Rattlesnake Kate, the Crying Bridge, Kit Carson’s Last Trip and More
$21.99 Read moreColorado’s Front Range, Western Slope, eastern plains and southern approaches were home to some of the state’s stranger people, places and events. Meet Mike the Headless Chicken from Fruita and a Fort… [more below]
- Author: Brick, Cindy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146587
- Language: English
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A History of Montana in 101 Objects: Artifacts & Essays from the Montana Historical Society
$29.95 Add to cartTreasures abound in this tour of Montana’s fascinating past. Featured objects span a breadth of time and cultures, ranging from a prehistoric petroglyph (dated 1500 AD), to famous guide and trapper Ji… [more below]
- Author: Montana Historical Society
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1940527961
- Language: English
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Sacramento Renaissance:: Art, Music and Activism in California’s Capital City
$21.99 Read moreTouted as progress, postwar redevelopment spawned a new age in Sacramento, California. As city planners designated areas of urban blight and directed bulldozers to make way for commercial districts an… [more below]
- Author: Burg, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 1609499395
- Language: English
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Sally in Three Worlds: An Indian Captive in the House of Brigham Young
$34.95 Read moreIn this remarkable and deeply felt book, Virginia Kerns uncovers the singular and forgotten life of a young Indian woman who was captured in 1847 in what was then Mexican territory. Sold to a settler,
- Author: Kerns, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1647690153
- Language: English
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Cherry Hills Village
$24.99 Read moreThe history of Cherry Hills Village is about the trailblazers, settlers, visionaries, and others who came to Colorado from disparate places and backgrounds with their dreams in hand and a vision of a … [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Maniatis, Dino G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1467108634
- Language: English
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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$21.99 Read moreSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of low and slow. Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighbor… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Reyes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137804
- Language: English
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Colorado Legends & Lore: The Phantom Fiddler, Snow Snakes and Other Tales
$21.99 Add to cartColorado is steeped in stories as unique as the people who settled it. Each wave of exploration and settlement brought new tales to explain the mysteries of this incomparable place. With extreme weath… [more below]
- Author: Waters, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1626194815
- Language: English
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Honor Killing: Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow’s Spectacular Last Case
$27.00 Add to cartIn the fall of 1931, Thalia Massie, the bored, aristocratic wife of a young naval officer stationed in Honolulu, accused six nonwhite islanders of gang rape. The ensuing trial let loose a storm of rac… [more below]
- Author: Stannard, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0143036637
- Language: English
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Rails Around Durango
$24.99 Read moreIn the 1880s, the Denver & Rio Grande began building its three-foot railroad toward the San Juan Mountains alongside the Animas River and the budding community of Durango. The D&RG quickly established… [more below]
- Series: Images of Rail
- Author: Lewis, Allan C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0738548596
- Language: English
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Latinos in Pasadena
$24.99 Read moreHistories of Pasadena are rich in details about important citizens, time-honored traditions, and storied enclaves such as Millionaires Row and Lamanda Park. But the legacies of Mexican Americans and o… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Martã-Nez, Roberta H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 22 2009
- ISBN10: 0738569550
- Language: English
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Forgotten San Diego
$24.99 Read moreMemories are fleeting, and a region’s history can easily be forgotten. This book features over 200 unique and interesting historical postcards that vividly capture San Diego County’s forgotten past fr… [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Marshall, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160261
- Language: English
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San Luis Obispo County Architecture
$24.99 Read moreCalifornia is rare among states and nations in having two cultural capitals–Los Angeles and San Francisco–and San Luis Obispo is smack in the middle. In the middle of nowhere or equidistant from eve… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Papp, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160040
- Language: English
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Secret Los Angeles: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Add to cart- Series: Secret
- Author: Jensen, Danny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 168106216X
- Language: English
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Palm Springs
$24.99 Read moreNestled beneath the San Jacinto Mountains in an oasis of palm trees is a mineral hot springs. For thousands of years, this was the winter home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the origin… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Henderson, Moya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0738559822
- Language: English
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Montana Place Names
$26.95 Add to cartMontana Place Names from Alzada to Zortmanexplores the origins of more than 1,200 place names. Written by Montana Historical Society staff and drawing on the expertise of historians from around the st… [more below]
- Series: Montana Historical Society Guide
- Author: Montana Historical Society Press
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 347
- Publish Date: July 01 2009
- ISBN10: 097591961X
- Language: English
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Record Plant, Sausalito Studios
$23.99 Read moreThe Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California, was one of America’s top-of-the-line music recording facilities. Opened in 1972, Record Plant was known as the “resort studio,” just across the Golden… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Giacona, Katiana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109460
- Language: English
