Brief History
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Columbia Tusculum: A History of Cincinnati’s Oldest Neighborhood
$24.99 Read moreWith a history dating back 2000 years, Columbia Tusculum stands as a vital contributor to the region’s development.
The lush, strategically located land provided essential resources for native hunting
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Young, Dinese
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1467158550
- Language: English
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A New History of Lexington, Kentucky
$21.99 Read moreLexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World, but the city’s history runs much deeper. Learn about the mayor who refused the Ku Klux Klan permission to march and organize in the city. Meet one… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Ockerman Jr, Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146854
- Language: English
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Galena, Illinois: A Brief History
$21.99 Read moreWith 85 percent of its buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, Galena truly is a place drenched in history.
From the ancient burial mounds crowding the high banks of the Mississippi to t
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Marsh, DiAnn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 20 2010
- ISBN10: 1596297301
- Language: English
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Streeterville: Chicago’s Most Exciting Neighborhood
$24.99 Read moreMeet the Chicagoans who had the vision — or the chicanery — to turn a worthless marsh into the amazing cityscape that is modern Streeterville.
The towering buildings between beautiful Lake Michigan a
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Klatt, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151572
- Language: English
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Somerville, Massachusetts:: A Brief History
$20.99 Add to cartEnter Somerville, a city packed with stories larger than itself, to salute a heritage that justifies the fierce pride of its citizens. Share a perch on one of Somerville’s celebrated hills with Dee Mo… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Morris, Dee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1596294248
- Language: English
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Oregon Search & Rescue: Answering the Call
$24.99 Read moreOregon’s long tradition of volunteer search and rescue dates back to the territorial days, when Good Samaritans and mountain men came to aid those in need. On the coast, surfmen of the U.S. Life-Savin
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Voelz, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 146715525X
- Language: English
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A History of the Boston & Maine Railroad: Exploring New Hampshire’s Rugged Heart by Rail
$21.99 Add to cartOn June 27, 1835, New Hampshire chartered the Boston & Maine Railroad, and a juggernaut was born. By 1900, the B&M operated some 2,300 miles of track in northern New England, having taken over an asto… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Heald, Bruce D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1596293608
- Language: English
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Charlotte, North Carolina: A Brief History
$24.99 Add to cartFounded in 1768 at the crossing of two Indian trails, Charlotte has a rich heritage to match its age. Hear the personal voices of discovery, hardship, wars, privation, segregation and achievement from
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Kratt, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1596296011
- Language: English
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Massapequas: Two Thousand Years of History
$40.99 Add to cartWhether as a town, village or hamlet, the communities of East Massapequa, North Massapequa, Massapequa Park and Massapequa proper all share a rich historic legacy. The area’s abundant supply of fish a… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Kirchmann, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: May 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1540248011
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario’s Sunshine City
$21.99 Add to cartLocal author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario. First populated by the Huron, Iroquois and Chippewa Nations, Orillia is now a well-loved, year-round recreation… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Rizzo, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 1626191042
- Language: English
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East Bay Hills: A Brief History
$24.99 Add to cartLike the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay Hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin peo… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Marshall, Amelia Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1467137251
- Language: English
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Oak Park:: The Evolution of a Village
$24.99 Read moreJourney to the past with historian David M. Sokol as he reveals the city that nurtured and inspired the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Ray Kroc and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Though it is a handsome village, with
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Sokol, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 27, 2011
- ISBN10: 1609490703
- Language: English
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A History of Lake Norman: Fish Camps to Ferraris
$21.99 Add to cartJournalist and historian Chuck McShane traces the triumphs and troubles of Lake Norman from the region’s colonial beginnings to its modern incarnation.
On a muggy September day in 1959, North Carolina
- Series: Brief History
- Author: McShane, Chuck
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1626195021
- Language: English
