Author: Terry Ruscin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439658242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state's first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina's aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the "Land of the Sky" in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history.
A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina: Trails, Roads, Rails and Air
Author: Terry Ruscin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439658242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state's first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina's aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the "Land of the Sky" in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439658242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state's first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina's aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the "Land of the Sky" in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history.
D.D. Dougherty, Lillie Dougherty and the Early Years of Appalachian State
Author: Doris Perry Stam
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476696632
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The 125-year history of Appalachian State University rests on the ambitious yet selfless dream of empowering impoverished mountain families through education. Dauphin Disco Dougherty, his wife Lillie Shull Dougherty, and his bachelor brother, Blanford Barnard Dougherty, founded a small semi-private high school in 1899 at great personal cost and would only be able to sustain its growth to a state teacher's college through their fortitude of character and commitment. Drawing extensively on primary sources, some of which have appeared in no previous book, this history presents the first 30 years of the university's life and background. With over 100 historic images and dozens of first-hand accounts and interviews, the text uncovers forgotten foundations and fascinating personal details of the school's founders, bringing the first 30 years of App State to life.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476696632
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The 125-year history of Appalachian State University rests on the ambitious yet selfless dream of empowering impoverished mountain families through education. Dauphin Disco Dougherty, his wife Lillie Shull Dougherty, and his bachelor brother, Blanford Barnard Dougherty, founded a small semi-private high school in 1899 at great personal cost and would only be able to sustain its growth to a state teacher's college through their fortitude of character and commitment. Drawing extensively on primary sources, some of which have appeared in no previous book, this history presents the first 30 years of the university's life and background. With over 100 historic images and dozens of first-hand accounts and interviews, the text uncovers forgotten foundations and fascinating personal details of the school's founders, bringing the first 30 years of App State to life.
The North Carolina Historical Review
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (N.F.), Fishel Vegetation and Transportation Management Project
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada
Author: American Association for State and Local History
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759100022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1366
Book Description
This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759100022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1366
Book Description
This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
The Highway Traveler
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Category : Bus travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Category : Bus travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Soil Survey
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Soil Survey of Polk County, Florida
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Fodor's U. S. A., 1986
Author: Fodor's
Publisher: Fodor's
ISBN: 9780679012856
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Publisher: Fodor's
ISBN: 9780679012856
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
The French Broad
Author: Wilma Dykeman
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Category : French Broad River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 371
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Category : French Broad River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 371
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