Author: Doug Conarroe
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439678987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Explore ghastly history and lasting lore! The legend of local miner Teodor Glava, the Lafayette Vampire, has reached near cult status, with people from all over the country visiting his gravesite. Buried bootleggers lost to an underground tunnel explosion purportedly haunt Louisville's Main Street. Local teenagers explore the outskirts of Old Town Lafayette to confront the legendary La Llorona, who preyed on curious children and adults. And, an infamous Headless Horseman stalks Spruce Lane, a dirt road in old town Louisville. Sorting out fact from fiction with some tantalizing first-hand accounts, author Doug Conarroe takes a critical look at these and other myths, legends and ghost tales.
Author: Doug Conarroe
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467152730
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Author: Dorothy Salvo
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625842716
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Boilermakers Beware: There's a dark and secret side to Lafayette's history that is sure to send shivers down the spine. From storied specters and urban legends, like Amelia Earhart's tragic figure haunting hangar number one at Purdue University Airport and sightings of the ever-elusive Bigfoot, to haunted houses and battlefi elds, with a guillotine suicide in the Lahr Hotel and the Trail of Death, authors Dorothy Salvo Davis and W.C. Madden leave no stone unturned as they examine the tragic past and the haunted present of Lafayette. With stories focusing on West Lafayette and White, Carroll and Warren Counties, Haunted Lafayette is a chilling read that no ghost enthusiast should miss.
Author: Doug Conarroe
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467148237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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The gold rush of the 1850s turned Colorado's treeless prairie into platted towns with thriving centers of commerce. Lafayette's early "Main Street" on East Simpson Street was once bustling with blacksmiths, jewelers, retailers and grocers. It included the Lafayette Bank, the Goodhue Building and a movie theater. The epicenter of organized labor's struggle for fair wages and a safe workplace, Lafayette expanded to include Japanese and Latino laborers in the 1920s. For fifteen years, the Ku Klux Klan dominated local politics, spreading fear and hate. From 1888 until 1956, the coal mining industry sustained the town. But dangerous work conditions in the fourteen coal mines took a toll. Flour mills, brick factories and electrical generating stations faded quickly. Author Doug Conarroe recounts inspiring tales of a diverse, austere and doggedly self-sufficient townspeople who challenged the status quo and survived trying and tumultuous times.
Author: David Domine
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813174538
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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Old Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, is the third-largest National Preservation District in the United States and the largest Victorian-era neighborhood in the country. Beneath the balconies and terraces of the district's Gothic, Queen Anne, and Beaux Arts mansions, current residents trade riveting stories about their historic homes. Many of these tales defy rational explanation. When David Dominé moved into one of these houses, he dismissed local rumors of a resident poltergeist named Lucy. However, before long, unnerving, disembodied footsteps and mysterious odors caused him to flee his home in the middle of the night. Since that night, David Dominé not only embraced the possibility of supernatural phenomenon but also turned it into a popular tour series and best-selling collection of books, which have brought new attention to this iconic neighborhood. The book that launched the guided tours, Ghosts of Old Louisville, introduced readers to the hauntingly beautiful Lady of the Stairs and the Widow Hoag, who waits eternally near Fountain Court for a lost child who will never return. These tales of things that go bump in the night not only reveal why Old Louisville is considered the "most haunted neighborhood in America," but also help to preserve this historically and architecturally significant community.
Author: David Dominé
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780913383957
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Collects stories of reportedly true sighting of ghosts and hauntings in Louisville, Kentucky.
Author: Percy Conarroe
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981970636
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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The history of Calhan, Colorado and the childhood experiences of Percy Conarroe are chronicled in this charming autobiography. While Percy was growing up, Calhan was located on the remote, windswept plains east of Colorado Springs. It's since been swallowed up by a growing population that's moved steadily eastward from the Front Range. Percy's coming-of-age memories are recorded, including his first date, learning about sex, and stirring up trouble with his best friends. Calhan was founded in 1888, concurrently with laying the track from Limon to Colorado Springs for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad. The settlement was originally named Calahan, after a contractor who built this section of track, but later shortened to Calhan "to accommodate scarce printing space on railroad timetables." The Calhan settlement became incorporated as a Colorado municipality on May 10, 1919.
Author: Jeff Belanger
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1601630824
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 361
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Featuring new listings and new information on existing haunts, thhis book offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world's leading ghost hunters.
Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 030747772X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.
Author: Robert W. Parker
Publisher: Whitechapel Productions
ISBN: 9781892523518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Meet the Ghosts of Downtown Louisville Face-to-Face! Louisville, Kentucky has long been regarded as one of the most haunted cities in America with dark tales of haunted theaters, hospitals, hotels and crumbling mansions. For the first time, Robert Parker, creator of the Louisville Ghost Walks, brings many of those stories to life in the pages of this chilling book. In his first volume of strange stories, the author enthralls the reader with stories that have never appeared in print before, including tales from haunted corridors of the Brown Hotel, the decks of the famed Belle of Louisville, the upper floors of the Brennan House, the confines of the Palace Theater, the former cells of the Old City Jail and many other spots! Want to know why Louisville has gained such a reputation for being haunted? Then look no further than the pages of "Haunted Louisville." This is a must-have book for every ghost hunter, no matter what part of the country they are from!
