Author: Derek Saffie
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146713564X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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"The natural beauty and fertile lands of Windham drew first the Pawtucket Indians and then Scotch-Irish settlers. The town's rich history is full of intriguing stories, including Wallace Fessenden's unscrupulous baseball umpiring, the return of a native son after his burial at sea in Indonesia and the poetic life of the Rustic Bard, Robert Dinsmoor. Tourism boomed as early as the 1850s, when visitors flocked to the waterside temptations of Canobie Lake and later Cobbett's Pond, where eccentric millionaire Edward Searles built his famous castle. Local historian Derek Saffie weaves together a collection of historic stories from the settlment's roots as Nutfield to the town of Windham"--Back cover.
Author: Derek Saffie
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
ISBN: 9781540203496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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"The natural beauty and fertile lands of Windham drew first the Pawtucket Indians and then Scotch-Irish settlers. The town's rich history is full of intriguing stories, including Wallace Fessenden's unscrupulous baseball umpiring, the return of a native son after his burial at sea in Indonesia and the poetic life of the Rustic Bard, Robert Dinsmoor. Tourism boomed as early as the 1850s, when visitors flocked to the waterside temptations of Canobie Lake and later Cobbett's Pond, where eccentric millionaire Edward Searles built his famous castle. Local historian Derek Saffie weaves together a collection of historic stories from the settlment's roots as Nutfield to the town of Windham"--Back cover.
Author: Derek Saffie
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439656479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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The natural beauty and fertile lands of Windham drew first the Pawtucket Indians and then Scotch-Irish settlers. The town's rich history is full of intriguing stories, including Wallace Fessenden's unscrupulous baseball umpiring, the return of a native son after his burial at sea in Indonesia and the poetic life of the Rustic Bard, Robert Dinsmoor. Tourism boomed as early as the 1850s, when visitors flocked to the waterside temptations of Canobie Lake and later Cobbett's Pond, where eccentric millionaire Edward Searles built his famous castle. Local historian Derek Saffie weaves together a collection of historic stories from the settlement's roots as Nutfield to the town of Windham.
Author: Ellen D. Larned
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Author: Allen B. Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Windham County (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Author: Kathryn Tucker Windham
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 1588382192
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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"Many of Alabama's finest stories used to begin with a reference to 'the night the stars fell,' and even now there is an inclination among some residents to divide local history into two segments: before the stars fell and after the stars fell. That would make November 13, 1833, the dividing line. "Thousands of Alabamians, thinking the end of the world was at hand when they saw the heavenly spectacle, fell to their knees to plead for mercy and forgiveness. Others promised eternal renunciation of sin (card playing, dancing, whiskey drinking, cursing, and associated vices) if they were spared whatever catastrophes were in the offing. Still others jumped upon horses and tried to outrace the fearful menace they believed was pursuing them.
Author: Ellen D. Larned
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780832870187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1181
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Author: Ellen Douglas Larned
Publisher:
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Category : Windham County (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Author: RICHARD MATHER. BAYLES
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780282550226
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Donald Windham
Publisher: New York : Scribner
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Seven articles on growing-up in Atlanta, Georgia which have appeared in "The New Yorker", are included in this expanded version on the same subject.
