Author: James Henry Stark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Illustrated History of Boston Harbor
Author: James Henry Stark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Mastering Boston Harbor
Author: Charles Monroe Haar
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674038096
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
This book chronicles how America's most glorious and historically significant harbor was rescued from decades of pollution and neglect by a community of caring citizens who were linked to an environmentally committed judge and his special harbor master. This dynamic public-private team shaped novel legal and political procedures for governing and restoring the harbor.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674038096
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
This book chronicles how America's most glorious and historically significant harbor was rescued from decades of pollution and neglect by a community of caring citizens who were linked to an environmentally committed judge and his special harbor master. This dynamic public-private team shaped novel legal and political procedures for governing and restoring the harbor.
Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands
Author: Christopher Klein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934598061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands is an indispensable guide to help you plan your island adventures.Explore military installations that protected Boston during wartimeincluding Civil War era Fort Warren. Visit Boston Light on Little Brewster, site of the nations oldest lighthouse. Kayak into the coves where pirates and bootleggers hid. Wander the woodlands and meadows that were the seasonal camps of Native Americans and the sites of Revolutionary skirmishes. Sail to the outer islands, find the best year-round fishing spots, and discover why the islands are a birders paradise. Take in a jazz concert, an antique baseball game, or simply hop from one island to the next to experience the stunning natural beauty of this most storied national park area.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934598061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands is an indispensable guide to help you plan your island adventures.Explore military installations that protected Boston during wartimeincluding Civil War era Fort Warren. Visit Boston Light on Little Brewster, site of the nations oldest lighthouse. Kayak into the coves where pirates and bootleggers hid. Wander the woodlands and meadows that were the seasonal camps of Native Americans and the sites of Revolutionary skirmishes. Sail to the outer islands, find the best year-round fishing spots, and discover why the islands are a birders paradise. Take in a jazz concert, an antique baseball game, or simply hop from one island to the next to experience the stunning natural beauty of this most storied national park area.
Generations
Author: Laura Thibodeau Jones
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 146343877X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This book documents the life of August Reekast from Prussia, Christina (McKinnon) Reekast from Nova Scotia, and three generations of lives living on Calf, Outer, Middle and Great Brewster Islands in the Boston Harbor from 1891 to the 1940's. August Reekast was a very well know lobster fisherman who lived and worked his trade off Outer Brewster Island; also was a boat Captain for Julia Arthur. Ms. Arthur (an actress in the late 1800's to early 1900's) and her husband Benjamin P. Cheney were the owner's of Calf Island and a beautiful Mansion which overlooked the Harbor. In 1908 the Reekast family lost everything in the Chelsea Massachusetts Fire, having no other option, moved their eight children to the Islands where they rebuilt their lives. In the mid 1900's their son Gus Reekast became caretaker of Calf Island where he and his wife raised their daughter Augusta (Periwinkle). In the early 1920's the Reekast family relocated to N. Weymouth Mass., their home was located on Hunts Hill. During the depression, Ida (Reekast) Knoll and Edmund Knoll brought their two children Christine (knoll) Walsh and Rosemary (Knoll) Thibodeau to live on Great Brewster. The Reekast and Knoll family left a legacy of knowledge, pictures and documents which fill the pages of this book.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 146343877X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This book documents the life of August Reekast from Prussia, Christina (McKinnon) Reekast from Nova Scotia, and three generations of lives living on Calf, Outer, Middle and Great Brewster Islands in the Boston Harbor from 1891 to the 1940's. August Reekast was a very well know lobster fisherman who lived and worked his trade off Outer Brewster Island; also was a boat Captain for Julia Arthur. Ms. Arthur (an actress in the late 1800's to early 1900's) and her husband Benjamin P. Cheney were the owner's of Calf Island and a beautiful Mansion which overlooked the Harbor. In 1908 the Reekast family lost everything in the Chelsea Massachusetts Fire, having no other option, moved their eight children to the Islands where they rebuilt their lives. In the mid 1900's their son Gus Reekast became caretaker of Calf Island where he and his wife raised their daughter Augusta (Periwinkle). In the early 1920's the Reekast family relocated to N. Weymouth Mass., their home was located on Hunts Hill. During the depression, Ida (Reekast) Knoll and Edmund Knoll brought their two children Christine (knoll) Walsh and Rosemary (Knoll) Thibodeau to live on Great Brewster. The Reekast and Knoll family left a legacy of knowledge, pictures and documents which fill the pages of this book.
Illustrated History of Boston Harbor
Author: James Henry Stark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 99
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 99
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Illustrated History of Boston Harbor
Author: James Henry Stark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243724703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243724703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Illustrated History of Boston Harbor
Author: James Henry Stark
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528286589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Excerpt from Illustrated History of Boston Harbor: Compiled From the Most Authentic Sources, Giving a Complete and Reliable History of Every Island and Headland in the Harbor, From the Earliest Date to the Present Time After fruitless efforts at reform, through written admonishments w' the carnal Morton received in a most unsatisfactory spirit of contum the Pilgrim fathers of Plymouth despatched the redoubtable M; Standish (who seems to have been a sort of border ruffian of his d: \s to the scene of trouble to set matters right the same as he did five before when be murdered the Indians so treacherously at Weym The following is what Standish says of the affair d. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528286589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Excerpt from Illustrated History of Boston Harbor: Compiled From the Most Authentic Sources, Giving a Complete and Reliable History of Every Island and Headland in the Harbor, From the Earliest Date to the Present Time After fruitless efforts at reform, through written admonishments w' the carnal Morton received in a most unsatisfactory spirit of contum the Pilgrim fathers of Plymouth despatched the redoubtable M; Standish (who seems to have been a sort of border ruffian of his d: \s to the scene of trouble to set matters right the same as he did five before when be murdered the Indians so treacherously at Weym The following is what Standish says of the affair d. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Illustrated History of Boston Harbor
Author: James Henry Stark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781017425710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781017425710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Gaining Ground
Author: Nancy S. Seasholes
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262350211
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262350211
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.
Illustrated History of the United States Mint
Author: George Greenlief Evans
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coinage
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coinage
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description