Author: Kevin R. Eberle
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614236593
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Most visitors to Charleston never venture far enough north to discover what residents claim as the most appealing public open space on the peninsula. Hampton Park is completely unexpected in this city famous for highly manicured gardens with clipped lawns, sculpted shrubs and precise designs hidden behind massive walls and iron gates. Hampton Park's naturalistic character was created as an antidote to the cramped conditions of the lower peninsula, and it still offers open fields of grass, walking trails, shade trees and overflowing flower beds. But the story is not that simple--it began more than three hundred years ago with Native Americans and involves early plantation life, Revolutionary War battles, horse racing, the Civil War, industrial development, civic spectacle, professional baseball, a zoo and disco.
A History of Charleston's Hampton Park
Author: Kevin R. Eberle
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614236593
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Most visitors to Charleston never venture far enough north to discover what residents claim as the most appealing public open space on the peninsula. Hampton Park is completely unexpected in this city famous for highly manicured gardens with clipped lawns, sculpted shrubs and precise designs hidden behind massive walls and iron gates. Hampton Park's naturalistic character was created as an antidote to the cramped conditions of the lower peninsula, and it still offers open fields of grass, walking trails, shade trees and overflowing flower beds. But the story is not that simple--it began more than three hundred years ago with Native Americans and involves early plantation life, Revolutionary War battles, horse racing, the Civil War, industrial development, civic spectacle, professional baseball, a zoo and disco.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614236593
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Most visitors to Charleston never venture far enough north to discover what residents claim as the most appealing public open space on the peninsula. Hampton Park is completely unexpected in this city famous for highly manicured gardens with clipped lawns, sculpted shrubs and precise designs hidden behind massive walls and iron gates. Hampton Park's naturalistic character was created as an antidote to the cramped conditions of the lower peninsula, and it still offers open fields of grass, walking trails, shade trees and overflowing flower beds. But the story is not that simple--it began more than three hundred years ago with Native Americans and involves early plantation life, Revolutionary War battles, horse racing, the Civil War, industrial development, civic spectacle, professional baseball, a zoo and disco.
The Official History and Manual of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America
Author: Charles H. Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American fraternal organizations
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American fraternal organizations
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Imagining the Past
Author:
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820318108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
How we make history--and what we then make of it--is engagingly dramatized in T. H. Breen's portrait of a 350-year-old American community faced with the costs of its “progress.” In the particulars of one town's struggle to check development and save its natural environment, Breen shows how our sense of history reflects our ever-changing self-perceptions and hopes for the future. Breen first went to East Hampton, the celebrated Long Island resort town, to write about the Mulford Farmstead, a picturesque saltbox dating from the 1680s. Through his research, he came across a fascinating cast of local characters, past and present, who contributed to, invented, and reinvented the town's history. Breen's work also drew him into contemporary local affairs: factionalism among residents, zoning disputes, and debates over resource management. Driving these heated issues, Breen found, were some dearly held notions about a harmonious, agrarian past that conflicted with what he had come to know about the divisiveness and opportunism of East Hampton's early days. Imagining the Past is about the interplay between some of the East Hampton histories Breen encountered: the “official” histories of many generations, the myths and oral traditions, and the curious stories that Breen, as an outsider, discerned in the town's rich holdings of artifacts and documents. With a warm yet wry regard for human nature, Breen obliges us to confront our pasts in all their complexities and ironies, no matter how unsettling or inconvenient the experience.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820318108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
How we make history--and what we then make of it--is engagingly dramatized in T. H. Breen's portrait of a 350-year-old American community faced with the costs of its “progress.” In the particulars of one town's struggle to check development and save its natural environment, Breen shows how our sense of history reflects our ever-changing self-perceptions and hopes for the future. Breen first went to East Hampton, the celebrated Long Island resort town, to write about the Mulford Farmstead, a picturesque saltbox dating from the 1680s. Through his research, he came across a fascinating cast of local characters, past and present, who contributed to, invented, and reinvented the town's history. Breen's work also drew him into contemporary local affairs: factionalism among residents, zoning disputes, and debates over resource management. Driving these heated issues, Breen found, were some dearly held notions about a harmonious, agrarian past that conflicted with what he had come to know about the divisiveness and opportunism of East Hampton's early days. Imagining the Past is about the interplay between some of the East Hampton histories Breen encountered: the “official” histories of many generations, the myths and oral traditions, and the curious stories that Breen, as an outsider, discerned in the town's rich holdings of artifacts and documents. With a warm yet wry regard for human nature, Breen obliges us to confront our pasts in all their complexities and ironies, no matter how unsettling or inconvenient the experience.
The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: F-L. nos. 1601-3103. 1907
Author: Thomas Lindsley Bradford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Historical and Genealogical Works
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
History of South Carolina
Author: Yates Snowden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Index of Articles Upon American Local History in Historical Collections in the Boston Public Library
Author: Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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.
Index of articles upon American local history...
Author: Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The History of America's Greatest Stock Car Tracks
Author: Kathy Persinger
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1582614830
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1582614830
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description