Author: Jacqueline Ann Viestenz
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738598291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In the 19th century, Moriah and Port Henry, New York, profited from the richest iron mines in the country. First used to make cannonballs for the American revolutionaries, Moriah s iron contributed to the Union s ships, guns, and even the ironclad USS Monitor in the Civil War. In the years that followed, the founders of Witherbee Sherman and Company built grand houses, churches, schools, and gardens. The lives of the miners who worked for them were far more challenging and their work more dangerous. But these industrial age extremes of wealth led to some of the most distinctive architecture and hamlets in upstate New York. From the stories of immigrant miners to the silent-film industry in Port Henry, this book documents the last 150 years of culture and recreation on Lake Champlain and in the Adirondacks."
Moriah and Port Henry in the Adirondacks
Author: Jacqueline Ann Viestenz
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738598291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In the 19th century, Moriah and Port Henry, New York, profited from the richest iron mines in the country. First used to make cannonballs for the American revolutionaries, Moriah s iron contributed to the Union s ships, guns, and even the ironclad USS Monitor in the Civil War. In the years that followed, the founders of Witherbee Sherman and Company built grand houses, churches, schools, and gardens. The lives of the miners who worked for them were far more challenging and their work more dangerous. But these industrial age extremes of wealth led to some of the most distinctive architecture and hamlets in upstate New York. From the stories of immigrant miners to the silent-film industry in Port Henry, this book documents the last 150 years of culture and recreation on Lake Champlain and in the Adirondacks."
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738598291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In the 19th century, Moriah and Port Henry, New York, profited from the richest iron mines in the country. First used to make cannonballs for the American revolutionaries, Moriah s iron contributed to the Union s ships, guns, and even the ironclad USS Monitor in the Civil War. In the years that followed, the founders of Witherbee Sherman and Company built grand houses, churches, schools, and gardens. The lives of the miners who worked for them were far more challenging and their work more dangerous. But these industrial age extremes of wealth led to some of the most distinctive architecture and hamlets in upstate New York. From the stories of immigrant miners to the silent-film industry in Port Henry, this book documents the last 150 years of culture and recreation on Lake Champlain and in the Adirondacks."
Through the Light Hole
Author: Patrick F. Farrell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780925168559
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The history of iron ore discovery and mining near the shores of Lake Champlain is documented here.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780925168559
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The history of iron ore discovery and mining near the shores of Lake Champlain is documented here.
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year ...
Author:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: New York (State) Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture
Author: New York (State). Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture ...
Author: New York. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year ..
Author: New York (State). Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Annual Report [with Accompanying Documents].
Author: New York (State). Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Blacks in the Adirondacks
Author: Sally E. Svenson
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815654219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History tells the story of the many African Americans who settled in or passed through this rural, mountainous region of northeastern New York State. In the area for a variety of reasons, some were lifetime residents, while others were there for a few years or months—as summer employees, tuberculosis patients, or in connection with full- or part-time occupations in railroading, the performing arts, and baseball. From blacks who settled on land gifted to them by Gerrit Smith, a prosperous landowner and fervent abolitionist, to those who worked as waiters in resort hotels, Svenson chronicles their rich and varied experiences, with an emphasis on the 100 years between 1850 and 1950. Many experienced racism and isolation in their separation from larger black populations; some found a sense of community in the scattered black settlements of the region. In this first definitive history, Svenson gives voice to the many blacks who spent time in the Adirondacks and sheds light on their challenges and successes in this remote region.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815654219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History tells the story of the many African Americans who settled in or passed through this rural, mountainous region of northeastern New York State. In the area for a variety of reasons, some were lifetime residents, while others were there for a few years or months—as summer employees, tuberculosis patients, or in connection with full- or part-time occupations in railroading, the performing arts, and baseball. From blacks who settled on land gifted to them by Gerrit Smith, a prosperous landowner and fervent abolitionist, to those who worked as waiters in resort hotels, Svenson chronicles their rich and varied experiences, with an emphasis on the 100 years between 1850 and 1950. Many experienced racism and isolation in their separation from larger black populations; some found a sense of community in the scattered black settlements of the region. In this first definitive history, Svenson gives voice to the many blacks who spent time in the Adirondacks and sheds light on their challenges and successes in this remote region.