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Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Plattin Creek Basin Flood Control Analysis, St.Francois/Ste.Genevieve/Jefferson Counties, General Investigation Final Report
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1980
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1566
Book Description
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
Forty Years of Pioneer Life. Memoir of J. M. Peck. Edited from His Journals and Correspondence. By R. Babcock
Author: John Mason PECKPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Ozark-Ouachita Highlands Assessment
Author: Weathering, Erosion, Sedimentation
Author: Karl-Heinz PfefferPublisher: Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
General Hydrogeology
Author: E. V. PinnekerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521154833
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This 1983 volume is concerned with the features of and the laws governing the occurrence of water in the interior of the Earth. Special attention is paid to the origin of the water in the interior of the Earth, its movements and its changes of state.
The History of Nodaway County, Missouri
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Category : Nodaway County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
Healing Waters
Author: Loring BullardPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826264182
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Missouri's mineral springs and resorts played a vital role in the social and economic development of the state. In Healing Waters, Loring Bullard delves into the long history of these springs and spas, concentrating particularly on the use and development of the mineral springs from 1800 to about the 1930s. During this period, there were at least eighty sites in the state that could be described as resorts. Because so many people were drawn to the springs by their faith in the healing virtues of the springwater, towns were frequently founded at the mineral springs. These places fought hard to capture the attention of Missourians who were seeking better health, relaxation, or good times in the late 1800s and early 1900s.Bullard first examines the development of mineral water resorts in Europe from ancient times, early spa traditions in America, and Missouri's frontier spas. He then discusses the establishment of saltworks at the state's saline springs and the importance of the early salt trade; the brisk business that grew around the bottling of mineral waters; the use and development of mineralized groundwater resources; the geologic and biologic factors that create Missouri's mineral waters; and public and professional belief in the curative values of mineral waters.Healing Waters also traces the demise of Missouri's mineral water resorts and towns. Well into the twentieth century, when modern medicine had seemingly taken hold, many physicians and scientists continued to proclaim the medicinal virtues of mineral waters. However, by the second quarter of the twentieth century, medical science and popular opinion had discounted the immediate medical usefulness of mineral waters. As advances were made in microbiology and biochemistry, and with the inherent promise of drug cures, orthodox medicine began to turn a cold shoulder on mineral water treatments. Spa treatments, with their long regimens, also did not fit well with the increasingly fast-paced lifestyles of the public. By visiting the sites, gathering local historical accounts, interviewing local citizens, and photographing remaining artifacts, Bullard has done a masterful job in providing the answers to why these vibrant social centers came to be and why they faded.
Caves of Missouri
Author: J. Harlen BretzPublisher: J. Missouri
ISBN: 9780988668508
Category : Caves
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
In this reprint of a classic piece of cave literature, the famed geologist, J Harlen Bretz, gives a detailed account of the formation and history of Missouri caves. Caves of Missouri contains over 450 surveyed caves, with in-depth geological and cultural histories, and 168 illustrations, including cross sections, maps, and photographs. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Missouri's natural and cultural history.
