Author: Darrel E. Bigham
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities such as Owensboro and Paducah succeed? Regardless of how appealing a locale looked on the map, luck, fate, culture, and leadership all helped determine success or failure. The fate of Cairo, Illinois—on paper an ideal site for a metropolis—emphasizes the extent to which human decisions, rather than physical landscape, affected a town's prosperity. The location of a canal or railroad terminus, the construction of a factory, or the activities of local boosters all mattered greatly. Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged. Bigham's intimate knowledge of the area offers a true sense of the towns and villages and discloses fundamental truths about the workings of the American dream.
Towns and Villages of the Lower Ohio
Author: Darrel E. Bigham
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities such as Owensboro and Paducah succeed? Regardless of how appealing a locale looked on the map, luck, fate, culture, and leadership all helped determine success or failure. The fate of Cairo, Illinois—on paper an ideal site for a metropolis—emphasizes the extent to which human decisions, rather than physical landscape, affected a town's prosperity. The location of a canal or railroad terminus, the construction of a factory, or the activities of local boosters all mattered greatly. Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged. Bigham's intimate knowledge of the area offers a true sense of the towns and villages and discloses fundamental truths about the workings of the American dream.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities such as Owensboro and Paducah succeed? Regardless of how appealing a locale looked on the map, luck, fate, culture, and leadership all helped determine success or failure. The fate of Cairo, Illinois—on paper an ideal site for a metropolis—emphasizes the extent to which human decisions, rather than physical landscape, affected a town's prosperity. The location of a canal or railroad terminus, the construction of a factory, or the activities of local boosters all mattered greatly. Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged. Bigham's intimate knowledge of the area offers a true sense of the towns and villages and discloses fundamental truths about the workings of the American dream.
From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow
Author: Darrel E. Bigham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged.
Limited Growth of Cities in the Lower Ohio River Valley
Author: Charles Edward Conrod
Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
History of the Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
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Category : Jackson County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
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Category : Jackson County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Indiana History Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Archaeology of the Lower Ohio River Valley
Author: Jon Muller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315433842
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Although it has been occupied for as long and possesses a mound-building tradition of considerable scale and interest, Muller contends that the archaeology of the lower Ohio River Valley—from the confluence with the Mississippi to the falls at Louisville, Kentucky – remains less well-known that that of the elaborate mound-building cultures of the upper valley. This study provides a synthesis of archaeological work done in the region, emphasizing population growth and adaptation within an ecological framework in an attempt to explain the area’s cultural evolution.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315433842
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Although it has been occupied for as long and possesses a mound-building tradition of considerable scale and interest, Muller contends that the archaeology of the lower Ohio River Valley—from the confluence with the Mississippi to the falls at Louisville, Kentucky – remains less well-known that that of the elaborate mound-building cultures of the upper valley. This study provides a synthesis of archaeological work done in the region, emphasizing population growth and adaptation within an ecological framework in an attempt to explain the area’s cultural evolution.
Light List
Author:
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Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties, with Illustrations and Bibliographical Sketches
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385432677
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385432677
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Third Report of the United States Board on Geographic Names, 1890-1906
Author: United States Board on Geographic Names
Publisher:
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description