Author:
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803268548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
First published in the famous American Guide Series of the Work Projects Administration in 1941, Wyoming: A Guide remains a distinguished survey of the state, its centers of interest, and its history. Now issued in paperback for the first time, it can introduce to new readers the geographic spectacle and pioneer history that continue to shape the character of Wyoming. A new introduction by T. A. Larson, author of History of Wyoming, updates the Guide and evaluates changes seen in the state since the book was first published. Valuable to the resident as a reference to the state's many treasures, and useful to the tourist who wants to know more than the road signs tell, Wyoming: A Guide commemorates those who passed through to the West and those who stayed to forge a state in the heart of the frontier.
Wyoming, a Guide to Its History, Highways, and People
Author:
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803268548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
First published in the famous American Guide Series of the Work Projects Administration in 1941, Wyoming: A Guide remains a distinguished survey of the state, its centers of interest, and its history. Now issued in paperback for the first time, it can introduce to new readers the geographic spectacle and pioneer history that continue to shape the character of Wyoming. A new introduction by T. A. Larson, author of History of Wyoming, updates the Guide and evaluates changes seen in the state since the book was first published. Valuable to the resident as a reference to the state's many treasures, and useful to the tourist who wants to know more than the road signs tell, Wyoming: A Guide commemorates those who passed through to the West and those who stayed to forge a state in the heart of the frontier.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803268548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
First published in the famous American Guide Series of the Work Projects Administration in 1941, Wyoming: A Guide remains a distinguished survey of the state, its centers of interest, and its history. Now issued in paperback for the first time, it can introduce to new readers the geographic spectacle and pioneer history that continue to shape the character of Wyoming. A new introduction by T. A. Larson, author of History of Wyoming, updates the Guide and evaluates changes seen in the state since the book was first published. Valuable to the resident as a reference to the state's many treasures, and useful to the tourist who wants to know more than the road signs tell, Wyoming: A Guide commemorates those who passed through to the West and those who stayed to forge a state in the heart of the frontier.
Wyoming
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wyoming
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wyoming
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Wyoming
Author: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Wyoming
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Wyoming
Author: Federal Writers' Project Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780781210492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Bonded Leather binding
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780781210492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Bonded Leather binding
Almost Pioneers
Author: John Fry
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762797169
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy—some might say foolhardy—decision to homestead in Wyoming. There, they built their first house, a claim shanty half dug out of the ground, hauled every drop of their water from a spring over a half-mile away, and fought off rattlesnakes and boredom on a daily basis. Soon, other families moved to nearby homesteads, and the Smiths built a house closer to those neighbors. The growing community built its first public schoolhouse and celebrated the Fourth of July together—although the festivities were cut short because of snow. By 1917, however, the Smiths had moved back to Iowa, leasing their land to a local rancher and using the proceeds to fund Earle’s study of law. The Smiths lived in Iowa for most of the rest of their lives, and sometime after the mid-1930s, Laura wrote this clear, vivid, witty, and self-deprecating memoir of their time in Wyoming, a book that captures the pioneer spirit of the era and of the building of community against daunting odds.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762797169
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy—some might say foolhardy—decision to homestead in Wyoming. There, they built their first house, a claim shanty half dug out of the ground, hauled every drop of their water from a spring over a half-mile away, and fought off rattlesnakes and boredom on a daily basis. Soon, other families moved to nearby homesteads, and the Smiths built a house closer to those neighbors. The growing community built its first public schoolhouse and celebrated the Fourth of July together—although the festivities were cut short because of snow. By 1917, however, the Smiths had moved back to Iowa, leasing their land to a local rancher and using the proceeds to fund Earle’s study of law. The Smiths lived in Iowa for most of the rest of their lives, and sometime after the mid-1930s, Laura wrote this clear, vivid, witty, and self-deprecating memoir of their time in Wyoming, a book that captures the pioneer spirit of the era and of the building of community against daunting odds.
Catalog, American Guide Series
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American guide series
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American guide series
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Guide to America; a Treasury of Information about Its States, Cities, Parks, and Historical Points of Interest
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: M. Epstein
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270751
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1492
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270751
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1492
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270875
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1678
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270875
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1678
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
American Guides
Author: Wendy Griswold
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022635783X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate--and they were hungry for the written word. With an eye to this market and as a response to unemployment, Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration created the Federal Writers' Project. They produced the Project's American Guides, an impressively produced series that set out not only to direct travelers on which routes to take and what to see throughout the country, but also to celebrate the distinctive characteristics of each individual state. The series unintentionally diversified American literary culture's cast of characters--promoting women, minority, and rural writers--while it also institutionalized the innovative idea that American culture comes in state-shaped boxes.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022635783X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate--and they were hungry for the written word. With an eye to this market and as a response to unemployment, Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration created the Federal Writers' Project. They produced the Project's American Guides, an impressively produced series that set out not only to direct travelers on which routes to take and what to see throughout the country, but also to celebrate the distinctive characteristics of each individual state. The series unintentionally diversified American literary culture's cast of characters--promoting women, minority, and rural writers--while it also institutionalized the innovative idea that American culture comes in state-shaped boxes.