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Mount Holly
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Author : Lee Beatty
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2011
Mount Holly written by Lee Beatty and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
From the mid-18th century, Mount Holly was known as Woodlawn, for Capt. Robert Alexander's farm. Alexander was a power in military and state affairs. When European settlers arrived, they found Catawba Indian settlements along the river. The historic Tuckaseegee Ford and Trail became a pathway west across the Catawba River for pioneers and for famous French botanist André Michaux in the late 18th century. Gaston County's first two textile mills, Mountain Island Mill (1848) and Woodlawn Mill (1852), bordered the Woodlawn community and started a textile revolution. The Mount Holly Cotton Mill (1874), the fourth Gaston County mill built in Woodlawn, became the name of the town in 1879. Capt. Wash Holland formed the acclaimed Euterpean Band in the early 1890s and was selected to play at the inauguration of Pres. William McKinley in 1897. American & Efird, Inc., a global thread company, has been headquartered in Mount Holly since 1891. Now, the river that drew early industry attracts boaters and kayakers from across the nation.
Mount Holly
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Author : Heidi J. Winzinger
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2001
Mount Holly written by Heidi J. Winzinger and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Mount Holly's history predates the American Revolution by nearly one hundred years. Walter Reeves, who lived on the Rancocas Creek before 1677, purchased land in what would become Mount Holly from Native Americans or assumed ownership through squatter's rights. The community is home to the oldest operating fire company in the United States, the Prison Museum designed by Robert Mills, and the oldest schoolhouse in New Jersey, still on its original site. Occasionally throughout its history, Mount Holly has fallen victim to the Rancocas Creek, which has swelled over its banks and spilled into the streets. Many bridges were built, allowing residents to pass over the creek and offering Mount Holly its first name, Bridgetown. As early as 1723, entrepreneurs took advantage of the water by digging the millrace, which powered the great mills that became the impetus for development and commerce in Mount Holly. The mills are gone now, but the town that developed around them still has all the character of an early working town. Mount Holly takes a glance at the early commerce, architecture, unfortunate disasters, and celebrations that molded this town into the diverse community that it is today.
History Of Mount Holly New Jersey
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Author : Henry C. Shinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-08-01
History Of Mount Holly New Jersey written by Henry C. Shinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-01 with categories.
Reprint of a 1957 pub. by the ¿Mount Holly Herald¿ which assembles much of the early history and traditions of the town from its beginning until the close of the 19th cent., a period of more than 200 years. Many of the author¿s ancestors have lived in the neighborhood of Mount Holly for nearly 300 years. His sources include Dr. Read¿s ¿Annals of Mount Holly¿; newspaper articles and unpub. manuscripts by Joseph Cowgill; records in the Burlington Co. Clerk¿s and Surrogates¿ offices and the Sec. of State¿s office at Trenton, NJ; Woodward and Hegeman¿s ¿History of Burlington and Mercer Counties¿; the 1893 anniversary ed. of the ¿Mirror¿; DeCou¿s ¿The Historic Rancocas¿; records compiled by Judge William Slaughter; and local newspapers. Photos.
Historic Gardens Of Mount Holly
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Author : Alicia McShulkis
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2008
Historic Gardens Of Mount Holly written by Alicia McShulkis and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Gardening categories.
For ages, the Mount from which Mount Holly takes its name remained a primeval place, covered by virgin forest and a few Indian trails and untouched by the axe of the white settler. As it passed through the greedy hands of men in the nineteenth century, however, the Mount lost much of its leafy tapestry and surrounding acreage. In Historic Gardens, Alicia McShulkis brings the landscape to life as she takes you on a tour of Mount Holly's historic homes and gardens, many of which have vanished over time. Read about Ashurst's secret tunnels used by slaves escaping on the underground railroad, the summerhouse where Washington and Lafayette held councils of war and the ghost that haunts Langstaff 's third-floor staircase. From the neatly sculpted Georgian hedgerows to the curved and meandering lines of Capability Brown, the history of Mount Holly is written in the landscape.
Improving Mount Holly
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Author : Mount Holly Township Planning Board (Burlington County, N.J.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Improving Mount Holly written by Mount Holly Township Planning Board (Burlington County, N.J.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Pamphlets categories.
Mount Holly
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Author : Heide J. Winzinger
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2001-07
Mount Holly written by Heide J. Winzinger and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07 with History categories.
Mount Holly's history predates the American Revolution by nearly one hundred years. Walter Reeves, who lived on the Rancocas Creek before 1677, purchased land in what would become Mount Holly from Native Americans or assumed ownership through squatter's rights. The community is home to the oldest operating fire company in the United States, the Prison Museum designed by Robert Mills, and the oldest schoolhouse in New Jersey, still on its original site. Occasionally throughout its history, Mount Holly has fallen victim to the Rancocas Creek, which has swelled over its banks and spilled into the streets. Many bridges were built, allowing residents to pass over the creek and offering Mount Holly its first name, Bridgetown. As early as 1723, entrepreneurs took advantage of the water by digging the millrace, which powered the great mills that became the impetus for development and commerce in Mount Holly. The mills are gone now, but the town that developed around them still has all the character of an early working town. Mount Holly takes a glance at the early commerce, architecture, unfortunate disasters, and celebrations that molded this town into the diverse community that it is today.
Ghosts Of Mount Holly
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Author : Jan Lynn Bastien
language : en
Publisher: History Press
Release Date : 2008
Ghosts Of Mount Holly written by Jan Lynn Bastien and has been published by History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Bringing a whole new meaning to the term "historical interaction," Bastien visits firehouses, taverns and cemeteries to exhume those bits of the past whose clammy fingers still cling to the present. The vividness of her spellbinding accounts will have you smelling the sulfur of dead-but-not-departed Hessian mercenaries in less time than it takes to shiver.
Mount Holly
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Author : Lee Beatty
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2011-08
Mount Holly written by Lee Beatty and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08 with History categories.
From the mid-18th century, Mount Holly was known as Woodlawn, for Capt. Robert Alexander's farm. Alexander was a power in military and state affairs. When European settlers arrived, they found Catawba Indian settlements along the river. The historic Tuckaseegee Ford and Trail became a pathway west across the Catawba River for pioneers and for famous French botanist Andre Michaux in the late 18th century. Gaston County's first two textile mills, Mountain Island Mill (1848) and Woodlawn Mill (1852), bordered the Woodlawn community and started a textile revolution. The Mount Holly Cotton Mill (1874), the fourth Gaston County mill built in Woodlawn, became the name of the town in 1879. Capt. Wash Holland formed the acclaimed Euterpean Band in the early 1890s and was selected to play at the inauguration of Pres. William McKinley in 1897. American & Efird, Inc., a global thread company, has been headquartered in Mount Holly since 1891. Now, the river that drew early industry attracts boaters and kayakers from across the nation."
The History Of Mount Holly
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Author : Henry C. Shinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
The History Of Mount Holly written by Henry C. Shinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Mount Holly (N.J.) categories.
Murder In Mount Holly
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Author : Paul Theroux
language : en
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Release Date : 2011-12-06
Murder In Mount Holly written by Paul Theroux and has been published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-06 with Fiction categories.
“A Vonnegut tinged absurdist satire . . . (a) tightly paced, expertly drawn comic romp” from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Mosquito Coast (LitReactor). Paul Theroux, one of the world’s most popular authors, both for his travel books and his fiction, has produced an off-beat story of 1960s weirdos unlike anything he has ever written. During the time of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, Herbie Gneiss is forced to leave college to get a job. His income from the Kant-Brake toy factory, which manufactures military toys for children, keeps his chocolate-loving mother from starvation. Mr. Gibbon, a patriotic veteran of three wars, also works at Kant-Brake. When Herbie is drafted, Mr. Gibbon falls in love with Herbie’s mother and they move in together at Miss Ball’s rooming house. Since Herbie is fighting for his country, Mr. Gibbon feels that he, too, should do something for his country and convinces Miss Ball and Mrs. Gneiss to join him in the venture. They decide to rob the Mount Holly Trust Company because it is managed by a small dark man who is probably a communist. There are some complications. Combine Donald E. Westlake with Abby Hoffman, add a bit of Gore Vidal at his most vitriolic, and you will have Murder in Mount Holly. “Parodies the American political fringe at a time when flags burned, hippies protested and commies lurked everywhere . . . you’ll have little difficulty inserting today’s fringe characters into Theroux’s lampoon.” —Star Tribune “The geezer psychopath finally gets his due . . . The fun here is in how hateful the characters are.” —The New York Times Book Review