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Towns And Villages Of The Lower Ohio

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Author : Darrel E. Bigham
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-12-14

Towns And Villages Of The Lower Ohio written by Darrel E. Bigham and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-14 with History categories.

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.

History Of The Lower Scioto Valley Ohio

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

History Of The Lower Scioto Valley Ohio written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Jackson County (Ohio) categories.

Barney Dreyfuss

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Author : Brian Martin
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-08-12

Barney Dreyfuss written by Brian Martin and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.

A young German immigrant, Barney Dreyfuss was an American success story in business and in baseball. He fell in love with the game after settling in Paducah, Kentucky, where he discovered he had a knack for assembling good players on the diamond. Relocating to Louisville, he became involved in the professional game with the Colonels. Faced with ouster from the National League, he took his players to Pittsburgh, where he became owner of the Pirates and forged a winning tradition, leading the club to six pennants and two World Series. This first biography of Dreyfuss chronicles the innovative career of the Hall of Famer executive who built Forbes Field--the National League's first concrete-and-steel ballpark, into which he put $1 million of his own money--pushed for creation of the office of commissioner to govern the game and helped initiate the modern World Series.

Indiana History Bulletin

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

Indiana History Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Indiana categories.

Archaeology Of The Lower Ohio River Valley

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Author : Jon Muller
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-12-05

Archaeology Of The Lower Ohio River Valley written by Jon Muller and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with Social Science categories.

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.

Replenishing The Earth

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Author : James Belich
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2011-05-05

Replenishing The Earth written by James Belich and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-05 with History categories.

Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries.