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More than Petticoats by Christy Karras
epub |eng | | Author:Christy Karras

MARTHA HUGHES CANNON (1857–1932) DOCTOR AND POLITICAL LEADER When traveling British sociologist and reformer Beatrice Webb arrived in Salt Lake City in 1898, there was one female resident she most ...
( Category: West March 28,2023 )
New Land, New Lives by Janet Elaine Guthrie
epub |eng | 2016-03-15 | Author:Janet Elaine Guthrie

Thorvald Kofoed at the age of fifteen I come over to America in 1930. I knew it was hard times all over the world in 1930; I realized that. But ...
( Category: Pacific Northwest March 25,2023 )
Cream City Chronicles by John Gurda
epub |eng | 2013-01-07 | Author:John Gurda

Milkwaukee Auditorium, 1909 If These Halls Could Talk Milwaukee Auditorium Was City’s Parlor Milwaukee suffers from an embarrassment of riches when it comes to entertainment venues. The Marcus Center, the ...
( Category: State & Local March 24,2023 )
In Pursuit of Alaska by Jean Morgan Meaux
epub |eng | | Author:Jean Morgan Meaux

When the hunting party met the guides hired by Captain Clemsen at the Susitna, the heads and skins of fox, brown bear, black bear, walrus, caribou, sheep, otter, porcupine, timber ...
( Category: West March 20,2023 )
Drawing Lines in the Forest by Kevin R. Marsh
epub |eng | | Author:Kevin R. Marsh

By 1970, the effort to protect French Pete Creek from commercial logging turned to Congress, where it joined other efforts to preserve de facto wilderness. Frustration with the agency's unwillingness ...
( Category: Pacific Northwest March 20,2023 )
The WPA Guide to Ohio by Federal Writers' Project
epub |eng | | Author:Federal Writers' Project

CLEVELAND SKYLINE, FROM PERKINS BEACH, EDGEWATER PARK, CLEVELAND PUBLIC SQUARE AND TERMINAL TOWER, CLEVELAND Photograph by courtesy of Hunter Aerial Surveys, Inc. MADISON AVENUE, TOLEDO DOWNTOWN ELYRIA (typical of Western ...
( Category: Midwest March 20,2023 )
The WPA Guide to Michigan by Federal Writers' Project
epub |eng | | Author:Federal Writers' Project

( Category: Midwest March 20,2023 )
Haunted Marion, Ohio by Joshua Simpkins
epub |eng | 2013-03-15 | Author:Joshua Simpkins

A lonely stretch of railroad tracks crossing Dry Lane Road near LaRue. Courtesy of the author. “Dry Lane” or “Dead Man’s Valley” is located near LaRue where a lonely road ...
( Category: Midwest March 20,2023 )
Reminiscences of Early Utah by Robert N. Baskin
epub |eng | 2006-03-15 | Author:Robert N. Baskin

* * * 1 Bishop John M. Higbee was first counselor to Isaac C. Haight, president of Parowan Stake of Zion, which took in Cedar City and all that part ...
( Category: West March 20,2023 )
Red Stockings and Out-of-Towners by Stanford J. Layton
epub |eng | 2018-03-15 | Author:Stanford J. Layton

* * * 1. Interview with Glenn Walker Wallace, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 19, 1983. When Glenn was six years old, her family moved from the Walker Block to ...
( Category: West March 20,2023 )
A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Charles A. Siringo
epub |eng | 2021-04-26 | Author:Charles A. Siringo [Siringo, Charles A.]

* * * Chapter XVIII. Table of Contents SEVEN WEEKS AMONG INDIANS. On our arrival back to the ranch, Moore rigged up a scouting outfit to do nothing but drift ...
( Category: Southwest March 7,2023 )
The Tangierman's Lament by Earl Swift
epub |eng | 2014-12-19 | Author:Earl Swift [Swift, Earl]

Flush with Success It happens every day, often several times a shift: Winfred L. Griffin will be piloting his big tanker truck through traffic, or stop to pick up payload, ...
( Category: South March 7,2023 )
Tall Tales Half Truths of Pat Garrett by John LeMay
epub |eng | 2016-05-09 | Author:John LeMay [LeMay, John]

ANTI-CLIMAX AT HILLSBORO Eventually, the conniving Fall’s plan to create a whole new county to protect Lee came to fruition. Initially, Fall found himself opposed by both his nemeses Tom ...
( Category: Southwest March 7,2023 )
Temple Made by Ronnyjane Goldsmith
epub |eng | 2021-10-18 | Author:Ronnyjane Goldsmith [Goldsmith, Ronnyjane]

Derrick Hodge. Courtesy of Aaron Paschal. From elementary school through high school, Hodge played in his school’s concert band and orchestra. In junior high, with no formal training Hodge taught ...
( Category: Mid-Atlantic March 7,2023 )
Territorial Ambition by S. Charles Bolton
epub |eng | 2020-04-10 | Author:S. Charles Bolton [Bolton, S. Charles]

The American family began to drop in size in the late eighteenth century. In 1800, women who were married throughout their reproductive years gave birth to an average of about ...
( Category: South March 7,2023 )

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