Famous for Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” the storied Westchester region also has a dark history of witches, spies, and pirates. Nestled on the banks of the Hudson River, Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown are steeped in history and ghost lore.
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Lost Long Island, New York, Lost, Paperback From sprawling potato farms and incredibly lavish estates, to whaling ships and early race cars, Long Island has an incredibly rich history often lost through the generations. In the world of racing, Long Island was once the horse racing capital of the state and hosted the nation’s first professional auto races. Though farming still thrives in Suffolk County, there are only a few working farms left in Nassau County, where hundreds of farms dotted the landscape generations ago. Cold Spring Harbor, Greenport, Sag Harbor and Southampton were centers of the whaling industry in America and maintain a whaling heritage today. Author Richard Panchyk reveals fascinating narratives of Long Island’s lost history.
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Explore your city with this joyfully grabbable and wonderfully local board book that is sure to bring generations together. Buy now and save! NEW Arcadia Publishing Firefighting in Allegany County, MD 9780738541976 Images.
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Forgotten Tales of North Carolina What comes to mind when you think of North Carolina history? Is it Sir Walter Raleigh, Guilford Courthouse and the Wright Brothers? Or do you think of sea monsters, drunken geese, hitchhiking alligators and a boy with «America» spelled out in his eyes? Throughout its 350-year past, North Carolina has been the site of a vast number of famous historical events. But the history of the Tar Heel State doesn’t stop there. Just beyond what’s well-known, written about and taught lies a second history, a Tar Heel treasure trove of fascinating characters and extraordinary events that have for decades gone untold or been forgotten. Until now. In this enthralling new book, Roger Kammerer and Tom Painter have compiled a collection of stories on North Carolina history sure to befuddle, baffle and bemuse even lifelong residents. Who knew that a man in Currituck County once traded his wife and two children for a fishing net? Or that the town of Rich Square once counted among its residents a 1,000-pound man? Or that a world champion fiddler from Asheville once fiddled at the White House for the president and King George VI? Or, better yet, that oysters with false teeth were once hauled up from the waters off Morehead City? Forgotten Tales of North Carolina is an incomparable collection of outrageous historic stories that will delight Tar Heels across the state, newcomers and natives alike.
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Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour, Oregon, Images of America, Paperback Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlours was an iconic restaurant chain that originated in Portland, Oregon. Originally opened by Bob Farrell and Ken McCarthy in 1963, the family-friendly chain would become known for classic ice cream sundaes and birthday party celebrations. The restaurants were designed using a turn-of-the-20th-century theme with a marble-topped soda fountain, Tiffany lamps, and waiters dressed in colorful vests and skimmer hats. While continuing to open new stores in Portland, Farrell and McCarthy developed a franchise program to expand Farrell’s into other cities in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. Patrick J. Baker worked at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlours in Greendale, Wisconsin, from 1981 to 1985 and later became an investor in Farrell’s when the chain was revived from 2003 to 2019. Taken from numerous personal interviews and correspondence with Bob Farrell and Ken McCarthy, Baker shares the history of the chain up to the 1972 sale to the Marriott Corporation. This book uses photographs from the author’s extensive collection of images of the Farrell’s in Oregon, which were commissioned by Farrell and McCarthy in the 1960s.
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The Indiana Harbor neighborhood drew comparisons to Ellis Island as immigrants flocked from all over the world to work at its steel mills. Buy now and save! NEW Arcadia Publishing Firefighting in Allegany County, MD 9780738541976 Images.
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NEW The History Press The Okefenokee Swamp, 9781467157667 Trade Paperback Marie Lathers wades into the history and legends of the Okefenokee Swamp. Almost all of these acres are protected by a National Wildlife Refuge, one of three access points to a land characterized by cypress, Spanish moss, and alligators.
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Author Tim Hollis celebrates classic Peach State signage. Buy now and save! NEW Arcadia Publishing Firefighting in Allegany County, MD 9780738541976 Images.
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How Long Beach causéd the death of John A. Lamb. Buy now and save! You might also like. NEW Arcadia Publishing Firefighting in Allegany County, MD 9780738541976 Images.
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Lost Service Stations of Central Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Images of America, As automobile transportation exploded in the first half of the 20th century, the service station became a part of everyday life for a growing number of Americans in Central Pennsylvania.In Lost Service Stations of Central Pennsylvania Jimmy Rosen and Emily McCoy showcase these stations, the people who owned them, and offer tribute to the beauty of a bygone era.
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