The Outlook
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Page : 1164 pages
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Release : 1895
Category : United States
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Page : 1164 pages
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Release : 1895
Category : United States
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Page : 958 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 1893
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Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 49,46 MB
Release : 1892
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Author : Paul Miles
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 11,53 MB
Release : 2011-03-07
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439626731
It seems unlikely that a place as far off the beaten track as Aiken, South Carolina, would become the preferred wintering location for the denizens of New York society. But from the late 1800s, the most recognized names in Americathe Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, and even the Rooseveltsbegan coming to this charming Southern city to escape the cold, relax among the oaks, and play. And play they did, establishing Aiken as an international polo capital and a premier place to ride, hunt, and golf. Aiken has so much history beyond the folks known as the winter colonists. Legends of the areas restorative powers date back to Native Americans. Aiken also boasts an amazing number of records, including the destination for the worlds longest railroad in 1833 and the second-oldest 18-hole golf course in the United States, the Palmetto Golf Club, built in 1892.
Author : Alfred Emanuel Smith
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Page : 1242 pages
File Size : 37,67 MB
Release : 1893
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Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,56 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Railroads
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Author : David M. Tavernier
Publisher : David Tavernier
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 27,35 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781432797607
Aiken was a small, relatively obscure southern town until the arrival of an aristocratic New Orleans family with strong societal ties. And it didnt take long before there was a seasonal flood of winter visitorswith names like Hitchcock, Vanderbilt, Whitney, and Astor. This South Carolina town was drawing the countrys wealthiest and most powerful families, beginning in the 19th century and continuing on past World War II. Every fall they came by private railcar to play polo and golf, race thoroughbreds, and hunt fox. They held high tea, musicales, balls, and dinners, and every spring the Winter Colony migrated north again, leaving behind mansions and traditions that still resonate in Aiken 100 years later.Author David M. Tavernier has woven a fascinating collection of stories around the people and places of this era. Based on fact, fiction, and years of historical research, the stories of the Newport of the South are masterfully and vividly brought to life.
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Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 1892
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Page : 522 pages
File Size : 38,24 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Architecture, Domestic
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Author : Edward Cornelius Toune
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Page : 596 pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 1898
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