Athens and Limestone County History in Pictures
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Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Athens (Ala.)
ISBN :
Athens and Limestone County
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,75 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Athens (Ala.)
ISBN :
Book Description
Athens and Limestone County
Author : Kelly Kazek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 32,74 MB
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439626324
Book Description
Athens and Limestone County were founded in 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, making Athens one of its oldest cities. The quaint, picturesque downtown square in Athens, the county seat, is the heart of the community. Athens and Limestone County are studies in the ongoing tug-of-war between tradition and progress. Athens is traditionally a railroad and cotton townonce ranking among the states largest cotton producersbut since the aerospace boom of the 1960s, it has increasingly entered the orbit of the technology center of nearby Huntsville, home of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Redstone Arsenal. These days, Athens is home to many manufacturing firms, and local civic groups are focused on revitalizing downtown and bringing tourists to Limestone County.
Athens and Limestone County
Author : Kelly Kazek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 21,4 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738586144
Book Description
Athens and Limestone County were founded in 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, making Athens one of its oldest cities. The quaint, picturesque downtown square in Athens, the county seat, is the heart of the community. Athens and Limestone County are studies in the ongoing tug-of-war between tradition and progress. Athens is traditionally a railroad and cotton town--once ranking among the state's largest cotton producers--but since the aerospace boom of the 1960s, it has increasingly entered the orbit of the technology center of nearby Huntsville, home of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Redstone Arsenal. These days, Athens is home to many manufacturing firms, and local civic groups are focused on revitalizing downtown and bringing tourists to Limestone County.
The Lure and Lore of Limestone County
Author : Christine Williams Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 15,27 MB
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 9780916620165
Book Description
1968 Athens-Limestone Sesquicentennial Booklet
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Athens (Ala.)
ISBN :
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The 1996 Genealogy Annual
Author : Thomas Jay Kemp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 29,46 MB
Release : 1997-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780842027403
Book Description
The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections.p liFAMILY HISTORIES-/licites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book.p liGUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-/liincludes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world.p liGENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-/liconsists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county.p The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.
The Spirits of Athens
Author : Shane Black
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2009-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1440177767
Book Description
The city of Athens is a picturesque, quintessential southern town in north central Alabama, full of folklore and history. The town may also have more ghost stories per capita than any other town in the South. This book collects, for the first time, the best ghost stories that Athens has to offer. You'll read about: * the frenzied spirits that beat on the windows of town square buildings in their attempt to escape an 1893 inferno; * the phantom grandfather clock in the George S. Houston Library and House that chimes but cannot be found; * the lonely ghost of Founders Hall whose lantern light travels from window to window as she searches for her lost love; * the forlorn spirit of the Vasser-Lovvorn Home whose recurring screams from the attic pierce the night; * the ghost child of the Donnell House who was frightened to death by Union soldiers during the Civil War invasion of the town; * and many more.
A History of Alabama's Deadliest Tornadoes
Author : Kelly Kazek
Publisher : Disaster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781596299115
Book Description
Journey just west of America's infamous Tornado Alley to Alabama, home to some of the deadliest tornadoes of the past century. These twisters remain etched in the collective memory of the people, from the 1908 Dixie Tornado, regarded as one of the most brutal tornadoes in U.S. history, to the 1998 Birmingham Tornado, the most expensive twister in Alabama's history. Discover how the 1932 Deep South Tornadoes resulted in 268 fatalities and millions of dollars in damage, and read the terrifying account of the 1977 Smithfield Tornadoes, which rocked this Birmingham suburb with as many as six twisters in a one-hour span. Join local journalist Kelly Kazek as she shares the tales of these natural disasters and the hardy Alabamians who endured them.
Looking at History
Author : Ellen Sieber
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 25,21 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
