The Oklahoma Historical Society
Author : Oklahoma Historical Society
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 1940
Category :
ISBN :
Calumet Beginnings
Author : Kenneth J. Schoon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 28,96 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253342188
Book Description
The landscape of the Calumet, an area that sits astride the Indiana-Illinois state line at the southern end of Lake Michigan was shaped by the glaciers that withdrew toward the end of the last ice age--about 45,000 years ago. In the years since, many natural forces, including wind, running water, and the waves of Lake Michigan, have continued to shape the land. The lake's modern and ancient shorelines have served as Indian trails, stagecoach routes, highways, and sites that have evolved into many of the cities, towns, and villages of the Calumet area. People have also left their mark on the landscape: Indians built mounds; farmers filled in wetlands; governments commissioned ditches and canals to drain marshes and change the direction of rivers; sand was hauled from where it was plentiful to where it was needed for urban and industrial growth. These thousands of years of weather and movements of peoples have given the Calumet region its distinct climate and appeal.
The Encyclopedia of Louisville
Author : John E. Kleber
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 1029 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0813149746
Book Description
With more than 1,800 entries, The Encyclopedia of Louisville is the ultimate reference for Kentucky's largest city. For more than 125 years, the world's attention has turned to Louisville for the annual running of the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. Louisville Slugger bats still reign supreme in major league baseball. The city was also the birthplace of the famed Hot Brown and Benedictine spread, and the cheeseburger made its debut at Kaelin's Restaurant on Newburg Road in 1934. The "Happy Birthday" had its origins in the Louisville kindergarten class of sisters Mildred Jane Hill and Patty Smith Hill. Named for King Louis XVI of France in appreciation for his assistance during the Revolutionary War, Louisville was founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778. The city has been home to a number of men and women who changed the face of American history. President Zachary Taylor was reared in surrounding Jefferson County, and two U.S. Supreme Court Justices were from the city proper. Second Lt. F. Scott Fitzgerald, stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor during World War I, frequented the bar in the famous Seelbach Hotel, immortalized in The Great Gatsby. Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville and won six Golden Gloves tournaments in Kentucky.
The Antiquities of Wisconsin
Author : Increase Allen Lapham
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 26,25 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Book Description
An Illini Place
Author : Lex Tate
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 20,62 MB
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 0252099818
Book Description
Why does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? Drawing on a wealth of research and featuring more than one hundred color photographs, An Illini Place provides an engrossing and beautiful answer to that question. Lex Tate and John Franch trace the story of the university's evolution through its buildings. Oral histories, official reports, dedication programs, and developmental plans both practical and quixotic inform the story. The authors also provide special chapters on campus icons and on the buildings, arenas and other spaces made possible by donors and friends of the university. Adding to the experience is a web companion that includes profiles of the planners, architects, and presidents instrumental in the campus's growth, plus an illustrated inventory of current and former campus plans and buildings.
Library Catalog
Author : Daughters of the American Revolution. Library
Publisher :
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 1986
Category : United States
ISBN :
Book Description
Places from the Past
Author : Clare Lise Cavicchi
Publisher : Maryland National Capital Park &
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 46,64 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780971560703
Book Description
A History of Sanpete County
Author : Albert C. T. Antrei
Publisher :
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Sanpete County (Utah)
ISBN : 9780913738429
Book Description
Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia
Author : Karl Hutterer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0891480137
Book Description
Economic behavior is governed by two major sets of boundary conditions: environmental and technological factors on the one hand, and conditions of social organization on the other hand. Indeed, social scientists are often particularly interested in the framework of exchange relationships: exchange of goods, services, personnel, and information. Economic exchanges lend concrete manifestations to social relations that themselves may transcend the economic realm and that otherwise are often difficult to trace. Yet in social science research in Southeast Asia, the area of economic studies has lagged behind, despite the great study potential represented by the tremendous diversity of its physical and human environment. Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia attempts to take advantage of that opportunity. As a number of the contributions to this volume show, many if not most of the systems organized on very different levels of integration interact with each other. Taken as a whole, they provide evidence of the incredible diversity of economic and social systems that may be investigated in Southeast Asia.
Flood Insurance Study
Author : United States. Federal Insurance Administration
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 26,22 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Flood forecasting
ISBN :
