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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “brent carney”
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  • Bethany College

    by Brent Carney ...
    Series series Campus History
    Harbored in the halls of ivy-covered buildings, the rich history of Bethany College has inspired thousands of students to pursue higher education amidst the scenic Allegheny foothills. Those who have studied here have come to find that this picturesque, 1,600-acre campus has provided them with more than just a diploma-it has enriched their lives.Founded on March 2, 1840, by Alexander Campbell, ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oglebay Park

    by Brent Carney ...
    Series series Images of America
    In 1926, Earl Oglebay willed his summer estate, Waddington Farm, to the city of Wheeling with the hope that it would provide entertainment and education to the community. He and naturalist A.B. Brooks, both mavericks in ecology and agricultural training, established the unique environmental emphasis still evident in the park�s nature center, trails, Discovery Lab, and zoo. The 1,650-acre municipal ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wheeling

    by William A. Carney Jr., Brent Carney ...
    Series series Images of America
    When most people think of Wheeling they remember Independence Hall and the birth of West Virginia, but Wheeling's history goes back even further to the frontier legends of Lewis Wetzel and Maj. Samuel McColloch. Images of America: Wheeling includes photographs of both Wetzel's cave and Major McColloch's smoke house, as well as a multitude of historic photographs depicting the way life used to be ... Read more

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    Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

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    Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is truly groundbreaking!The first national museum whose mission is to illuminate for all people, the rich, diverse, complicated, and important experiences and contributions of African Americans in America is opening.And the history of NMAAHC--the last museum to be built on the National Mall--is the history of America.The ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Hidden History of Nashville

    The Best Stories From The Tennessean's Weekly Column "Learn Nashville"

    by George R Zepp ...
    Series series Hidden History
    This collection uncovers the fascinating past of Tennessee's legendary Music City from true tall tales to larger than life characters and much more.Perched on the banks of the Cumberland River, Nashville is best known for its role in the civil rights movement, world-class education and, of course, country music. In this unique collection of columns written for The Tennessean, journalist and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918

    Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore

    by Richard M Lytle ...
    What really happened on the circus train in 1918? Read the story of this tragedy for the entertainment industry of the time. In the cool, pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer closed his cab window as he chugged toward Hammond, Indiana. He drifted to sleep, and his train bore down on the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. Soon after, the sleeping engineer's locomotive plowed ... Read more

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  • The Picture Man

    From the Collection of Bay Area Photographer E.F. Joseph 1927–1979

    by Carith Reid, Ruth Beckford ...
    Explore the Black history of the San Francisco Bay Area through the work of the region's first Black professional photographer.From 1927 until his death in 1979, Oakland's E.F. Joseph documented the daily lives of African Americans in the Bay Area. His images were printed in the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Defender but not widely published in his home community. A graduate of the American ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hidden History of the Mohawk Valley

    The Baseball Oracle, the Mohawk Encampment and More

    by Bob Cudmore ...
    Series series Hidden History
    Much of the history of New York's scenic Mohawk Valley has been recounted time and again. But so many other stories have remained buried, almost lost from memory. The man called the baseball oracle correctly predicted the outcome of twenty-one major-league games. Mrs. Bennett, a friend of Governor Thomas Dewey, owned the Tower restaurant and lived in the unique Cranesville building. An Amsterdam ... Read more

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  • What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

    by Caleb Gayle, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    Series series What Was?
    Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in this thought-provoking addition to the New York Times bestselling What Was? series!Before May 31, 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a flourishing neighborhood of 10,000 Black residents. There, Black families found success and community. They ran their own businesses, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Great Graves of Upstate New York

    by Chuck D'Imperio ...
    The hundreds of rural cemeteries in Upstate New York are the bucolic final resting places of a plethora of legendary Americans from the recent and distant past. For over a decade, Chuck DImperio traveled to research the beautiful and historic region in search of some of the most famous (and infamous) figures in American history.The product of this labor of love is Great Graves of Upstate New York: ... Read more

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  • Grove City

    by Laura Lanese, Janet Shailer, Kelli Milligan Stammen ...
    Series series Images of Modern America
    Carved out of Ohio's wilderness in 1852, the village of Grove City welcomed industrious laborers, farmers, and German immigrants. The arrival of the railroad and the interurban brought commuters willing to travel from Grove City into Columbus. The 1960s saw the construction of Interstates 71 and 270, which spurred the community's growth. Though its population has surpassed 37,000 residents, Grove ... Read more

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  • Plant City

    by Shelby Jean Roberson Bender, Roberta Donaldson Jordan ...
    Series series Then and Now
    Named for railroad magnate Henry B. Plant, Plant City was incorporated in 1885. Rich in history and the flavor of strawberries, it is known as the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. Images featured are from the Quintilla Geer Bruton Archives Center and the East Hillsborough Historical Society. Shelby Jean Roberson Bender, an eighth-generation Floridian, and Roberta Donaldson Jordan, a native ... Read more

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