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  • Moundsville

    Series series Images of America
    From 250 to 150 B.C., the Adena people constructed a burial mound by moving 60,000 tons of earth. The resulting formation, the largest conical burial mound in the country, is located in the middle of the namesake town of Moundsville, West Virginia. Although the Grave Creek Mound, as it is now called, attracts spectators from miles around and is the showpiece of the locals, it is not the only ... Leer más

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  • The Linsly School

    Series series Campus History
    Older than the state of West Virginia itself, The Linsly School was the first college preparatory school established west of the Alleghanies. The school was originally founded in 1814 as Wheeling Lancastrian Academy, and became an all-boys institution at the beginning of the Civil War. In 1876, Linsly began serving as a military institution. It is the Linsly doctrine that nothing of substantial or ... Leer más

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  • West Liberty State College

    Series series Campus History
    Located in a charming community in West Virginia's northern panhandle is West Liberty State College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the Mountain State. The school was chartered by the State of Virginia as an academy in 1837 and has seen its share of changes since that time. Arguably the foremost change arrived in 1863 when West Virginia became the 35th state in the Union, thereby ... Leer más

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  • Aliens in America

    A UFO Hunter's Guide to Extraterrestrial Hotpspots Across the U.S.

    "You don't have to be an avid hunter to enjoy the many UFO hotspots in the United States. Nor do you have to have any special clearance to pull your car up along the "Alien Highway" outside of Area 51 to watch the UFOs dance in the nighttime sky. Enthusiasts and vacationers looking for out-of-the-ordinary excursions just need this unique user's guide to the most historic UFO hotspots around. ... Leer más

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  • And Hell Followed With It: Life And Death In A Kansas Tornado

    A Stunning, Illustrated Account of Devastation and Survival in the Wake of One of America's Most Destructive TornadosColossal trees snap like matchsticks. A gigantic orange fireball explodes in the funnel's black core. Horses are sucked up and spit out alive by 200-mile-per-hour winds. These were just a few of the scenes that unfolded on June 8, 1966, when a massive EF-5 tornado cut a 22-mile ... Leer más

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  • Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Southern Nevada

    de Shawn Hall ...
    Series series Images of America
    "[A] photo-packed look at Southern Nevada's boom-and-bust civic casualties" ( Las Vegas Review-Journal).Ghost towns and mining camps are the last remaining vestiges of the Old West; there is a mystique surrounding these places that has made exploring them a pastime for many in the western United States. Nevada has more than a thousand of these boom-and-bust towns. Some are completely abandoned, ... Leer más

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  • The Wreck of the Old 97

    The cause and aftermath of the horrific railway disaster, examined by an award-winning historian.With Fast Mail train No. 97 an hour behind schedule, locomotive engineer Steve Broady, according to legend, swore to "put her in Spencer on time" or "put her in Hell."Through eyewitness reports and court testimonies, historian Larry Aaron expertly pieces together the events of September 27, 1903, at ... Leer más

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  • The Hartford Circus Fire

    Tragedy Under the Big Top

    Through firsthand accounts, interviews with survivors and a gripping collection of vintage photographs, author Michael Skidgell attempts to make sense of one of Hartford's worst tragedies. Almost 7,000 fans eagerly packed into the Ringling Brothers big top on July 6, 1944. With a single careless act, an afternoon at the "Greatest Show on Earth" quickly became one of terror and tragedy as the ... Leer más

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  • Horseshoe Curve

    Series series Images of Rail
    The Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering wonder. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, opened to traffic on February 15, 1854, and it enabled the Pennsylvania railroad line to climb the Allegheny Mountains and the eastern continental divide. The Horseshoe Curve's construction impacted railroad design and development for mountainous terrain everywhere, ... Leer más

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  • Hang on and Fly: A Post-War Story of Plane Crash Tragedies, Heroism, and Survival

    de Tim Lake ...
    Hang on and Fly: A Post-War Story of Plane Crash Tragedies, Heroism, and Survival.Passenger planes are crashing three and four times a month in 1951 just as Americans are beginning to fly. Then, a loaded plane disappears in the night and can't be found. Panic and frustration reach all the way to the White House.Twenty-six are killed in the most spectacular crash that no one heard on a mountain ... Leer más

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  • Legends & Lore of Western Pennsylvania

    de Thomas White ...
    Series series American Legends
    Thomas White spins a beguiling yarn with tales that reach from the misty hollows of the Alleghenies to the lost islands of Pittsburgh. Oppaymolleah's Curse. General Braddock's buried gold. The original man of steel, Joe Magarac. Such legends have found a home among the rich folklore of Western Pennsylvania. White invites readers to learn the truth behind the urban legend of the Green Man, ... Leer más

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  • Ghosthunting Southern New England

    de Andrew Lake ...
    Series series America's Haunted Road Trip
    On this leg of the journey you'll explore the scariest spots in Southern New England. Author Andrew Lake visits more than 30 legendary haunted places, all of which are open to the public--so you can test your own ghosthunting skills, if you dare.Join Andrew as he visits each site, snooping around eerie rooms and dark corners, talking to people who swear to their paranormal experiences, and giving ... Leer más

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