Author: Alberta 2005 Centennial History SocietyDr. Michae
Publisher: The University of Alberta Press
Keywords: alberta, transformed, formed
Number of Pages: 842
Published: 2006-04-18
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 155238196X
ISBN-13: 9781552381960

Alberta is distinctive both for its awe-inspiring natural wonders and its fascinating history, and from the earliest footprints of human settlement to today’s dynamic society, Alberta has captivated countless generations who have visited or settled in this remarkable province. To celebrate Alberta’s centennial in 2005, this two-volume edition features thirty eminent historians contributing articles spanning an incredible 12,000 years of history encompassing the archaeological foundations, the natural resources, and the social and political development of the province. From the primordia

Author: Society for Military History
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Keywords: history, military, companion, reader
Number of Pages: 573
Published: 1996-11
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0395669693
ISBN-13: 9780395669693

How did war originate? What makes a war popular or unpopular at home? How common is desertion or mutiny? What makes a successful guerrilla insurgency? How have armies been fed throughout history? The Reader’s Companion to Military History addresses these and other intriguing aspects of the most destructive, fascinating, and relentless of human enterprises -- war. Filled with surprising anecdotes, little-known facts, and rare illustrations, The Reader’s Companion to Military History covers major events and battles, commanders and theorists, weaponry and technological advances, and s

Author: Pico Rivera History and Heritage Society
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: california, america, images, rivera, pico
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-02-06
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738555991
ISBN-13: 9780738555997

The early history of the city of Pico Rivera began in 1887 when two land developers, J. Fletcher Isbell and W. T. Bone, bought the Rivera town site from Joseph Hartley Burke, Louis L. Bequette, and A. A. Bermudez. Rivera literally means along the river, and today’s city boundaries are the Rio Hondo on the west and the San Gabriel River on the east. Rivera developed when the Santa Fe Railroad came through the southern portion of present-day Pico Rivera. The township of Pico was subdivided into lots beginning in 1921. Its name derived from the last Mexican governor of California, Don Pio d

Author: Pembroke Centennial Committee
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, pembroke
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-08-15
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738517984
ISBN-13: 9780738517988

A location between Savannah and Statesboro encouraged the town of Pembroke to grow into a hub of commercial activity. Timber and turpentine from the Georgia pine forests, as well as cotton, were the main commercial activities of the early town. The city of Pembroke began as a result of the extension of the Savannah and Western Railroad through the upper part of Bryan County in 1889. The town’s first resident was M.E. Carter, a member of the railroad construction crew, who lived in a box car that was switched off at a siding; Carter would later serve as mayor of Pembroke. By the late 1890

Author: Civil War Centennial Commission
Publisher: Willow Bend Books
Keywords: war, civil, county, loudoun
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 1998
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 188826537X
ISBN-13: 9781888265378

Loudoun County, Virginia suffered possibly more severely during the Civil War than any Virginia county in which no major engagement was fought. This book was created by the Civil War Centennial Commission. The book has two main purposes: to make a lasting contribution to published Loudoun history, and to provide a Civil War guidebook to the county.

Author: Illinois. Centennial Commission
Publisher: General Books LLC
Keywords: illinois, history, centennial
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2009-12-21
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 1150163720
ISBN-13: 9781150163722

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1917 Original Publisher: A.C. McClurg

Author: Alberta L. Orr
Publisher: Amer Foundation for the Blind
Keywords: delivery, service, crossroads, aging, vision
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1992-04
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0891282165
ISBN-13: 9780891282167