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Seattle's Historic Hotels - Bog af Robin Shannon - Hardback

Seattle's Historic Hotels - Bog af Robin Shannon - Hardback

Mary Ann Conklin, also known as \Madame Damnable,\ ran Seattle's first hotel, the Felker House, which burned to the ground in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The Rainier Hotel was erected quickly following the Great Seattle Fire but razed around 1910. The Denny Hotel, an architectural masterpiece later known as the Washington Hotel, was built in 1890 but torn down in 1907 during the massive regrade that flattened Denny Hill. Upon opening in 1909, the Sorrento Hotel was declared a \credit to Seattle\..

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Hotel Tybee - Bog af Harry George Spirides - Hardback

Hotel Tybee - Bog af Harry George Spirides - Hardback

Tybee Island was a mostly undeveloped tropical island situated 12 miles east of Savannah in the 1880s when businessman Daniel Purse bought most of the island with the intention of transforming it into a seaside resort destination. There were no roads to Tybee at the time. To overcome the obstacle of a two-hour boat ride from Savannah, Purse built a railroad connecting Tybee to Savannah. Thousands of new tourists began flocking to Tybee's beautiful beaches, though most could not stay due to inadequate..

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Beach Haven - Bog af Gretchen F Coyle - Hardback

Beach Haven - Bog af Gretchen F Coyle - Hardback

Beach Haven, founded in 1874, was designed as one of the first summer seashore resorts in New Jersey for wealthy Philadelphians. Beach Haven's boardwalk extended from Seventh Street to Holyoke Avenue, one and a quarter miles long. Wool bathing costumes were the rage: women \fanny dunked\ while men and children swam in the Atlantic. An 1883 Philadelphia Inquirer advertisement stated that the hotel opened for the season \with thorough sanitary arrangements.\ A steamboat, connected with the Tuckerton..

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Legendary Locals of Estes Park - Bog af Steve Mitchell - Hardback

Legendary Locals of Estes Park - Bog af Steve Mitchell - Hardback

In the 1870s, ranchers Abner Sprague, William James, and Alexander MacGregor raised cattle while the Earl of Dunraven bought land for a private hunting reserve. It was neither cows nor hunting that defined Estes Park, though. Visitors were attracted to its beauty and crystalline mountain air. Inspired by conservationist John Muir, Enos Mills preserved the area s splendor by spearheading the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park while F.O. Stanley welcomed guests to his regal Stanley Hotel,..

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Green Cove Springs - Bog af Kevin S Hooper - Hardback

Green Cove Springs - Bog af Kevin S Hooper - Hardback

Before the arrival of Spanish and French explorers, Green Cove Springs was inhabited by various groups of the Timucua Indians. When Spain relinquished Florida at the end of the French and Indian War, British aristocrats established several large rice and indigo plantations. During the 1850s, Magnolia Springs become a popular winter resort when Dr. Nathan Benedict of New York established the first hotel around 1853. After the Civil War, the area become popular with northern citizens, and Magnolia..

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Purcellville - Bog af Meredith Thomas & Purcellville Preservation Association - Hardback

Purcellville - Bog af Meredith Thomas & Purcellville Preservation Association - Hardback

With so many of its buildings and architectural phases still intact, Purcellville's strong visual links clearly show how a typical rural town in America evolved. On the main road from the port of Alexandria west to Winchester, Purcellville's midway location allowed it to grow from a simple drover's tavern to a turnpike stagecoach stop that was complete with hotel, livery, store, and blacksmith and wheelwright shops. The arrival of railroad technology in 1874 enabled Purcellville to become a mercantile..

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Fort Worth's Arlington Heights - Bog af Juliet George - Hardback

Fort Worth's Arlington Heights - Bog af Juliet George - Hardback

On the prairie west of Fort Worth, British-born Humphrey Barker Chamberlin commissioned a model mansion, grand hotel, trolley line, lake, and waterworks in the early 1890s. He launched Chamberlin Arlington Heights as an opulent suburb reminiscent of his Capitol Hill enclave in Denver, then lost his overextended empire in the silver panic of 1893. Although several more well-to-do families established homes near those of the original \Heights pioneers,\ development progressed slowly. With the coming..

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Five Towns - Bog af Millicent Vollono - Hardback

Five Towns - Bog af Millicent Vollono - Hardback

Since the 1930s, the communities of Hewlett, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, and Inwood have been known collectively as \the Five Towns.\ One of the oldest population centers on Long Island, the area attracted Victorian vacationers, many of whom returned and settled in lavish homes. During the Gilded Age, captains of industry, government, and finance came from the city to enjoy the Rockaway Hunting Club, Woodsburgh Pavilion, and the Holly Arms Hotel. The growth of the railroads created service..

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Bridgeville - Bog af Bridgeville Area Historical Society & John F Oyler - Hardback

Bridgeville - Bog af Bridgeville Area Historical Society & John F Oyler - Hardback

Bridgeville has a rich historical heritage dating back to Colonial times. In the early 1800s, a small village grew along the meandering Chartiers Creek between two bridges on the Black Horse Trail. The construction of the Chartiers Valley Railroad, the establishment of the Norwood Hotel, and the opening of commercial bituminous coal mines in the region generated a population boom that motivated residents to seek autonomy from Upper St. Clair Township. In 1901, the borough of Bridgeville was incorporated,..

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Gorgas House at the University of Alabama - Bog af Erin E Harney - Hardback

Gorgas House at the University of Alabama - Bog af Erin E Harney - Hardback

Built in 1829, the Gorgas House is the oldest structure on the University of Alabama campus. Originally constructed to serve as a hotel, housing for the university steward, and student dining hall, the building underwent several renovations to meet the needs of an ever-changing and growing campus. Later utilized as a faculty residence, classroom, post office, and infirmary, the Gorgas House was one of the few buildings to survive the destruction of campus near the end of the Civil War. Standing as..

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Pittsfield - Bog af The Berkshire County Historical Society - Hardback

Pittsfield - Bog af The Berkshire County Historical Society - Hardback

Pittsfield is the center of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. For centuries, visitors have traveled trails, railroads, and highways across the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts to enjoy the serene beauty of Pontoosuc and Onota Lakes, shop on bustling North Street, or stay at a fine hotel. Many more moved here from across the country and around the world to work at Pittsfield s farms and factories. Since the early 19th century, Pittsfield has been host to woolen mills and General Electric s..

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Brooklyn Dodgers in Cuba - Bog af Jim Vitti - Hardback

Brooklyn Dodgers in Cuba - Bog af Jim Vitti - Hardback

The Brooklyn Dodgers held spring training in Havana in 1947 so Jackie Robinson could practice safely. Yet that was hardly the beginning: the Bums played in Cuba over 60 seasons, from 1900 to 1959. Ballplayers drank hard with Hemingway. Some found themselves in Cuban jails. Pitcher Van Lingle Mungo, barricaded in the Hotel Nacional with two women, fended off an angry husband (and his machete). Leo Durocher got into a brawl with an umpire, after Lippy's translator correctly cursed him in Spanish. Vin..

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