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Appalachian Aspirations
“A groundbreaking examination of East Tennessee’s journey from mercantile to industrial capitalism and then its plunge into corporate capitalism right on the eve of the 1893 financial panic. Benhart brings…
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery illustrates the evolution of the Virginia cemetery from a potter’s field during the Civil War to the most prestigious military cemetery in the United States.The cemetery contains…
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Asheville
Land of the Sky. New Age Mecca. Paris of the South San Francisco of the East. Asheville, North Carolina is all of these things and more!Throughout the 20th Century, this…
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Baseball in Nashville
Nashville’s first professional baseball team was organized in 1885, but the city’s baseball roots can be traced to 1862, as Union soldiers camped along the Cumberland River taught the Northern…
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Beech Mountain
Beech Mountain was once a rugged wilderness known only to the Cherokee Indians. Eventually hunters, loggers, moonshiners, and settlers made their marks upon the mountain. In the 1960s, Tom Brigham,…
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DeLand
A fascinating history of Central Florida’s DeLand, the “Athens of Florida.” Nestled in Central Florida between the northerly flowing St. Johns River and the alluring beaches of the Atlantic Ocean,…
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Greensboro
Before the Civil War, diverse groups brought their skills to the wild back country and formed the first population of Greensboro amid forests and farmland. The rapid growth of railroads,…
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Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards
Located in the heart of Mississippi’s piney woods, Hattiesburg was named by William H. Hardy in honor of his second wife, Hattie Lott Hardy. Incorporated in 1884, the town quickly…
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Highlands
Discover the rich past of Highlands, North Carolina in this pictorial history told through the lens of over 200 vintage images.Perched on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains and…