Digging for History at Old Washington - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Digging for History at Old Washington write by Mary L. Kwas. This book was released on 2009-02-01. Digging for History at Old Washington available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Positioned along the legendary Southwest Trail, the town of Washington in Hempstead County in southwest Arkansas was a thriving center of commerce, business, and county government in the nineteenth century. Historical figures such as Davy Crockett and Sam Houston passed through, and during the Civil War, when the Federal troops occupied Little Rock, the Hempstead County Courthouse in Washington served as the seat of state government. A prosperous town fully involved in the events and society of the territorial, antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras, Washington became in a way frozen in time by a series of events including two fires, a tornado, and being bypassed by the railroad in 1874. Now an Arkansas State Park and National Historic Landmark, Washington has been studied by the Arkansas Archeological Survey over the past twenty-five years. Digging for History at Old Washington joins the historical record with archaeological findings such as uncovered construction details, evidence of lost buildings, and remnants of everyday objects. Of particular interest are the homes of Abraham Block, a Jewish merchant originally from New Orleans, and Simon Sanders from North Carolina, who became the town’s county clerk. The public and private lives of the Block and Sanders families provide a fascinating look at an antebellum town at the height of its prosperity.
Digging Deeper
Digging Deeper - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Digging Deeper write by Eric H. Cline. This book was released on 2020-11-03. Digging Deeper available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A brief, accessible primer explaining the basics of archaeology from "How do you know where to dig?" to "Do you get keep what you find?""--
Arkansas Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Dan and Phyllis Morse (p)
Arkansas Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Dan and Phyllis Morse (p) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Arkansas Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Dan and Phyllis Morse (p) write by Robert C. Mainfort. This book was released on 1999. Arkansas Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Dan and Phyllis Morse (p) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Pictorial History of Arkansas's Old State House
A Pictorial History of Arkansas's Old State House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Pictorial History of Arkansas's Old State House write by Mary L. Kwas. This book was released on 2011-04-01. A Pictorial History of Arkansas's Old State House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Arkansas's Old State House, arguably the most famous building in the state, was conceived during the territorial period and has served through statehood. A History of Arkansas's Old State House traces the history of the architecture and purposes of the remarkable building. The history begins with Gov. John Pope's ideas for a symbolic state house for Arkansas and continues through the construction years and an expansion in 1885. After years of deterioration, the building was abandoned by the state government, and the Old State House then became a medical school and office building. Kwas traces the subsequent fight for the building's preservation on to its use today as a popular museum of Arkansas history and culture. Brief biographies of secretaries of state, preservationists, caretakers, and others are included, and the book is generously illustrated with early and seldom-seen photographs, drawings, and memorabilia.
Digging in the City of Brotherly Love
Digging in the City of Brotherly Love - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Digging in the City of Brotherly Love write by Rebecca Yamin. This book was released on 2008-10-07. Digging in the City of Brotherly Love available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beneath the modern city of Philadelphia lie countless clues to its history and the lives of residents long forgotten. This intriguing book explores eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Philadelphia through the findings of archaeological excavations, sharing with readers the excitement of digging into the past and reconstructing the lives of earlier inhabitants of the city.Urban archaeologist Rebecca Yamin describes the major excavations that have been undertaken since 1992 as part of the redevelopment of Independence Mall and surrounding areas, explaining how archaeologists gather and use raw data to learn more about the ordinary people whose lives were never recorded in history books. Focusing primarily on these unknown citizens-an accountant in the first Treasury Department, a coachmaker whose clients were politicians doing business at the State House, an African American founder of St. Thomas’s African Episcopal Church, and others-Yamin presents a colorful portrait of old Philadelphia. She also discusses political aspects of archaeology today-who supports particular projects and why, and what has been lost to bulldozers and heedlessness. Digging in the City of Brotherly Love tells the exhilarating story of doing archaeology in the real world and using its findings to understand the past.
