Forgotten Foster Park - 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 Forgotten Foster Park write by Gwen Alferes. This book was released on 2015. Forgotten Foster Park available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Surrounded by steeply sloped hillsides, Foster Park was a tiny rural community that took shape during the oil boom of the 1920s. It was situated at a bend on Highway 33 adjacent to Foster Memorial Park, for which it was named. Among the 50 or so homes was a thriving business district that most notably included a dance hall hosting musical greats of the time--such as Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Everly Brothers--and a saloon equipped with a boxing ring. The Ventura River, once loaded with giant steelhead trout, and the Southern Pacific Railroad both ran through the town. It has been described as unreal by some and a rural slum by others. With the makings of a Norman Rockwell portrait, it came to its end in the mid-1960s to make room for the hotly contested extension of the Ojai Freeway. To younger generations and newcomers of the area, Foster Park's former existence is virtually unknown.
Rockford's Forgotten Driving Park: Racing, Politics & Circuses
Rockford's Forgotten Driving Park: Racing, Politics & Circuses - 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 Rockford's Forgotten Driving Park: Racing, Politics & Circuses write by Amanda Becker. This book was released on 2019. Rockford's Forgotten Driving Park: Racing, Politics & Circuses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Local thrill-seekers at the turn of the century knew that all the action was at the Driving Park. But few today know the drama buried beneath a West End subdivision. At the height of the horse racing craze after the Civil War, prominent Rockford businessmen raised $25,000 to build a harness racetrack there in 1890 (the name refers to the person in the cart pulled by a horse--the driver). The versatile venue evolved to stay relevant, weathering the 1893 financial panic and welcoming bicycle mania. Events ranged from high school track meets to early auto racing. Folks saw a soccer game one week and a circus the next. Controversy erupted at times, from gambling and drinking to a murder and a KKK rally. Amanda Becker reveals this colorful story nearly forgotten since 1938.
Indiana, Fort Wayne
Indiana, Fort Wayne - 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 Indiana, Fort Wayne write by Lincoln Financial Foundation. This book was released on 2018-01-08. Indiana, Fort Wayne available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from Indiana, Fort Wayne: Foster Park Cabin Replica; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources This Log Cabin is an exact reproduction of the one in which Abraham' Lincoln was born, upon the bare ground, February 12, 1809. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Forgotten Adoption Option
The Forgotten Adoption Option - 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 The Forgotten Adoption Option write by Marcy Bursac. This book was released on 2021. The Forgotten Adoption Option available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 120,000 U.S. children who are ready to be adopted are hoping you'll pick up this book. Have you ever thought you'd adopt a child(ren), but finding out it costs thousands of dollars kicked that idea to the curb? Most people believe that all children in foster care return to their biological families. Many do not know that 50% of children in foster care need an adoptive family and that adopting children through foster care costs $0 - $2,500. Countless times friends and friends of friends have reached out asking about foster care adoption and how we adopted our children through foster care. My intent is to help you evaluate your own heart and simplify the process of foster care adoption so you can help a child who is hoping you will find them. While I cannot promise you that the process will be easy, I can tell you that going down this path has been completely worth it for my family.
The Forgotten History of African American Baseball
The Forgotten History of African American Baseball - 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 The Forgotten History of African American Baseball write by Lawrence D. Hogan. This book was released on 2014-01-27. The Forgotten History of African American Baseball available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text gives readers the chance to experience the unique character and personalities of the African American game of baseball in the United States, starting from the time of slavery, through the Negro Leagues and integration period, and beyond. For 100 years, African Americans were barred from playing in the premier baseball leagues of the United States—where only Caucasians were allowed. Talented black athletes until the 1950s were largely limited to only playing in Negro leagues, or possibly playing against white teams in exhibition, post-season play, or barnstorming contests—if it was deemed profitable for the white hosts. Even so, the people and events of Jim Crow baseball had incredible beauty, richness, and quality of play and character. The deep significance of Negro baseball leagues in establishing the texture of American history is an experience that cannot be allowed to slip away and be forgotten. This book takes readers from the origins of African Americans playing the American game of baseball on southern plantations in the pre-Civil War era through Black baseball and America's long era of Jim Crow segregation to the significance of Black baseball within our modern-day, post-Civil Rights Movement perspective.
