Legendary Locals of Rutherford County - 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 Legendary Locals of Rutherford County write by Anita Price Davis. This book was released on 2013. Legendary Locals of Rutherford County available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Located in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina, Rutherford County is rich in history, resources, and people. Legendary Locals of Rutherford County attempts to capture this region's history and wealth through introducing some of its people and their lives. These locals begin with explorers like Hernando De Soto; early settlers unafraid of frontier living; early governors like Griffith Rutherford, who left his name in the region; and everyday people who made a difference. Textile magnate Raleigh Rutherford Haynes, South Mountain physician Benjamin Washburn, entertainer Dewitt "Snuffy" Jenkins, Sheriff Damon Huskey, radio announcers Jerrell Bedford and Jim Bishop, preacher Harold Brown, writer Tony Earley, Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, funeral director T.R. Padgett, muralist Clive Haynes, novelist Kay Hooper, and museum founder-curator Mike Rhyne represent just a sampling of the more recent residents who have shaped the county, the state, and the nation.
A History of Rutherford County
A History of Rutherford County - 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 History of Rutherford County write by Carlton C. Sims. This book was released on 1947. A History of Rutherford County available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Legendary Locals of Asheville
Legendary Locals of Asheville - 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 Legendary Locals of Asheville write by Kevan D. Frazier. This book was released on 2014-10-20. Legendary Locals of Asheville available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Like all great cities, Ashevilles story is one of people, not institutions or industries. For more than two centuries, deep in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, extraordinary women and men have created a truly unique American city. Legendary Locals of Asheville tells the stories of the people who founded, built, and rebuilt Asheville. From the first woman elected to state office in the South, who won her primary before women had the right to vote, to the grandson of a famed railroad magnate who built a 250-room chateau that became the largest home in America, to the entrepreneur who helped ignite the citys renaissance when he risked opening an art gallery downtown when most of it was still boarded up, Ashevillians are an amazing lot. Likewise, there are stories of extraordinary groups like the renowned faculty of an experimental college that redefined the American arts or the brave high school students who joined together to fight segregation. Their stories are as touching and fascinating as they are varied.
The American Chestnut
The American Chestnut - 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 American Chestnut write by Donald Edward Davis. This book was released on 2021-11-15. The American Chestnut available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory—an area stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana—stands of the trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington State, and Oregon. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was preferred for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it was rot resistant and straight grained. The hearty and delicious nuts also fed wildlife, people, and livestock. Ironically, the tree that most piqued the emotions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Americans has virtually disappeared from the eastern United States. After a blight fungus was introduced into the United States during the late nineteenth century, the American chestnut became functionally extinct. Although the virtual eradication of the species caused one of the greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age, considerable folklore about the American chestnut remains. Some of the tree’s history dates to the very founding of our country, making the story of the American chestnut an integral part of American cultural and environmental history. The American Chestnut tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree’s impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of chestnut blight and the tree’s decline as a dominant species, the author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern attempts to genetically modify the species.
Rutherford County Historical Society Publication No. 17
Rutherford County Historical Society Publication No. 17 - 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 Rutherford County Historical Society Publication No. 17 write by Rutherford County Historical Society. This book was released on 1981. Rutherford County Historical Society Publication No. 17 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
