Lokalhistoria

This speech by Michigan politician Albert Williams advocates for both prohibition and women's suffrage. Williams argues that alcohol is a scourge on society and that women should have the right to vote on issues that directly affect them. He makes a compelling case for both causes. This book is a fascinating glimpse into the political debates of the late 19th century.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Galway has a long and fascinating history. Today, it is home to over 250,000 people and plays host to over a million tourists per year, many coming to admire the scenery and to learn about the culture and history of this beautiful place. But it has not always been so tranquil and The Little History of Galway will look at the struggles of the earliest people - the arrival of the Normans and their conquest of the city and the siege of Galway by the feared Oliver Cromwell and his army.It will also examine pivotal moments such as the Penal Laws, the Famine and the War of Independence and how they affected the local people. The book will also tell the story of the writers, artists and thinkers that have called Galway home, as well as the local people who have worked hard over generations to make Galway the beautiful and welcoming place that it is today.

This book introduces the story of the 'Green Children' and how it has been interpreted, retold, and reworked. Analysing the two accounts, and offering fresh translations from the Latin originals, it considers what the historians tell us happened, and then the children's own story of their homeland.

The story Hebden Bridge, told through the experiences of three generations of the prosperous Spencer family who made clothes for working men in the nineteenth century.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania is a town with a rich history that dates back to 1745 when it was first settled. This book is the first published work of the town's history from its beginnings to the turn of the 20th century, sourced from records such as the Bucks County Intelligencer and Doylestown Democrat. It provides valuable insight into the growth and development of Doylestown, giving readers a deep understanding of the town's founding, key events, and significant figures that shaped the past. The author discusses topics of early business life, the first school and church, pioneer newspapers, social life, industries, life in Doylestown during the Civil War, military history, historic families, and more. Several illustrations are included throughout the work, bringing the town's past to life and providing a visual representation of its history. An index arranged alphabetically by surname or subject is used to conclude this work.

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With nearly 300 post cards and photo images, Rhode Island Fire Departments provides an overview of the history and development of fire departments in Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns. In addition to fire prevention and fire suppression, these fire companies and departments have a rich history and tradition within the individual municipalities.Using many images from his extensive Rhode Island post card collection, as well as numerous photographs generously provided by fire departments and other organizations, Joseph E. Coduri has provided the reader with a nostalgic view of the evolution of fire fighting organizations in Rhode Island.

The history of Bracknell from the first inhabitants until 1949, when it was designated a New Town

The story of the Erie Railroad's 19-mile Newburgh branch and it's conversion to the Schunemunk rail trailThe story of my 40 year odessey of capturing the branch in photos, hikes and lectures now comes full circle.

Shifting the focus to everyday life in the archaeology of the Southeast USFocusing on the daily concerns, activities, and routine events of people in the past, Investigating the Ordinary argues for a paradigm shift in the way southeastern archaeologists operate and urges them to think of the archaeological record in new ways. Instead of dividing archaeological work by time periods or artifact types, the essays in this volume unite separate areas of research through the theme of the everyday. The contributors to this volume bring together case studies detailing ordinary people and their lives, spanning the Paleoindian period to the nineteenth century. The essays include an examination of how the white-tailed deer was entangled in the lives of Middle Archaic people not only as a food source but as a social and spiritual creature, as well as a look at the domestic lives of those who made exotic goods for the political and social elites in the Middle Woodland period. Cooking vessels in the Late Archaic period help trace the daily lives of the many people involved in their production, use, and eventual deposition. Mound sites are reconsidered in light of the everyday--assessing not only the meaning of the sites but the mobilization of labor and the deployment of resources that went into creating them. Taken together, these essays demonstrate that attention to everyday life can help researchers avoid overemphasizing data and jargon and instead discover connections between the people of different eras. This approach will also inspire archaeologists with ways to humanize their research and engage the public with their work and with the deep history of the southeastern United States. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series Contributors: Philip J. Carr Sarah E. Price D. Shane Miller Jesse Tune Christopher B. Rodning Jayur M. Mehta Bryan S. Haley Lance Greene Kandace D. Hollenbach Stephen B. Carmody Ashley A. Dumas Christopher R. Moore Richard W. Jeffries Asa R. Randall

A close look at a Mississippi archaeological site that sheds light on a major precolonial civilization This book is the first detailed investigation of the important archaeological site of Parchman Place in the Yazoo Basin, a defining area for understanding the Mississippian culture that spanned much of what is now the United States Southeast and Midwest before the mid-sixteenth century. Refining the widely accepted theory that this society was strongly hierarchical, Erin Nelson provides data that suggest communities navigated tensions between authority and autonomy in their placemaking and in their daily lives. Drawing on archaeological evidence from foodways, monumental and domestic architecture, and the organization of communal space at the site, Nelson argues that Mississippian people negotiated contradictory ideas about what it meant to belong to a community. For example, although they clearly had powerful leaders, communities built mounds and other structures in ways that re-created their views of the cosmos, expressing values of wholeness and balance. Nelson's findings shed light on the inner workings of Mississippian communities and other hierarchical societies of the period. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series