The book opens with a letter by Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist, who is president of the board of directors of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), which published the...
The saga that ensued is first-rate. It tells the story of ordinary people--their everyday lives, hopes, loves, and dilemmas--as well as the fates of the newly crowned nabobs, who could wager a fortune on the turn of a roulette wheel.
Goldfield’s catching enthusiasm for southern urban history, for the South, pervades this important work of scholarship.
McMahon's Confectionary (9) Frank McMahon operated the Red Front Cigar Store in the Masonic Hall building in the 1930s and in the 1940s had a con— fectionary in the building that is now the bakery. The building has been moved from in ...
The month of December also saw us getting ready for Christmas, shopping for dress materials and visiting Pansy Tailor to get our dresses tailored. We normally had 3 new dresses or outfits for the festive season so that we had a new one ...
Contains information on the historical aspects of the Australian gold rushes - first discoveries to gold mining in Australia today; life on the goldfields, including family life, social life, law and order, and the everyday life of the ...
... 41, 149 party 238 Bishop's claim 117, 129, 133-4 Bismark Gold Mining Co Blackaby & Duffy Blue Tier Gold Mining Co 223, 227, 243, 248-9 Blue Tier Tunnelling Co Kerrison and party (Kerrison and Williams) 72-3, 77, 215, 218, 259 INDEX.
Good food is available at the town's hotels and a bistro as well as light meals at the bakehouse/cafe and a craft shop/cafe. Warrenmang Vineyard has a gourmet resraurant as does the nearby Taltarni Vineyard, Blue Pyrenees Vineyard and ...
He went on to start a company called UPS. Illustrated with more than 150 images, "Goldfield Century" is the story of a Nevada boomtown, and not just any boomtown, but one of the last and one of the biggest.
America Aflame is a vivid portrait of the "fiery trial"that transformed the country we live in.