Author: Lewis C. BairdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clark County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana
Author: Lewis C. BairdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clark County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana
Author: Lewis C. BairdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clark County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 919
Book Description
BAIRD'S HISTORY OF CLARK COUNTY, INDIANA
Author: LEWIS C. BAIRDPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033914403
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Louisville
Author: John E. KleberPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813149746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
With more than 1,800 entries, The Encyclopedia of Louisville is the ultimate reference for Kentucky's largest city. For more than 125 years, the world's attention has turned to Louisville for the annual running of the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. Louisville Slugger bats still reign supreme in major league baseball. The city was also the birthplace of the famed Hot Brown and Benedictine spread, and the cheeseburger made its debut at Kaelin's Restaurant on Newburg Road in 1934. The "Happy Birthday" had its origins in the Louisville kindergarten class of sisters Mildred Jane Hill and Patty Smith Hill. Named for King Louis XVI of France in appreciation for his assistance during the Revolutionary War, Louisville was founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778. The city has been home to a number of men and women who changed the face of American history. President Zachary Taylor was reared in surrounding Jefferson County, and two U.S. Supreme Court Justices were from the city proper. Second Lt. F. Scott Fitzgerald, stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor during World War I, frequented the bar in the famous Seelbach Hotel, immortalized in The Great Gatsby. Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville and won six Golden Gloves tournaments in Kentucky.
The Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History
Author: 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens
Author: William Mahlon RockelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clark County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
This Place We Call Home
Author: Carl E. KramerPublisher: Quarry Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
A treasurable history of the Falls City region of Indiana
Jefferson Davis in Blue
Author: Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr.Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807131601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
Besides his illustrious name, the Union general Jefferson Columbus Davis is best known for two appalling actions: the September 1862 murder of General William "Bull" Nelson -- his former commanding officer -- and the abandonment of hundreds of African American refugees to the mercy of Confederate cavalry at Ebenezer Creek during Sherman's march through Georgia in 1864. Historians have generally dismissed Davis (1828--1879) as a reckless assassin, a racist, a journeyman soldier at best, and an embarrassment to the Lincoln war effort. But Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr., and Gordon D. Whitney shatter the collective memory of "Jef" Davis as a grim, destructive child of war and replace it with a more rounded portrait of a complex military leader. They bring order to the muddle of contradictions that was Davis's life and offer an impartial profile of the soldier and the man, who must be remembered for his splendid contributions as well as his startling failures.
The History of Clark County, Ohio
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clark County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Author: Garry J. NokesPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439613648
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Ohio River has nurtured Jeffersonville. The city's prime location, a bend in the river before the Falls of the Ohio, fostered its development into a regional hub of transportation and commerce. From time to time, however, the river lashes out at those who inhabit its shores. The frigid waters of winter and early spring sometimes swallow the city, leaving mud, disease, and devastation in their wake. The more than two hundred images featured in Jeffersonville, Indiana tell the city's tale from the earliest days of settlement, through the boom days of the late 19th century, and on to the tragedy of the Great Flood in 1937. Those who observed the bawdy days of Jeffersonville's marriage parlors, gambling halls, and saloons called the city "Little Chicago." Those who marveled at the diversity of its religious establishments called it the "City of Churches." Citizens of Jeffersonville enjoyed its nightlife on Saturday and filled its pews on Sunday, but have never failed to work hard throughout the week.