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Monroe Through Time II

By: Monroe Historical Society

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Like its predecessor, Monroe Through Time II is presented by the Monroe Historical Society (est. 1959) and portrays the Connecticut community with images that contrast the contemporary setting with the past. The illustrated narrative offers a new series of accounts and images of bygone times--like a Ku Klux Klan rally in midtown, a neighborhood submersed when the Stevenson Dam created Lake Zoar, and the first comprehensive listing of Monroe's civic leadership since 1823--that have been collected since the publication of Monroe Through Time in 2015.

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America Through Time

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1635000548

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9781635000542

Monroe Through Time

By: Monroe Historical Society

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Monroe Through Time

By: Monroe Historical Society

Monroe Through Time adds a contemporary dimension to Monroe's optics, revealing the landscape and the buildings as they present themselves today. Most of the graphic images showing what the community looks like now were captured by the intrepid and ubiquitous cameraman John Babina, a retired engineer and the founder of Monroe's classical music radio station WMNR. His counterpart from yesteryear is the late Frederick P. Sherman, a teacher, horticulturist, town official and relentless captor of the community pictorially when life centered around the farm in the early 1900s and ensuing decades. Working with glass negatives in some instances, Sherman converted his black-and-white visuals into postcards which were sold commercially. Many of them were mailed with a Stepney Depot, Conn., postmark and a green, one-cent US postage stamp bearing the profile of Benjamin Franklin. Aerial specialist Bob Cargill and Stepney historian Joel Leneker also contributed images to Monroe Through Time and Babina added to his graphics as a tenacious interviewer and fact-collector.

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1635000181

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9781635000184

Monroe

By: Monroe Historical Society

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Monroe

By: Monroe Historical Society

Originally a parish of the Stratford Congregational Church, Monroe was sanctioned in 1762 as the New Stratford Ecclesiastical Society. In 1789, both the New Stratford Parish and the Ripton Parish were incorporated under the name of Huntington. It was not until May of 1823 that Monroe was granted township privileges by the Connecticut General Assembly. This act joined the separate villages of Stepney, Monroe Centre, East Village, and the area now known as Stevenson into a single entity known as the Town of Monroe, named for President James Monroe. In January 1959, a group of residents, concerned over the growing signs of changes to their town, came together to establish the Monroe Historical Society. They recognized that their rural farming community would succumb to the advancement of suburban development, and unless something was done, Monroe's early years would exist only in the memories of older residents. In the ensuing years, the Society has aspired to make the heritage of Monroe available to all residents through its collections, workshops, and educational programs. Keeping in mind that today is tomorrow's history, the Society is expanding its collections so that future generations will be able to see Monroe's changes from a rural community to the suburban town it is today.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738587397

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9780738587394

Early Monroe

By: Dexter Taylor,Monroe Historical Society

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Early Monroe

By: Dexter Taylor,Monroe Historical Society

In the middle of the 19th century, those who ventured several miles up the tree-lined Snohomish River looked upon a wilderness that is now Monroe. They also found the friendly remnants of the native population living where three valleys with rich bottomland come together, set against the beautiful backdrop of the Cascade Mountains. Over the years, settlers arrived to farm the land and harvest the bountiful timber. Although a settlement called Park Place existed early on, there was no real town to serve the area until the coming of the railroad in 1893. Relocated to be nearer the railroad, the new settlement was named Monroe after the nation's fifth president and as a concession to the postal service requirement for one-word towns. The small community saw rapid growth in the next few decades. A steady influx of newcomers soon built a thriving town that is today best known for the annual Evergreen State Fair.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738599727

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9780738599724

Latah County

By: Julie R. Monroe

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Latah County

By: Julie R. Monroe

Its name derived from the Nez Perce language, Latah County is the only county in the United States to have been created by an Act of Congress. The abundance of its natural resourcesfrom blue fields of camas to deep veins of gold, from great stands of white pine trees to vast green grasslandsattracted a diversity of dreamers seeking only the opportunity to build their own futures. Nestled in the heart of the Palouse, an agricultural area of extraordinary production, Latah County is a land of timber and, at Potlatch, was once the site of one of the largest sawmills in the world. At Moscow, it is also the home of the states land-grant institution, the University of Idaho. From the forests of Troy and the ridges of Juliaetta and Kendrick, from the homesteads of Genesee to Bovills hunting lodge and Dearys town site, Latah County has had a rich and varied history.

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1439614601

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9781439614600

A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America

By: Monroe Nathan Work

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A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America

By: Monroe Nathan Work

Limited edition facsimile reprint"--T.p. verso.

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724

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1578980798

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9781578980796

Moscow

By: Julie R. Monroe

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Moscow

By: Julie R. Monroe

Each spring for centuries, the Nez Perce Indians visited the area they called Taxt-hinma (place of the spotted deer) to harvest the camas root. Today Taxt-hinma is Moscow, Idaho, a forward-looking university community dedicated to preserving the spirit of place that attracted the area's first permanent settlers in 1871. Originally known as Paradise, Moscow started out as a trading center serving homesteaders settling the prodigiously fertile Palouse. Since its incorporation as a city in 1887, Moscow has grown steadily upon a foundation of education and agriculture. From its central core of notable commercial and public buildings to the splendid houses that once sheltered its founders to the scenic University of Idaho campus, Moscow is clearly a community that values its cultural, economic, architectural, and natural heritage.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439634343

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9781439634349

Monroe

By: Margaret Tranzillo,Monroe Historical Society

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Monroe

By: Margaret Tranzillo,Monroe Historical Society

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Arcadia Publishing

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0752409581

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9780752409580

Heritage and Hate

Old South Rhetoric at Southern Universities

By: Stephen M. Monroe

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Heritage and Hate

Old South Rhetoric at Southern Universities

By: Stephen M. Monroe

Explores how Ole Miss and other Southern universities presently contend with an inherited panoply of Southern words and symbols and "Old South" traditions, everything that publicly defines these communities--from anthems to buildings to flags to monuments to mascots"--

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University of Alabama Press

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0817320938

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9780817320935

Fanny & Joshua

The Enigmatic Lives of Frances Caroline Adams & Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Diane Monroe Smith

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Fanny & Joshua

The Enigmatic Lives of Frances Caroline Adams & Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Diane Monroe Smith

The intimate history of Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his wife, Frances Caroline Adams

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UPNE

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1611684390

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9781611684391

A Splendid Ride

The Streetcars of Kansas City, 1870-1957

By: Monroe Dodd

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A Splendid Ride

The Streetcars of Kansas City, 1870-1957

By: Monroe Dodd

Illustrated history of Kansas City's streetcar system, beginning with horse drawn cars in 1870. In the 1880s, Kansas City built the country's third-largest cable car system. By the turn of the century, cable and horse cars were rapidly replaced by electric streetcars. The streetcar network grew to more than 300 miles of track, not including interurban lines that stretched in six directions, some more than 40 miles. In the 1930s, competition from automobiles and growing expenses caused the operators to begin converting to buses. Streetcars enjoyed a brief resurgence during and just after World War II, but then were increasingly replaced by gasoline and then diesel buses. Kansas City's last streetcar ran on June 23, 1957.

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Kansas City Star Books

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0972273980

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9780972273985

Washington Roebling's Civil War

From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge

By: Diane Monroe Smith

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Washington Roebling's Civil War

From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge

By: Diane Monroe Smith

Washington Roebling is well known as the man who supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. His path to overseeing that monumental task began during the Civil War. In addition to his brave, dramatic actions at Gettysburg, his Civil War service was remarkable: artilleryman, bridge builder, scout, balloonist, mapmaker, engineer, and staff officer. His story reveals much about Gettysburg but also about Civil War intelligence and engineering and the politics and infighting within the Army of the Potomac’s high command. Roebling’s service—leadership, engineering, decision-making, and managing personalities and politics—prepared him well for overseeing the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811767825

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9780811767828

Early Monroe

By: Dexter Taylor,Monroe Historical Society

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Early Monroe

By: Dexter Taylor,Monroe Historical Society

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0738599727

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Maine

Past and Present

By: Judy Monroe Peterson

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Maine

Past and Present

By: Judy Monroe Peterson

Learn about the history, culture, and landscape of Maine.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1435894847

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9781435894846

The California Gold Rush

By: Judy Monroe

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The California Gold Rush

By: Judy Monroe

Follows the development of the gold rush in California starting in the 1840's. Examines its effects on the economic, social, and political development of the area from early times through statehood and into the modern day.

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Capstone

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0736810986

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9780736810982

Through the Midnight Door

By: Katrina Monroe

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Through the Midnight Door

By: Katrina Monroe

This novel is as chilling as it is poignant. My advice? Read it with the lights on." — Megan Collins, author of The Family Plot Three sisters. Three keys. Three unspeakable horrors. The Finch sisters once spent long, hot summers exploring the dozens of abandoned properties littering their dying town—until they found an impossible home with an endless hall of doors...and three keys left waiting for them. Curious, fearless, they stepped inside their chosen rooms, and experienced horrors they never dared speak of again. Now, years later, youngest sister Claire has been discovered dead in that old, desiccated house. Haunted by their sister's suicide and the memories of a past they've struggled to forget, Meg and Esther find themselves at bitter odds. As they navigate the tensions of their brittle relationship, they draw unsettling lines between Claire's death, their own haunted memories, and a long-ago loss no one in their family has ever been able to face. With the house once again pulling them ever-closer, Meg and Esther must find the connection between their sister's death and the shadow that has chased them across the years...before the darkness claims them, too. As emotional as it is haunting, Through the Midnight Door explores the sometimes-fragile bonds of sisterhood and the way deeply rooted trauma can pass from generation to generation. "A gorgeously realized, deeply affecting horror story about sisterhood, secrets, and all the things that can haunt someone."— Layne Fargo, author of They Never Learn

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728248272

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9781728248271

Date by Mistake

By: Candace Havens,Gwen Hayes,Jill Monroe,Rosemary Clement-Moore,Shannon Leigh

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Date by Mistake

By: Candace Havens,Gwen Hayes,Jill Monroe,Rosemary Clement-Moore,Shannon Leigh

You never know what you’ll get when … Mr. Virile and the Girl Next Door by Gwen Hayes Seduction is the name of the game when two rival dating advice darlings agree to be romantically linked to boost publicity. But all bets are off when they take the battle of the sexes from the web to the bed! Tycoon Reunion by Candace Havens and Shannon Leigh Sparks fly when a project brings a heartbreaker back to town and into the path of the woman he left behind. He’s determined to win her over in the boardroom … and the bedroom! Passionate Persuasion by Rosemary Clement-Moore A hot playboy who has left a string of hearts in his wake can’t forget the cellist who haunted his fantasies. Now it is his turn to usehis power of persuasion to prove he’s the only man to keep her satisfied. Date on the Run by Jill Monroe When a reporter mistakes a hard-bodied military man for a crime source, she soon finds it’s just as much fun undressing her new bodyguard as it is uncovering her latest case… Four stories, four dates. How can these dates by mistake turn into love ever after?

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Macmillan

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1622660692

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9781622660698

The City of Detroit, 1701 -1922, Volume 2

By: Clarence Monroe Burton

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The City of Detroit, 1701 -1922, Volume 2

By: Clarence Monroe Burton

The City of Detroit' is a milestone work on the history of the Michigan metropolis. Burton's work covers more than two hundred years of events and facts and had to be split into four volumes due to its size. There is hardly a more detailed book dealing with Detroit's past. This is volume one, covering the early years and the political and civic history.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849650405

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9783849650407

The Underground Railroad

Bringing Slaves North to Freedom

By: Judy Monroe

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The Underground Railroad

Bringing Slaves North to Freedom

By: Judy Monroe

Describes how brave men and women went to great lenghts and encountered many dangers in their efforts to bring slaves to freedom in the North.

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0736813446

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9780736813440

The Precolonial State in West Africa

Building Power in Dahomey

By: J. Cameron Monroe

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The Precolonial State in West Africa

Building Power in Dahomey

By: J. Cameron Monroe

This volume incorporates historical, ethnographic, art historical, and archaeological sources to examine the relationship between the production of space and political order in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey during the tumultuous Atlantic Era. Dahomey, situated in the modern Republic of Bénin, emerged in this period as one of the principal agents in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and an exemplar of West African state formation. Drawing from eight years of ethnohistorical and archaeological fieldwork in the Republic of Bénin, the central thesis of this volume is that Dahomean kings used spatial tactics to project power and mitigate dissent across their territories. J. Cameron Monroe argues that these tactics enabled kings to economically exploit their subjects and to promote a sense of the historical and natural inevitability of royal power.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139952536

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9781139952538

The City of Detroit, 1701 -1922, Volume 3

By: Clarence Monroe Burton

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The City of Detroit, 1701 -1922, Volume 3

By: Clarence Monroe Burton

The City of Detroit' is a milestone work on the history of the Michigan metropolis. Burton's work covers more than two hundred years of events and facts and had to be split into four volumes due to its size. There is hardly a more detailed book dealing with Detroit's past. This is volume three, covering the military history and the professions.

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3849650413

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9783849650414

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