Roadside History of Arizona

Reducere. This overview of Nebraska history leads both visitors and residents on an in-depth tour of the state's past. Divided into five geographic divisions...

Reducere. The roadside history series charts a course to the present through carefully selected and researched stories that relate what we see today with wha...

Reducere. Saguaro cacti, desert landscapes, and the Grand Canyon may stand out as prominent Arizona features, but this scorching state is also home to bizarr...

Reducere. Texas history reaches far back in time by North American standards. It is fascinating by anyone's measure. Modern Texas is woven from the frayed bu...

Reducere. Leading mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining publication on the Gold Mining Industry in Arizona. Written in 1927, this ...

Reducere. The decades after World War II were a golden age for roadside attractions in the Sunshine State. The advent of the family automobile put Florida's ...

Reducere. Arizona remained a raw, rather uncivilized territory before it became one of the last states to enter the Union. Few towns exemplify this more than...

Reducere. The Sierra Ancha is a rugged mountain range in east-central Arizona. Emil Haury first documented the cliff dwellings there more than 70 years ago, ...

Reducere. Arizona's ghost towns exemplify man's courage, tenacity, and perhaps even foolishness in his search for wealth. Inevitable by-products of the devel...

Reducere. This Second Edition, updated from the 1980 census, reflects the new county boundaries, the continuing Hopi-Navajo land dispute, the changes in Indi...

Reducere. DescriptionArizona has stories as peculiar as its stunning landscapes. The Lost Dutchman's rumored cache of gold sparked a legendary feud. Kidnappi...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Arizona, the 48th state of the United States of America, is a land of diverse environments and unbelievable natural beauty. It is also a land where...

Reducere. Growing up can be hard enough, but when you are a teenage girl on the western frontier every day is a lesson in survival. From being held captive b...

Publisher: University of Arizona PressIllustration(s): illustrations, mapsNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 280 x 217 x 21Cover...

Reducere. Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventure...

Reducere. Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of the Department of Interior publication "Ore Dep...

Reducere. "Eating is not only a political act, it is also a cultural act that reaffirms one's identity and worldview, " Enrique Salmon writes in Eating the L...

Reducere. The hundreds of millions of years of history folded within Pennsylvania's rocks tell a remarkable story of destruction, creation, and transformatio...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book marks the culmination of fifteen years of collaboration between the University of Utah's American West Center and the Tohono O...

Reducere. Winner of a National Council on Public History Book Award On April 30, 1871, an unlikely group of Anglo-Americans, Mexican Americans, and Tohono O'...

Reducere. This second edition of Unflinching Courage is a brief history of the community of Joseph City, Arizona, a small settlement on the Little Colorado R...

Reducere. This second edition of Unflinching Courage is a brief history of the community of Joseph City, Arizona, a small settlement on the Little Colorado R...

Reducere. The: Phoenix Sound: A History of Twang and Rockabilly Music in Arizona, Hardcover

Reducere. The saguaro, with its great size and characteristic shape--its arms stretching heavenward, its silhouette often resembling a human--has become the ...

Some of the early adventures of the lonesome cowboy. A gang operating around Nugget City is attacking stage coaches to steal gold shipments. After ...

Reducere. DescriptionPublished in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University. The Pueblo Revolt of ...

Reducere. DescriptionGeoarchaeological studies can significantly enhance interpretations of human prehistory by allowing archaeologists to decipher from sedi...

Reducere. From the Euphrates Valley to the southern Peruvian Andes, early complex societies have risen and fallen, but in some cases they have also been rebo...

Reducere. The array of bottles is impressive, their contents finely tuned to varied tastes. But they all share the same roots in Mesoamerica's natural bounty...

Reducere. DescriptionWith its rich archaeological and historical record, the Aztec empire provides an intriguing opportunity to understand the dynamics and s...

Reducere. When the U.S. Army ordered troops into Arizona Territory in the 19th century to protect and defend the new settlements established there, some of t...

Publisher: University of Arizona PressAuthor(s): Robert DormanIllustration(s): mapsNumber of pages: 268Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 161 x 236 ...

Reducere. One Hundred Sixty Acres of Dirt tells the tales of remarkable people--farmers, cowboys, pioneer women and schoolmarms and their journey dealing wit...

Few American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever cha...

Archaeological excavation during the construction of a new supply line for the electrification of the Great Western Railway Main Line uncovered par...

The Arizona Constitution was adopted in the afternoon of Dec. 9, 1910. The Constitutional Convention lasted 61 days with 52 delegates representing ...

Reducere. There is no question that European colonization introduced smallpox, measles, and other infectious diseases to the Americas, causing considerable h...

Reducere. Despite evidence of warfare and violent conflict in pre-Columbian North America, scholars argue that the scale and scope of Native American violenc...

Publisher: University of Arizona PressAuthor(s): Arthur J. JelinekIllustration(s): 147 illustrations, 80 photographs, 154 tables, 1 CDNumber of pag...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ray C. ColtonBetween 1861 and 1865 the violent struggles of the Civil War extended into the Western Territories, where they...