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ST Elmo Yesterday and Today "The Story of a Community" tells how Col. A.M. Johnson founded the town of ST Elmo, Tennessee. The book is a way to honor our founder and other pioneers and includes many photos from yesterday and today.

Henry Martin Bradley was born in Lee, Massachusetts, in 1824 and moved to Ohio in 1835. Despite the danger of wolves, a young Henry helped his family clear their Ohio land and farm in the 1830s. He owned and operated lumber mills in Michigan in the 1860s and 1870s and tells of the rough-and-tumble politics of the time. He prospected for iron ore in Minnesota in the 1880s. Late in life he owned an orange orchard in California and spent his winters there. Bradley died in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918. This 114-page book includes 23 original illustrations, Bradley history and genealogical material, and 21 pages of photographs including 14 carte-de-visite photographs from a privately owne ...

The Guitar Story (2nd edition)is the updated and in depth look of the evolution of the guitar, but it is not an attempt to include everything about the guitar or about every guitar ever made. This is the short story, yet it is fully comprehensive. I have stripped the fine print, educated guess work and in endless analysis down to the known facts. Also included are biographies of some of the greatest guitarists to date. A fun read for all. You do not need to be a guitarist to appreciate and enjoy this book. It is an intriguing read for anyone interested in the guitar or music history, as well as a real page turner for our current and future rock guitar heros. * Did you know that the leg ...

The history of the Carthage Police Department is not unlike that of agencies in many towns. Early Carthage policemen were not well paid, worked seven days a week and were subject to local political whims. There was no academy training - they depended on their wits and their brawn. But these brave lawmen dedicated themselves to maintaining the peace and security of their community, often at the risk of their own lives. Over time, conditions improved, with better pay and training, less political interference, improvements in equipment and technology, and a higher level of professionalism. The sense of dedication felt by our early policemen is still prevalent in our officers today. Thi ...

A fact-based, heart wrenching tale of a 19th century Irish peasant family's forced emigration from their small tenant farm in County Cavan, Ireland to search for a better life in the Land of Liberty. It provides a vivid account of the history and politics of their times in both Ireland and America from the years 1815 to 1929, including the many difficulties encountered while establishing their New World. The story concludes with a successful progression of their subsequent Irish-American generations into the 20th century. This book also contains illustrations of certain events through the periods covered, and some original poetry and traditional Irish song lyrics to further compliment ...

This is a genealogical and family history of the immigrant Gossman and Grieb families from Switzerland and Germany who settled in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties of northern New York in the second half of the 19th C. Other related families included are the Dunlaveys, Mahers, Holdens and Coonradts. The work covers five generations in most cases and up to eight generations in others. There are many photographs and maps, and extensive documentation of sources.

This document is intended to be easily read and serve as testimony to the author’s linage. This is not a conventional genealogy that simply lists names and dates, but it attempts to put flesh and blood to the dry bones of an ancestral history through the use of pictures, maps, and relevant digressions. It is the author’s hope that the most important result of this work is making known to future generations of the Kennedy family and other related Germans and Irish families the noble acts of a group of ancestors and relatives who left Europe for various reasons in order to seek an uncertain fortune in the New World and once in the New World built lives that successfully prov ...

Open this book and enter the story of a man thrown into the heart of war. Come live with Walter as he grows in body and spirit from a young boy living in the City of Four Gates through years of doubt and faith as a young man drafted into a tumultuous war of nations into a loving husband, father, and grandfather when these challenges passed. His life is one full of survival and optimism in the face of evil, struggles and miracles, love, pain, fear, and God. Walter's challenges in quietly but unwaveringly defending Christianity in the face of Naziism and then Communism has many lessons for us today. Walter Rohloff has touched the lives of many. Open this book and let his life touch yours ...

A thorough examination of the Wallisch property, now owned by the township of West Milford and the West Millford Board of Education. Architectural detail and history, geneological data, historical photos and more. Front cover photo: Christmas at the farm … 2022 Photo by Nancy Gregory DeVries www.wallischhomestead.org

A heartwarming memoir by Dorthea Reeves Perrin, a 98-year-old first time author, recounting her childhood days growing up in South Mississippi. This is a charming glimpse into the life of a precocious young girl, as she remembers family and friends almost a century later.