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Ever wonder where famous people like Chuck Yeager were born? How about Taylor Swift? In this booklet, the author, a U.S. Air Force Cold War veteran, offers birthplaces (and interesting tidbits) on everyone from Billy the Kid to Sharon Stone (who grew up in Pennsylvania not far from the author's childhood hometown)... Interesting photographs are added to enrich the reader's experience... History buffs will enjoy the stroll down memory lane... but anyone, whether 15 or 85, should find this booklet an interesting read

This book is a partial chronology and a list of reflections about some of the people, events, activities, and experiences that shaped my life, the lives of my 13 siblings, and numerous cousins. It is also a brief history of our journey.

This book chronicles the history and development of the Kevlar vest by one of the original creators. Over the past 2000 years there has been a continuing need for protective armor to counter the advancements in weapons. It was not until the 1960's that a new material was developed and technology was realized that would revolutionize personal protection. The discovery of a synthetic fiber, Dupont's PRD 49-IV, that later became Kevlar, the development of ballistic testing and medical research would come together and create a new and effective body armor that would go on to save countless lives of law enforcement officers, soldiers and government officials. This is the story of h ...

Bohemian Skipper is a collection of stories that I have compiled after having spent more than three quarters of a century on three of our country's most famous rivers, the James and Appomattox in Virginia and the Niagara River that straddles New York an Ontario, Canada. This book is unique in two ways. first, each story stands alone, yet all 28 chapters will come together to tell a much larger and richer story. And secondly, as a child from age four years I would ride the tugboats that my dad skippered and learn many trades and crafts from old world shipwrights and fender makers. And in later years I would learn that my playground had been the town of Henricus, America's second English ...

Having grown up as the son of the last private owner of Bonneyville Mills in Northern Indiana, Carl Mauck and his sister Carol Jean had an idyllic childhood there. Although there have been numerous articles in newspapers and periodicals through the years, no writer has ever told the complete story or done justice to the lives of the men and women who have kept Bonneyville so vivid in the minds and hearts of the residents of Elkhart County and Northern Indiana. Even in a biography preface of Edward Bonney, who built the Mill in 1837, there was no mention of Bonney's life in "our" Bonneyville. This book which compiles and shares previously unpublished photos and information about the Mill, ...

Follow the Francis Family on their journey to American in 1697. Find out how and why their descendants settled in the area of Buladean North Carolina in 1864 and discover how the Civil War forever impacted their lives.

Orphaned by the age of 10, Jim Turner was left without a permanent home, bouncing between living with family members in Upstate SC and Transylvania County, NC until he was drafted into the US Army in 1943. He originally volunteered to be a paratrooper but instead found himself on the way to Walker Air Field after graduating parachute rigging school - to join the “Battle of Kansas” in preparation for the new untested B-29 Superfortress. There he became a Hellbird. Then it was off to India, where Jim did triple duty as a parachute rigger, runway inspector and volunteer tail gunner. After surviving a crash in Burma during a mission and almost starving to death, Jim and the rest of the Hellb ...

In yet another Ben Swetmore history book... We yet again take a deep-dive into the past of Columbus, Wisconsin, as we explore the interesting history of various buildings, locations, objects, and in this volume particularly, the people that helped build Columbus in the 20th Century, being influential to the City’s early development in one way or another. Discover their stories and other interesting tales of years gone by, as we explore individuals born between 1799-1857 in this volume. Join us as we travel back in time to relive Columbus' glory days and discover some of the "People who built Columbus". A fascinating read for local history enthusiasts and historians alike.

Coming to terms with Early New Netherland - New York History: 1610-1614 While most histories of New Netherland begin with Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage and skip to the founding of New Amsterdam in 1624, it’s the period between that holds the real fires of creation—not simply for the Dutch colony but all that followed in New York and the United States. In the years 1613-1614 traders Adrian Block, Hendrick Christiaensen and Jacob Eelkens forged an agreement with people of the First Nations that established the first world trade center in the New World and altered the course of history. This is the epic story of what these forgotten founding fathers accomplished, from first contact to ...

The first comprehensive history of one of the most colorful areas in Arizona. The southern Bradshaws contained, at one time, some of the busiest and most productive mines in the territory. Because of their relative inaccessibility, they still retain much of the rough-and-tumble flavor of the early West. Hundreds of hours of research, as well as interviews with many long-time Bradshaw residents, have resulted in a fascinating look at a vital part of Arizona's history.