Belleville

Author : Gerry Boyce
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1770705139
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belleville written by Gerry Boyce and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Ontario Historical Society’s Fred Landon Award for Best Regional History. Belleville, on the shores of the Bay of Quinte, traces its beginnings to the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists. For 30 years the centre of the present city was reserved for the Mississauga First Nation. White settlers who built dwellings and businesses on the land paid annual rent to them until the land was "surrendered" and a town plot laid out in 1816. The new town quickly became an important lumbering, farming, and manufacturing centre. Early influences include the Marmora Iron Works of the 1820s, the first railway in 1856, Ontario’s first gold rush in 1866, and prominent citizens such as noted pioneer author Susanna Moodie and Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Canada’s fifth prime minister. This is a personal history of Belleville, based on Gerry Boyce’s half-century of research. Embedded throughout are interesting and obscure stories about scandals, murders, and hauntings — the underbelly of the growth of a city.

Author : Sandra S. Lee
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738557281
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Americans of Newark, Belleville, and Nutley written by Sandra S. Lee and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italians first settled in the Newark area in the 1880s. Italian Americans of Newark, Nutley, and Belleville shows these immigrants and their families from 1900 to the 1950s. The street peddler, the barber, the baker, the undertaker, the macaroni maker, the concert musician, and more are portrayed here in the grace and dignity of their work. Outings to the shore or Branch Brook Park balanced hard work and long hours. Family gatherings, weddings, first communions, and processions for the feasts of St. Gerard, St. Rocco, and St. Bartholomew were all a part of the life of the family and the vibrant Italian neighborhoods. More than 200 vintage photographs from family albums tell these stories.

Author : Nicole T. Canfora
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738510163
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belleville written by Nicole T. Canfora and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brimming with a rich history and local flavor that has gone largely undocumented for more than three hundred years, Belleville began as a small Dutch settlement in the 1670s and has grown into a busy suburb of 32,000 people, located only fifteen miles west of New York City. Situated on the west bank of the Passaic River, early Belleville was a center for early industry and water transportation and is noted as the birthplace of America's industrial revolution. From the legendary secret tunnels running beneath the Dutch Reformed Church to the beauty of Belleville Park, which sits beside one of the largest annual cherry blossom tree displays in the nation, Belleville tells the story of an often forgotten but noteworthy era in the turbulent development of early America. Belleville shows the appeal the bustling town held for many of the nation's most influential figures, including inventor Thomas Edison and famed architect Charles Granville Jones. The town was also a notable stop on Gen. George Washington's retreat from New York City to Philadelphia during the early days of the Revolutionary War. With nearly two hundred vintage photographs, Belleville offers rare insight into the town's explosive growth, drawing largely from the archives of the Belleville Public Library and the collections of local individuals and organizations.

Author : Robert C. Fietsam
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738533339
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belleville, 1814-1914 written by Robert C. Fietsam and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By legislative decree, the planned community of Belleville began in 1814 as the new county seat on the site of George Blair's farm, in proximity to no major crossroads or rivers. This book chronicles Belleville's remarkable--if not phenomenal--rise to become the "Capitol of Southern Illinois," a feat celebrated to no small degree by proud residents on the occasion of Belleville's centennial celebration. Much of what contributed to Belleville's 19th-century rise to prominence in politics and its economic growth in agribusiness, mining, banking, manufacturing, and retail sectors are illustrated here. This collection of photographs shows some of the many reasons why modern-day Bellevillian's retain pride in the city's history and continue their efforts to preserve it.

Author : Judith A. Belleville, Robert deV. Brunkow, PhD, and Robert L. Arndt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467111104
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belleville: 1914 and Beyond written by Judith A. Belleville, Robert deV. Brunkow, PhD, and Robert L. Arndt and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914, celebrants marked the anniversary of the founding of Belleville, Illinois, by observing the progress the city had made since it was established a hundred years before. In that time, it had become a regional hub for surrounding communities, with robust commercial, manufacturing, coal-mining, and agricultural sectors. Over the next century, the automobile, wars, economic depression, and technological innovation transformed daily life in ways unimaginable to those citizens of 1914. Bellevilleans' civic volunteerism would serve the city well as Belleville approached its bicentennial. In 2011, the National Civic League designated it an All-American City.

Author : Belleville (Ill.). Chamber of Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Analysis of Belleville, Illinois written by Belleville (Ill.). Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. E. Meyer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Study of the Force-deflection Characteristics of a Belleville Spring written by J. E. Meyer and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belleville Toyota, Inc. V. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arnold V. Boatmen's National Bank of Belleville written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louisa Clayton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Mission Work Among the French in Belleville, Paris ... written by Louisa Clayton and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: