Chimney Rock

Author : Todd B. Morse
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781987612486
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Love of Chimney Rock written by Todd B. Morse and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 105 years, four generations of the Morse family operated, promoted and served as stewards for the natural scenic attraction known as Chimney Rock. Researched, compiled and written by 4th generation manager, Todd Morse, this book provides a detailed, in-depth history of the family's multi-faceted relationship with the mountain until its sale to the State of North Carolina in 2007. Part history book, part business case study, part unique personal perspective and first-person narrative, this work offers a comprehensive exploration into the inner workings and challenges of a family business and the love each generation had for this incredible place. Though originally intended for family members and friends, this paperback will appeal to anyone who has enjoyed visiting Chimney Rock over the years and has curiosity about its human and business history. The book also shares a significant number of wonderful photos taken during these many years. As a fitting end, all the complexities related to the sale and its aftermath are revealed in significant detail, sharing insight into the difficult and emotional decision the family made to protect this North Carolina landmark and jewel for generations to come.

Author : Jesse Wiley
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1328560937
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oregon Trail written by Jesse Wiley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go west, young pioneer—your journey begins here! In this first leg of your trek on the Oregon Trail, you need to find your way to Chimney Rock—but not without unpredictable challenges ahead. This is the first installment of four books that will take you all the way to Oregon Territory—if you make the right choices. In book one of this exciting choose-your-own-trail series, it's 1850 and your first goal is to get your family, covered wagon full of supplies, and oxen to Chimney Rock on time. But hurry—you'll need to make it through the rugged mountains before winter snow hits. Plus, there are wild animals, natural disasters, unpredictable weather, fast-flowing rivers, strangers, and sickness that will be sure to stand between you and your destination! Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With twenty-two possible endings, choose wrong and you'll never make it to Chimney Rock on time. Choose right and blaze a trail that gets you closer to Oregon City!

Author : Marcy Cottrell Houle
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826354343
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings for My Flight written by Marcy Cottrell Houle and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1991 and winner of several national awards, this book chronicles Marcy Cottrell Houle's work at Chimney Rock along with the recovery of the once endangered peregrine falcon.

Author : Amron Gravett
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439645094
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimney Rock National Monument written by Amron Gravett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The appreciation of the Chimney Rock region goes back more than 1,000 years. Here in southwestern Colorado, the Ancestral Puebloans inhabited the northern San Juan River Basin as an outlier community of Chaco Canyon. Its function and use has created much conjecture. The site was abandoned by the early 1100s for reasons that some speculate were related to drought, resource depletion, warfare, migration, or a combination of these factors. Over the course of its recorded history, archaeologists, astronomers, regional historians, and visitors have celebrated the rocks, ruins, and landscape that make up this important feature in the Four Corners region. It has been called La Piedra Parada by Spanish explorers, Fire Mountain by Tewa-speaking pueblos, and Tupiwiniri by the Utes. Today, we know it as Chimney Rock National Monument due to a proclamation made in 2012 by Pres. Barack Obama.

Author : J. McKim Malville
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739108369
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimney Rock written by J. McKim Malville and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume sheds new light on the geography and the history of the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area in southwestern Colorado. Home until the mid-twelfth century to the ancestral Pueblo peoples, the Chaco Canyon and Chimney Rock area holds a wealth of information for present-day archaeologists to uncover. This collection investigates the architecture, location, and alignment of Pueblo great houses and the significant features of designed clay feather holders. The contributors suggest varied pre-historical uses for the towering double spires of Chimney Rock: as a logging camp, military garrison, home of Chacoan priests, astronomical observatory, and/or ceremonial-pilgrimage center. Chimney Rock: The Ultimate Outlier is a model of multi-faceted inquiry into a physically intriguing and certainly symbol-laden ancient North American residential site.

Author : Kevin George Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas written by Kevin George Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide to Favorite Places from Chimney Rock to Charleston

Author : Anne Hillerman
Publisher : Harper
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tony Hillerman's Landscape written by Anne Hillerman and published by Harper. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the world of bestselling author Tony Hillerman’s novels with Tony Hillerman’s Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn, a stunning collection of original documentary photographs of the New Mexico and Arizona landscapes that were integral to his detective novels. Narrated by his daughter, Anne Hillerman, with original photos from Don Strel, Tony Hillerman’s Landscape is a timely showcase of a hauntingly beautiful region that captured one man’s imagination for a lifetime, and is a daughter’s loving tribute to her father.

Author : Jim Proctor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738598437
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lake Lure written by Jim Proctor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Lure, North Carolina, is known as the "Gem of the Carolinas." Twenty-five years after Dr. Lucius Morse and his brothers Hiram and Asahil purchased Chimney Rock in 1902, their dream of creating Lake Lure and the town of Lake Lure was realized. Lake Lure is surrounded by majestic mountain cliffs and fed by the idyllic Rocky Broad River. A popular tourist destination, Lake Lure hosted famous figures through the years, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also significant in film history, it provided the backdrop for Dirty Dancing and Last of the Mohicans. Lake Lure showcases the rich community, tourism, and recreational history of this mountain community.

Author : J. Timothy Cole
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738553177
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimney Rock Park and Hickory Nut Gorge written by J. Timothy Cole and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the opening of Chimney Rock Park by Jerome Freeman in 1890 to Dr. Lucius Morse's dreams for Lake Lure in the 1920s, the development of tourism in the Hickory Nut Gorge area is one of the untold stories of the region's history. For much of the 19th century, the area was remote and known to few; Freeman was perhaps the first to truly appreciate Chimney Rock's potential, but it took the invention of the automobile and the completion of the Charlotte to Asheville Highway in 1915 for that potential to be fully realized. By the 1920s, Chimney Rock Park and the gorge's hotels and summer camps were known to thousands. In 2007, the State of North Carolina purchased Chimney Rock Park from the Morse family, and a new chapter began.

Author : J. Timothy Cole
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439619468
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimney Rock Park and Hickory Nut Gorge written by J. Timothy Cole and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the opening of Chimney Rock Park by Jerome Freeman in 1890 to Dr. Lucius Morses dreams for Lake Lure in the 1920s, the development of tourism in the Hickory Nut Gorge area is one of the untold stories of the regions history. For much of the 19th century, the area was remote and known to few; Freeman was perhaps the first to truly appreciate Chimney Rocks potential, but it took the invention of the automobile and the completion of the Charlotte to Asheville Highway in 1915 for that potential to be fully realized. By the 1920s, Chimney Rock Park and the gorges hotels and summer camps were known to thousands. In 2007, the State of North Carolina purchased Chimney Rock Park from the Morse family, and a new chapter began.