Virginia By Stagecoach

Author : Virginia C. Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467141011
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia by Stagecoach written by Virginia C. Johnson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel in old Virginia was many things, but it was never dull. Stagecoaches were the primary means of transport, carrying mail as well as passengers. Trips that now take hours lasted for days. Coach trips could be dangerous, and all-hands situations arose quickly. A traveler might need to apply horsemanship, carpentry, leather-mending or the sheer brawny effort of shoving the coach out of a muddy ditch. Inns across the state catered to stagecoach riders and acted as community gathering places. Some still stand, like the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg and Michie Tavern in Charlottesville. Author Virginia Johnson relates tales of those wild early days on the road.

Author : Hank Mitchum
Publisher : Bantam Books
ISBN 13 : 9780553240160
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia City written by Hank Mitchum and published by Bantam Books. This book was released on 1983-04-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Perceval Reniers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Midland Trail Tour in West Virginia written by Perceval Reniers and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hank Mitchum
Publisher : G K Hall & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780816143252
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stagecoach Station, Virginia City written by Hank Mitchum and published by G K Hall & Company. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip L. Fradkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074322762X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stagecoach written by Philip L. Fradkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping in scope, as revealing of an era as it is of a company, Stagecoach is the epic story of Wells Fargo and the American West, by award-winning writer Philip L. Fradkin. The trail of Wells Fargo runs through nearly every imaginable landscape and icon of frontier folklore: the California Gold Rush, the Pony Express, the transcontinental railroad, the Civil and Indian Wars. From the Great Plains to the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, the company's operations embraced almost all social, cultural, and economic activities west of the Mississippi, following one of the greatest migrations in American history. Fortune seekers arriving in California after the discovery of gold in 1849 couldn't bring the necessities of home with them. So Wells Fargo express offices began providing basic services such as the exchange of gold dust for coin, short-term deposits and loans, and reliable delivery and receipt of letters, money, and goods to and from distant places. As its reputation for speed and dependability grew, the sight of a red-and-yellow Wells Fargo stagecoach racing across the prairie came to symbolize not only safe passage but faith in a nation's progress. In fact, for a time Wells Fargo was the most powerful and widespread institution in the American West, even surpassing the presence of the federal government. Stagecoach is a fascinating and rare combination of Western and business history. Along with its colorful association with the frontier -- Wyatt Earp, Black Bart, Buffalo Bill -- readers will discover that swiftness, security, and connectivity have been constants in Wells Fargo's history, and that these themes remain just as important today, 150 years later.

Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521797436
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Ford's Stagecoach written by Barry Keith Grant and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

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Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781599672649
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heritage Western Photography & Early Artifacts Auction #689 written by and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Virginia C. Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467146897
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia Honey: A Sweet History written by Virginia C. Johnson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honeybees have been a part of Virginia's history since they arrived with the first European colonists. They were Jamestown's valuable addition and a Civil War soldier's sweet if painful temptation, and they served as homefront heroes when the world wars caused sugar shortages. In recent years, mead has seen a resurgence along with beekeeping and has claimed a place as a craft beverage in the Commonwealth. Join author Virginia Johnson to hunt escaped swarms flying wild in the forests, visit modern-day observation hives and follow the mead path across the Commonwealth for a taste of history.

Author : Oliver Wendell Holmes
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stagecoach East written by Oliver Wendell Holmes and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1983 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William C. Davis
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813173558
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia at War, 1864 written by William C. Davis and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major battle was fought on Virginia soil, 1864 brought military campaigning to the Old Dominion. For the first time during the Civil War, the majority of Virginia's forces fought inside the state's borders. Yet soldiers were a distinct minority among the Virginians affected by the war. In Virginia at War, 1864, scholars explore various aspects of the civilian experience in Virginia including transportation and communication, wartime literature, politics and the press, higher education, patriotic celebrations, and early efforts at reconstruction in Union-occupied Virginia. The volume focuses on the effects of war on the civilian infrastructure as well as efforts to maintain the Confederacy. As in previous volumes, the book concludes with an edited and annotated excerpt of the Judith Brockenbrough McGuire diary.