Overview :Sending their beams over the coastal waters to guide mariners into harbor, lighthouses form part of the romance of America's past. Here, ava... Read More
Overview :"The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not... Read More
Overview :Before the development of the first self-governing windmill, settlement of the upland areas of the American West was almost impossible. Wind... Read More
Overview :There is something romantic yet harshly concrete about an abandoned town. Dreams, conflicts, and losses still haunt what remains, so it's no... Read More
Overview :From the earliest days of European settlement, Americans have cherished the sight of a windmill--an instantly recognizable feature of the Am... Read More
Overview :This award-winning history was the first to provide a detailed and well-documented account of the first organized Polish immigrant communiti... Read More
Overview :From its designation in 1926 to the rise of the interstates nearly sixty years later, Route 66 was, in John Steinbeck's words, America's Mot... Read More
Overview :These are fascinating stories of the memories of ex-slaves, fourteen of which have never been published before. Although many African Americ... Read More
Overview :In the spring of 1874 a handful of men and one women set out for the Texas Panhandle to seek their fortunes in the great buffalo hunt. Movin... Read More
Overview : By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the tim... Read More