1,917円 What began as a humble milling town became Ellicott City, part of the Baltimore metropolitan area and an important piece of Maryland history. In 1772, the Ellicott brothers purchased land and water rights in the valley along the banks of the Patapsco River for $3 an acre. They constructed mills, ...

1,921円 Celebrate with Effingham County, in word and image, the spirit and achievements of these industrious pioneers, who forged a special relationship with the land on which they settled. On March 12, 1734, German Salzburger immigrants arrived in the southern portion of Georgia where, with handmade bri...

1,917円 Once the third-largest port on the Gulf of Mexico, Apalachicola's diverse and colorful past remains visible today. This delightful little fishing village has a warm and friendly atmosphere, making it even more appropriate that Apalachicola's name is a Native American word meaning "friendly people...

1,921円 In this photographic history, author Richard A. Straw and the Athens County Historical Society document the long and illustrious history of this home to Ohio State University. In the late 1700s, a group of men, largely from Massachusetts, came into the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and s...

1,917円 Stately Chestertown, the seat of Kent County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, is located on the Chester River.Once a center of trade with Great Britain and the West Indies, the town founded in 1706 now boasts grand houses built by wealthy merchants. The town is also home to Washington College, which ...

1,921円 Uncover the history of Evansville, Wisconsin through vintage images in this pictorial history. The Evansville area was settled in 1839 and the village platted in 1855 on the hopes that the railroad would come through. It was named for Evansville's first physician, Dr. John M. Evans. When the rail...

1,917円 Decatur, Illinois has long had a proud tradition of workers and craftsmen who produced coal, water pumps, gloves, automobiles, clothing, corn meal, and many other products.Though it is home to Caterpillar's second largest plant and serves as world headquarters for Archer Daniels Midland, a global...

1,917円 See how the Chincoteague and Assteague Islands came about and developed into a tourist destination today. The thriving barrier islands of Chincoteague and Assateague entice over a million tourists to their shores every year. Adjacent to one another, these parcels of land jutting into the Atlantic...

1,921円 Through the images and stories of the people who built it, discover the fascinating history of a railway established to fuel the nations' appetite for coal and that grew into so much more. For a century, the Norfolk and Western Railway operated as one of the greatest transportation companies in t...

1,917円 Large landholders sold property in this unknown paradise to working-class people, and since the 1950s, Port Charlotte has had a colorful history of progress. In the '50s, General Development Corporation created Port Charlotte by expanding the canals previously dug by John Murdock to drain the swa...

1,917円 Edenton and Chowan County, North Carolina is a pictorial history that celebrates early 20th-century lifestyles enjoyed by citizensof the first unofficial colonial capital. Conveniently located between three important waterways in Eastern North Carolina, Chowan County, along with its county seat o...

1,917円 See Highland Park's transformation from forest and farmland to a fashionable and residential Chicago community. Highland Park represents one of the finest examples of late-19th-century suburban development. Its abundant natural beauty was quickly recognized and preserved by the visionary design o...