[PDF] Remembering Haverhill eBook

Author : Charles W. Turner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 2008-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1625848838

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In February 1882, a raging fire leveled most of the buildings in Haverhills shoe district. But like a phoenix, the Queen Slipper City rose from the rubble and began its reconstruction while the charred bricks were still warm. Though the shoe industry eventually waned, the history of Haverhill remains vibrant. Discover the legend of pioneer Hannah Dustonthe first woman in America to be honored with a public monumentwho in 1697 fought her way out of captivity among local Indians and returned to Haverhill to tell the tale. Learn about the rail and river catastrophes that the city overcame, and the coal men, peddlers and ice harvesters who were long hallmarks of Haverhill life. In Remembering Haverhill, Charles Turner captures the spirit of the most tenacious and resilient city in the Merrimack Valley.

Author : Christopher Paul Obert
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 37,88 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN :

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Since Haverhill was first settled in 1640, its citizens have shown courage and determination to make it a better place to live. Many unique individuals have called Haverhill home, including Hannah Dustin, who was captured by and then avenged a group of Abenaki Indians; business pioneer Thomas Sanders, financial backer of Alexander Graham Bell; department store entrepreneur Rowland Macy; James Nichols, whose home Winnekenni Castle became one of Haverhill's most famous landmarks; baseball star Carlos Pena; Gerald Ashworth, Olympic gold medalist; literary greats John Greenleaf Whittier and Andre Dubus; Archie Comics artist Bob Montana; screenwriter Harold Livingston; and rising star Christopher Golden. Movie mogul Louis B. Mayer and television personalities Tom Bergeron and Frank Fontaine, along with gardening legend James Crocket, all began their careers here. And Haverhill's veterans who have gone into harm's way to defend our country are not to be forgotten. This book is a tribute to them and all of Haverhill's citizens boldly moving forward.

Author : E. Philip Brown
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 2013-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1475989555

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Can you name the oldest street in Haverhill? Do you know what Haverhill-born surgeon went on to open a world-famous health clinic? Local history buffs will tell you the oldest street in the city is Mill Street and that Dr. Frank Lahey founded the Lahey Clinic. Now you, too, can be an expert in Haverhill's history with Haverhill, Massachusetts Trivia Book. Originally produced in 1988 by a Haverhill school teacher, this trivia guide has been reorganized and revised with help from Haverhill High School students. It's filled with fun facts about the city, ranging from historic properties to colorful characters. Trivia questions and answers ranging from the city's form of government and its geography to education and sports reveal surprising historical tidbits about this New England town. Also included are updated maps, such as the one showing the city's original boundaries and a 1795 map of Haverhill. In addition, activity sheets offer a fun way to learn about places like Winnekenni Castle, the old Boston & Maine Railway, and even the joys of local cuisine. Haverhill, Massachusetts Trivia Book is a great learning tool for young and old alike. It's time to rediscover your hometown.

Author : David Brussat
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1467137243

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Dave Brussat has made a significant contribution to the history of Providence. For those interested in that history, Lost Providence is a real find. Providence Journal Providence has one of the nation's most intact historic downtowns and is one of America's most beautiful cities. The history of architectural change in the city is one of lost buildings, urban renewal plans and challenges to preservation. The Narragansett Hotel, a lost city icon, hosted many famous guests and was demolished in 1960. The American classical renaissance expressed itself in the Providence National Bank, tragically demolished in 2005. Urban renewal plans such as the Downtown Providence plan and the College Hill plan threatened the city in the mid-twentieth century. Providence eventually embraced its heritage through plans like the River Relocation Project that revitalized the city's waterfront and the Downcity Plan that revitalized its downtown. Author David Brussat chronicles the trials and triumphs of Providence's urban development.

Author : Dr. Patricia Trainor O'Malley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 1999-09-27
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439621950

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Haverhills immigrantsthey came for the jobs that were so plentiful in the booming shoe industry. They came to flee poverty, insecurity, and massacres. They came because their relatives had come before them, or because they would find old neighbors in this new place. Haverhill, Massachusetts, in the early twentieth century was a magnet for newcomers. They came from such diverse and faraway places as Asia Minor and Eastern Europe. They were Poles and Lithuanians, Greeks and Armenians, and Italians and French-Canadians. They joined the Yankees and Irish who had previously immigrated to the city. The result was a wonderful mix of customs, languages, religions, and names. The images in this book are family treasures. They have been lovingly taken down from places of honor on living room walls. They have come from boxes of family photographs, carefully preserved for future generations. Some photographs traveled with the immigrants from their homes far away. In all, this book offers a loving glimpse of some of the many people who helped to shape modern Haverhill.

Author : Andrea M.P. Vasquez
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 2010-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1614231907

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In this collection of her "History Matters" columns from the American Journal, Andrea Vasquez takes readers back to the early days of Puritans and pioneers, when stately forests, wildlife and the land around Westbrook. Discover the secret burial place of Colonel Thomas Westbrook, the legacies of Westbrook benefactors Joseph Walker and Samuel Dennis Warren and the all-but-forgotten works of master sculptor Benjamin Paul Akers, whose life was tragically cut short at the height of his career. Vasquez preserves the memories and stories of these sons and daughters of Westbrook, from Cornelia Warren, a forward-thinking philanthropist and women's advocate, to Fabius Maximus Ray, one of Westbrook's first local historians.

Author : John Clayton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 39,94 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1625843097

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The general's courage and calm under pressure would be echoed by many other sons and daughters of Manchester in the succeeding centuries, as the hamlet settled around Amoskeag Falls grew into New Hampshire's largest city. John Clayton describes thirty-two of the Queen City's most remarkable residents, from Iwo Jima flag raiser Rene Gagnon and fast-food innovator Richard McDonald to lesser-known but equally compelling figures, including beloved lunch cart driver Arthur Red Ullrich and the late firefighter Dave Anderson. Collecting columns first published in the New Hampshire Union Leader, Clayton reveals the essence of Manchester's enduring strength and appeal: its people.

Author : John Greenleaf Whittier
Publisher :
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 38,53 MB
Release : 1894
Category : American poetry
ISBN :

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Whittier, the ardent abolitionist, wrote many poems on the evils of slavery which are included in this volume as are all of Whittier's other poems. Notes, p517-28.