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Kittery to Bar Harbor - Touring Coastal Maine - Bok av Erika J Waters - Inbunden

Kittery to Bar Harbor - Touring Coastal Maine - Bok av Erika J Waters - Inbunden

Maine's more than 3,000 miles of rocky coastline, picturesque islands, sandy beaches, iconic lighthouses, and quintessential New England harbors have lured visitors since the middle of the 19th century. Steamships first transported sportsmen and \rusticators\ along the coast. Soon summer colonies formed, and art schools flourished. Expanding train travel led to the development of seaside resorts with grand hotels, while America's wealthiest families built opulent summer \cottages\ in exclusive..

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Long Beach - Bok av Roberta Fiore, Carole Shahda Geraci, m.fl. - Inbunden

Long Beach - Bok av Roberta Fiore, Carole Shahda Geraci, m.fl. - Inbunden

In 1906, Sen. William H. Reynolds purchased an abandoned barrier island along the south shore of Long Island and vowed to turn it into a great city. What is now Long Beach, the \City by the Sea,\ soon drew visitors who came for its summer resorts, boardwalk, dance pavilions, casino, and luxury hotels. Two world wars, Prohibition, and easy railroad access turned summer residences into year-long homes for thousands eager to live by the seaside and raise families in what has been known as \America's..

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Sparta - Bok av Gwen Donovan - Inbunden

Sparta - Bok av Gwen Donovan - Inbunden

Incorporated in 1845, Sparta was once a Colonial farming village comprised of stone mills, general stores, and one-room schoolhouses. Summer visitors from surrounding metropolitan areas were drawn to Sparta in the late 1800s for the fresh mountain air. During that time, Thomas Edison came to Sparta to extract iron ore at his massive Edison village manufacturing plant on Sparta Mountain. The 1920s saw the development of Lake Mohawk, permanently changing the landscape of the township as the windswept..

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Waterford - Bok av Jeff Benziger - Inbunden

Waterford - Bok av Jeff Benziger - Inbunden

Nestled where the San Joaquin Valley begins rolling into the Sierra Nevada foothills, Waterford is steeped in a rich history. From its scenic Tuolumne River corridor, early gold seekers and travelers in untamed central California forded the summer stream here or crossed swollen winter flows by ferry. Waterford was originally named Bakersville for founder William W. Baker, who arrived by covered wagon in the 1850s. The fertile soil provided good farming and prosperity for disillusioned gold seekers...

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Mattituck and Laurel - Bok av Norman Wamback, Jeffrey M Walden, m.fl. - Inbunden

Mattituck and Laurel - Bok av Norman Wamback, Jeffrey M Walden, m.fl. - Inbunden

The small rural villages of Mattituck and Laurel remained relatively unchanged for more than 100 years until the railroad arrived in 1844. The Long Island Rail Road launched Mattituck-Laurel into a modern era of material progress, where business flourished and the area became a desirable location for summer visitors from New York City. The railroad station stood at the center of commerce and industry. Immigrants arrived and embarked upon new enterprises alongside the already thriving small shops..

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Miller Place - Bok av Edna Davis Giffen, Candace Lindemann, m.fl. - Inbunden

Miller Place - Bok av Edna Davis Giffen, Candace Lindemann, m.fl. - Inbunden

Situated on top of the bluffs facing Long Island Sound, Miller Place is a treasure trove of Long Island history. With the arrival of the railroad in the late 1800s, the beaches became a popular holiday and summer camp destination. Initially boardinghouses served vacationers until proprietors opened inns and resorts. Throughout the 20th century, Miller Place attracted vacationers from nearby New York City, including Paul Newman, Arthur Miller, and a young Anjelica Huston. Drawn by its bucolic setting,..

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Nether Providence - Bok av Michele S Davidson - Inbunden

Nether Providence - Bok av Michele S Davidson - Inbunden

In 1682, John Sharpless settled in Nether Providence Township on a 1,000-acre tract of land along Ridley Creek that had been granted to him by William Penn. Other settlers soon followed, establishing Nether Providence as a small, successful, farming community. Over the next two centuries, Nether Providence grew into a thriving manufacturing center with 14 operating mills along the township's two creeks. At the turn of the 19th century, Nether Providence became a summer resort area rivaling the Main..

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Norvelt - A New Deal Subsistence Homestead - Bok av Sandra Wolk Schimizzi & Valeria Sofranko Wolk - Inbunden

Norvelt - A New Deal Subsistence Homestead - Bok av Sandra Wolk Schimizzi & Valeria Sofranko Wolk - Inbunden

In 1933, the town of Norvelt became the fourth of 99 planned subsistence homestead communities subsidized by the federal government as part of the National Industrial Recovery Act for dislocated miners and industrial workers. The American Field Service Committee was recruited to implement and build the subsistence project and established a work camp in the summer of 1934. More than 1,850 people applied for 250 lots, and the first 1,200 homesteaders helped build their own homes on a lease-to-purchase..

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Mercer Island - Bok av Priscilla Ledbetter Padgett - Inbunden

Mercer Island - Bok av Priscilla Ledbetter Padgett - Inbunden

Mercer Island occupies a unique geographic position situated in Lake Washington, just 15 minutes to Seattle or Bellevue, yet semirural in feel. Pioneers first settled the island in the late 1800s, surviving mainly by their own ingenuity as the island lacked even the most basic services. Wealthy Seattle residents built summer cabins on the island to enjoy its bucolic setting. With the advent of passenger and car ferry services to Seattle, Mercer Island gradually acquired a school, church, and post..

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Suffern - Bok av Craig H Long - Inbunden

Suffern - Bok av Craig H Long - Inbunden

Suffern, incorporated in 1896, is the gateway to the Ramapo Pass. Thirty miles from New York City, the village is at the confluence of several major interstate highways and the Ramapo River. By the 1840s, this rural farming community was transformed with the arrival of the Erie Railroad. Trainmen, tradesmen, ironworkers, and businessmen all found Suffern to be an ideal location for their modest homes. The region quickly gained a reputation as a pleasant summer resort and with that came the influx..

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Western New York Amusement Parks - Bok av Rose Ann Hirsch - Inbunden

Western New York Amusement Parks - Bok av Rose Ann Hirsch - Inbunden

For more than 100 years, western New Yorkers have enjoyed the region's exciting amusement parks. During the days of trolleys and steamships, area businessmen created Celoron Park, Crystal Beach Park, and other fine local summer resorts. Decades later, lifelong memories were formed for neighborhood baby boomers who visited Glen Park and Fantasy Island, as well as one of New York State's finest theme parks, Darien Lake. Western New York has always been a proving ground for some of the nation's most..

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Around Westhampton - Bok av Meredith Murray - Inbunden

Around Westhampton - Bok av Meredith Murray - Inbunden

Renowned as part of the Hamptons, the area known today as Westhampton, Westhampton Beach, Quiogue, and West Hampton Dunes was named Catchaponack by the Algonquin tribes who lived in the area when the English sheepherders arrived in the 1660s. A land of breathtakingly beautiful beaches and bays situated on the south shore of Long Island, just 65 miles east of New York City, Westhampton has evolved from an agricultural and fishing village to a summer vacation resort to a year-round oceanfront community...

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Shandaken - Bok av Mary L Herrmann - Inbunden

Shandaken - Bok av Mary L Herrmann - Inbunden

Shandaken is known as the \Heart of the Catskill Mountains.\ In the town's early years, leather tanning, barrel hoop shaving, and quarrying were mainstays of employment and were relied on by local residents. With time, each of these industries became obsolete due to modern advances and developments. Shandaken was revitalized with the arrival of the railroad, which enabled New York City residents to escape the summer heat and travel to the many hotels that sprang up in town. Tourism increased with..

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Cascade Park - Bok av Anita Devivo & Lawrence County Historical Society - Inbunden

Cascade Park - Bok av Anita Devivo & Lawrence County Historical Society - Inbunden

Since its opening in 1897, Cascade Park has welcomed thousands of visitors to its picnic grove, summer cottages, mineral springs, dance pavilion, swimming pool, baseball field, zoo, boat rides, outdoor theater, fireworks, and numerous other amusements. The park is an unusually beautiful natural setting with Big Run Falls, Cat Rocks, a gorge, rolling hills, shady walkways, and even a ginkgo tree or two. In the 1890s, when it was called a trolley park, crowds of visitors arrived by streetcar. Eventually..

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Riverside Park - Bok av David Cecchi - Inbunden

Riverside Park - Bok av David Cecchi - Inbunden

From its earliest days as a picnic grove to its subsequent evolution into a major amusement park, Riverside Park was synonymous with summer for generations of New Englanders. Situated on the banks of the Connecticut River at Agawam, Massachusetts, Riverside was enjoyed by area residents for more than a century. Thousands swam in Lake Takadip, danced to the most popular musical groups of the day in Cook's Dancing Pavilion, spent Saturday nights at the Riverside Park Speedway, roller skated at the..

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Indianola - Ballooning Capital of Iowa - Bok av Dennis D Nicholson & Becky S Wigeland - Inbunden

Indianola - Ballooning Capital of Iowa - Bok av Dennis D Nicholson & Becky S Wigeland - Inbunden

Indianola, founded in 1849, is the county seat of Warren County, Iowa. It is located 12 miles south of Iowa's capital, Des Moines, at the intersection of U.S. highways 65 and 69 and state highway 92. The city is home of the National Balloon Museum, begun in 1972; the National Balloon Classic, an annual nine-day balloon rally; the Balloon Federation of America's national office; Simpson College; the Des Moines Metro Opera, a widely acclaimed summer opera festival; and is host to the Iowa Wine Festival..

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Benson's Wild Animal Farm - Bok av Bob Goldsack & Robert J Goldsack - Inbunden

Benson's Wild Animal Farm - Bok av Bob Goldsack & Robert J Goldsack - Inbunden

\Benson's Wild Animal Farm in Hudson, New Hampshire, opened to the public in 1927. Due in part to the evolution of the automobile, the attraction grew in size and attendance to become one of New England's major family destinations. Benson's was a zoo to the public, a work station for many circus animal trainers and performers, and a source of summer employment for generations of local teenagers. The attraction closed in 1987 and a bit of Americana faded away, but its memory remains vivid to many...

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Cedar Lake - Bok av Carol Ann Oostman - Inbunden

Cedar Lake - Bok av Carol Ann Oostman - Inbunden

Cedar Lake has been home to Indians, pioneers, industrialists, hotelkeepers, and more. At the center of town is a 787-acre body of water also called Cedar Lake. In 1882, the Monon Railroad laid tracks along the western lakeshore. In winter, the Armour brothers, John G. Shedd, and the Howkinsons harvested lake ice and loaded it on trains bound for Chicago meatpacking houses. Tourists, and sometimes scoundrels, soon discovered this summer playground. They came by rail or buggy for fresh air and country-fried..

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Bluff Park - Bok av Heather Jones Skaggs - Inbunden

Bluff Park - Bok av Heather Jones Skaggs - Inbunden

The community of Bluff Park is home to a variety of residents, ranging from retirees to working families. Historically speaking, Bluff Park was first developed as a mountain resort and summer vacation site. Gardner Cole Hale bought the mountain property in the 1860s and called it Hale Springs. One of the first recorded uses of the name Bluff Park was with the Bluff Park Hotel, built in 1907. After its resort days, the area became more residential. Several of the founding families in Bluff Park settled..

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Trinidad - Bok av Dione F Armand - Inbunden

Trinidad - Bok av Dione F Armand - Inbunden

When Spanish explorers turned their ships north in the summer of 1775, they were searching for new territory for the Spanish crown. Nearly 300 miles north of San Francisco, they found safe harbor in a small but beautiful bay they called Trinidad. The Spaniards erected a large cross on Trinidad Head and left the Bay of Trinidad prominently marked on maps of what would become the fledgling state of California. Many came to Trinidad to seek their fortunes--from fur traders and Gold Rush miners to pioneer..

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Three Tree Point - Bok av Doug Shadel, Pam Harper, m.fl. - Inbunden

Three Tree Point - Bok av Doug Shadel, Pam Harper, m.fl. - Inbunden

Three Tree Point is a prominent peninsula on the eastern shore of Puget Sound about 14 miles south of Seattle. Its name came from three massive fir trees that stood on the north side of the point at the beginning of the 20th century. The area remained largely undeveloped until 1903 when the Three Tree Point Company began marketing the community as a place to build summer homes. Seattle's business elite built houses at the point to take advantage of the beach lifestyle for which it has become known...

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White Rock Lake - Bok av Sally Rodriguez - Inbunden

White Rock Lake - Bok av Sally Rodriguez - Inbunden

In 1909, Dallas city leaders approved the damming of White Rock Creek to create a new water source for the increasing needs of a growing city. As a result, so much of the life and history of Dallas has echoed through the life and history of White Rock Lake. In the early decades, the lake was home to many private summer homes and boat houses, as well as hunting and fishing clubs. Soon thereafter, a bathing beach, sailing clubs, public boathouses, and picnic facilities were added. The Civilian Conservation..

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Lander - Bok av Carol Thiesse, Traci Foutz, m.fl. - Inbunden

Lander - Bok av Carol Thiesse, Traci Foutz, m.fl. - Inbunden

Before Lander became a town, the area had already been the summer hunting grounds for numerous Native American tribes, seen a few rendezvous, and had become a freighting hub. Supplying goods for the miners in the South Pass area and goods for the cavalry and natives at Fort Washakie, the freight wagons rolled year-round. When the Lander townsite was plotted in 1880, the main road remained wide enough that a 20-hitch team could turn around. As more people settled in the area, Lander became an agricultural-based..

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