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Haunted Helena:: Montana’s Queen City Ghosts
$21.99 Add to cartHelena was born of the gold rush, nurtured by the wealth of its financiers and raised on its political struggles. The lawless gold camp and its vigilante hangings left an indelible imprint on the mode… [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Baumler, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 1609499344
- Language: English
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Betting Booze and Brothels: Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas
$24.95 Add to cartBy the turn of the twentieth century, Beaumont, Texas had acquired a reputation as a rough place. Situated in the oil-soaked chaos of Spindletop, Jefferson County was a hotbed of vice. For decades, ga
- Author: Landrey, Wanda a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1571689176
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Utah
$31.99 Add to cartIn the 1840s, land west of the Missouri River was a new frontier for courage, adventure, freedom and true grit. During this era and the decades that followed, Utah became the focal point for many brav… [more below]
- Author: Stone, Eileen Hallet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: November 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1540209555
- Language: English
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The 1959 Yellowstone Earthquake
$21.99 Add to cart- Series: Disaster
- Author: Morris, Larry E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1467119962
- Language: English
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Greetings from Los Angeles
$30.00 Read moreA fascinating tour of Los Angeles told through vintage images.
The City of Angels’ story is told through a fun and colorful collection of old photos, picture postcards, brochures, ads, and other vintag
- Author: Moruzzi, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1423647254
- Language: English
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California’s Channel Islands: A History
$21.95 Add to cartPrehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little-known islands on the horizon of twenty-first century So
- Author: Chiles, Frederic C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0806146877
- Language: English
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History of the Sierra Nevada, Revised and Updated
$37.43 Add to cartFrom the time it was sighted by Spanish explorers in the eighteenth century through the creation of the John Muir trail, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam, and the founding of the Sierra Club, the … [more below]
- Author: Farquhar, Francis P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: October 15 2007
- ISBN10: 520253957
- Language: English
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The Life of the Afterlife in the Big Sky State: A History of Montana’s Cemeteries
$19.95 Add to cartThe Life of the Afterlife in the Big Sky State is a groundbreaking history of death in Montana. It offers a unique, reflective, and sensitive perspective on the evolution of customs and burial grounds… [more below]
- Author: Baumler, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496214803
- Language: English
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The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley
$24.95 Add to cart2022 Oregon Book Award Finalist
Aaron Gilbreath uses his keen eye and environmental consciousness, historical records, and the occasional imaginative flight to give us an invaluable portrait of an over
- Author: Gilbreath, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496218639
- Language: English
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Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times
$24.95 Add to cartAs well as being the center of ranching activity in the Panhandle, Tascosa also became the last best hiding place in Texas for killers on the run, horse thieves, tinhorn gamblers, hair-trigger shootis… [more below]
- Author: Nolan, Frederick W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 361
- Publish Date: September 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1682830284
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Fort Collins
$21.99 Add to cartFrom its Wild West days to the early twentieth century, Fort Collins boasted its share of colorful characters. British import Edith Boothroyd saved a mare from meeting a tragic fate after the bridge s… [more below]
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Fleming, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 23 2017
- ISBN10: 1625858949
- Language: English
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Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street
$22.95 Add to cartBefore it was a modern freeway, California’s State Highway 99 was “the main street of California,” a simple two-lane road that passed through the downtowns of every city between the Mexican border and… [more below]
- Series: California’s Historic Highways #1
- Author: Provost, Stephen H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: September 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1610352963
- Language: English
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Lost Restaurants of Sacramento and Their Recipes
$23.99 Add to cartFrom saloons and tamale vendors to greasy spoons and neon-lit drive-ins, Sacramento natives Maryellen Burns and Keith Burns trace the trends of California’s capital city through 150 years of dining ou… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Burns, Maryellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1609499735
- Language: English
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Surfing Newport Beach: The Glory Days of Corona del Mar
$31.99 Add to cartCorona del Mar was once California’s premier surfing spot, holding the sport’s first Pacific Coast competition in 1928. Attempts to tame Corona and to make the Newport Beach harbor mouth safe for wate… [more below]
- Author: Burnett, Claudine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: July 16 2013
- ISBN10: 1540232654
- Language: English
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Lost Restaurants of Sacramento and Their Recipes
$33.99 Add to cartFrom saloons and tamale vendors to greasy spoons and neon-lit drive-ins, Sacramento natives Maryellen Burns and Keith Burns trace the trends of California’s capital city through 150 years of dining ou… [more below]
- Author: Burns, Maryellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1540208249
- Language: English
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Vail: The First 50 Years
$31.99 Add to cartPrior to 1962, sheep ranchers and homesteaders occupied Gore Creek Valley. A sleepy place studded with aspen and pine groves, the valley lay ripe for discovery. Two men, Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton, h… [more below]
- Author: Welch, Shirley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1531664431
- Language: English
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Surfing in Hawai’i: 1778-1930
$31.99 Add to cartWhen the early European explorers traversed the globe, their journals held numerous accounts of Hawaiians enjoying surfing. Since Europeans of that era were not accustomed to swimming in their own col… [more below]
- Author: Delavega, Timothy Tovar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: June 13 2011
- ISBN10: 153164936X
- Language: English
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Oak Cliff
$31.99 Add to cartAn advertisement heralded, “Oak Cliff gets its name from the massive oaks that crown the soft green cliffs.” Originally called Hord’s Ridge for its founder William Henry Hord, the area was purchased b… [more below]
- Author: Elliott, Alan C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 22 2009
- ISBN10: 153164631X
- Language: English
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John Mullan: The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder
$32.95 Read moreJohn Mullan’s celebrated construction project–a 625-mile link that connected the Missouri and Columbia rivers–established the West Point graduate as an accomplished road builder. After completing th
- Author: Petersen, Keith C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0874223210
- Language: English
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Denver’s Sixteenth Street
$24.99 Add to cartThe beloved thoroughfare at the heart of Denver, Sixteenth Street has always been the Mile-High City s Main Street. Sixteenth Street got its jump start in 1879 when Leadville s Silver King and Colorad… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Barnhouse, Mark A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 16 2010
- ISBN10: 073858102X
- Language: English
