Name: Sacramento
Brand: Tom Myers
SKU: 9780738580074
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Sacramento

9780738580074

$7.99

Sacramento boasts a rich history.

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Antietam National Battlefield

9781467103879

$7.99

The historic Antietam National Battlefield is documented and remembered in this collection of mailable vintage-photograph postcards. Approximately 110,000 soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies fought along the banks of Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. In 12 hours of fighting, approximately 23,000 men fell, either killed, wounded, or missing, forever scarring the landscape around the town of Sharpsburg. Established as the Antietam Battlefield Site in 1890, Antietam National Battlefield became a National Park Service landmark in 1933. The park grew from 33 acres in the 1890s to encompassing over 3,000 acres today. Some of the Civil War's most recognizable landmarks now sit within its boundaries, including Dunker Church, Bloody Lane, and Burnside Bridge. The events that occurred across the fields and woodlots around Sharpsburg and along Antietam Creek bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Antietam National Battlefield every year.

Kings Canyon National Park

9780738569604

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Kings Canyon national Park boasts a rich history.

Lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia Region

9780738564661

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Bar harbor and the Acadia Region boast a rich maritime history.

Lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia Region

Sun Valley, Ketchum, and the Wood River Valley

9781467105361

$7.99

Sun Valley and Ketchum are in Idaho's Wood River Valley, gateway to backcountry and wilderness areas. Settlers first arrived in the early 1880s, attracted by a silver rush. In 1883, the railroad connected the valley to the world beyond its borders and brought in outside capital. During the silver depression of the 1890s, mining was replaced by sheep raising, and the area later shipped more sheep than anywhere except Australia. In 1936, during the Great Depression, Union Pacific board chairman Averell Harriman built Sun Valley, the area's first destination ski resort, spending $2.5 million in two years ($45 million today). Sun Valley offered a lavish lifestyle, a luxurious lodge, Austrian ski instructors, and chairlifts invented by Union Pacific engineers. Known as America's St. Moritz, it was a magnet for beautiful people and serious skiers. It had a monopoly on grandeur for decades and influenced ski areas that developed later. Subsequent owners Bill Janss and the Holding family expanded and improved Sun Valley, making it one of the world's premier year-round resorts.

Sun Valley, Ketchum, and the Wood River Valley

Topeka

9780738584249

$7.99

Topeka boasts a rich history.

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The Rose Bowl

9780738580982

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The Rose Bowl boasts a rich history.

Washington D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel

9780738525129

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According to frequent guest and former president Harry S. Truman, the Mayflower Hotel is "Washington's second best address." Since opening its doors in 1925, the hotel's history has been tied to the history if the nation's capital and, in many ways, to the history of the nation itself.

Lake Tahoe

9780738525389

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Lake Tahoe has hosted a variety of visitors and residents through the years, from the early days of Washoe settlements, to rough logging camps, to today's extravagant resorts.

Rocky Mountain National Park

9780738525365

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Established in 1915 but with a rich history stretching back even further, Rocky Mountain National Park is often called the crown jewel of the national park system.

Wake Forest

9780738525358

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For much of their shared history, the town and college of Wake Forest seemed inseparable. But after the school move to Winston-Salem in 1956, the town lived on and continued to thrive on its own.

Richmond

9780738585604

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Richmond boasts a rich history.

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Nantucket

9780738591636

$7.99

Nantucket boasts a rich history.

Galveston's Historic Downtown and Strand District

9780738579184

$7.99

Galveston boasts a rich history.

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Roche Harbor

9780738571065

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Roche harbor boasts a rich history.

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Candlewood Lake

9780738565651

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Candlewood lake boasts a rich history.

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Laguna Beach

9780738569505

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Laguna Beach boasts a rich history.

Lake Junaluska

9780738585994

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Lake Junaluska boasts a rich history.

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Manchester-by-the-Sea

9780738562834

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Manchester-by-the-Sea boasts a rich history.

Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site

9781467109765

$24.99

When describing the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site in a 1945 interview, Tennessee historian Samuel Cole Williams said, "No other site in Tennessee compares with this in its historic interest." Five original structures, six reconstructed and restored buildings, a limestone cave, and a small family cemetery bear witness today of the rich and diverse history of Tipton-Haynes, which spans the Pleistocene Ice Age, Native American settlement, Tennessee statehood, the American Civil War, and the Great Depression. During the latter half the 20th century, the Tennessee Historical Commission and the nonprofit Tipton-Haynes Historical Association, Inc., worked to establish and preserve the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site. Collected photographs of these efforts and achievements have been hidden away in the site's archives for decades to only now be viewed by the public.

Old Swedes Church and Historic Site

9781467160445

$24.99

Situated on high ground above the Christina River, Holy Trinity Church, known as Old Swedes, is the surviving tangible remnant of the New Sweden Colony, established in 1638. Today, the church, constructed in 1698, and its surrounding burial ground, established in 1638, are part of the Old Swedes Historic Site, which welcomes visitors from across the country and around the world. At the historic site, Delaware schoolchildren learn their state's early history; Iowans and Minnesotans research their Swedish family roots; and worshipers attend services, weddings, and funerals, as they have for 325 years. The church was declared a national historic landmark in 1961 and was included, with the burial ground, as a unit of First State National Historical Park in 2015. Tracing the legacy of the Swedish colonists in what is now Wilmington, the site offers visitors a distinctive view of the history of Delaware and the surrounding area.

Evansville

9780738584003

$24.99

Evansville, settled in 1839, developed as an important agricultural trade center. Log cabins, farms, and small industries were built, and the population grew from less than 10 families in the beginning to nearly 5,000 people in 2009. Then and Now: Evansville is a unique look at how the community has changed from the 1900s to today.

Erie Canal

9780738562438

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The Erie Canal boasts a rich history.

Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue

9780738593043

$24.99

In the early days of fighting fires in Beaverton, Oregon, a bugle called firefighters to the scene. The Beaverton Enterprise newspaper reported that, "with no water system, firefighters had to rely upon water buckets and (the) enthusiasm of volunteers who came running to the call." In 1935, Beaverton officially formed its first fire department, and down the road in the city of Tualatin, a group of volunteers began assembling what would become the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District. In 1989, a merger of the latter department with Washington County Fire District No. 1 resulted in the creation of Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. Beaverton would officially annex into the new district in 1996, and today, TVF&R is the second-largest fire department in Oregon, covering 210 square miles with 21 stations. Since the beginning, the departments that comprise the district were known for their resourcefulness and innovation, both of which continue to this day.

Greeneville

9780738553993

$24.99

As in most towns, Greeneville's citizens balance the need to modernize and the desire to preserve structures from the city's 1800s heyday. Some buildings are being renovated with their historic grandeur in mind, and others are being sacrificed to accommodate contemporary necessities. Many of these vintage buildings can only be viewed through photographs.

Tiburon and Belvedere

9780738581880

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Tiburon and Belvedere share the same spectacular peninsula jutting into San Francisco Bay from Marin County, California. With water on three sides, fabulous views everywhere, and San Francisco a 30-minute ferry ride away, these two communities have become highly desirable places to live.