Local history books

In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James...  Read More >>

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Transforms our understanding of being unhoused in the United States Tent City 3 provides Seattle’s unhoused people...  Read More >>

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At a critical moment, as migration, immigration, and a maturing populace alter the state’s political landscape,...  Read More >>

The Mackinac Bridge has seen it all since opening in 1957, and it continues to stand tall, thanks to the close-knit...  Read More >>

A City of Excellence Located at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, Pueblo, Colorado, began...  Read More >>

The Story Behind an Iconic Landmark: Woodland Cemetery Woodland Cemetery was founded in 1848, three years before...  Read More >>

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Farrell's Ice Cream Parlours was an iconic restaurant chain that originated in Portland, Oregon. Originally opened...  Read More >>

The Odd Fellows of North Portland were ordinary blue-collar workers who were able to have an extraordinary impact...  Read More >>

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Historic published accounts of Mooney's Tannery in Columbus, Indiana between the years 1881 and 1910. Includes introduction...  Read More >>

Hospitality practices grounded in religious belief have long exercised a profound influence on Wisconsin’s Latino...  Read More >>

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Here for the first time, shared through the eyes of those who lived it, is the story of Dranesville and the early...  Read More >>

Explores the ways in which African Americans in postbellum Georgia used militia service after the Civil War to define...  Read More >>

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Author Billy J. Singleton sets readers on a captivating course through the history of Cotton State aviation. From...  Read More >>

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By: WPA, Pub. 1941, reprinted 2024, 296 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-642-8. These court minutes begin...  Read More >>