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Author : W. P. Greene ([from old catalog])
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country,. written by W. P. Greene ([from old catalog]) and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337492410
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (924 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country written by W. P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helen Bartter Crocker
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813189020
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Green River of Kentucky written by Helen Bartter Crocker and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting a wide east-west swath from the Appalachian foothills to the heart of the western Kentucky coalfields, the Green River valley extends from below the Tennessee border in the south to the Ohio River in the north. The Green River of Kentucky presents a picture of the unity and diversity of the people living in the Green River valley. Helen Bartter Crocker finds that each generation of its people approached the river in a distinctive way. Early settlers used the river simply as it was—crooked and narrow with an unpredictable water flow, and navigable only under high-water conditions. The sons of these pioneers were interested in bringing steamboats to the valley; until they succeeded in persuading the state legislature to improve the Green River and its tributary, the Barren, by a series of locks and dams, however, volunteers would work—often up to their necks in water—until they cleared the river sufficiently to allow steamers to reach Bowling Green at high water. When the locks and dams were reopened following the Civil War, a local private corporation gained a near-monopoly of the river trade. Public outcry against this private ownership caused the federal government to take control, and through the Corps of Engineers, to undertake extensive river improvements. After the Great Depression, when trade was almost at a standstill, additional federal funds were appropriated for flood-control dams in the upper river and modern locks in the lower river to harness the valley's industrial potential. These opened up coal barging and recreational facilities, which ensured the future economic well being of the Green River valley.
Author : W. P. Greene
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331489422
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (894 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country, from Bowling Green to Evansville, Its Traffic, Its Resources, Its Towns and Its People written by W. P. Greene and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Green River Country, From Bowling Green to Evansville, Its Traffic, Its Resources, Its Towns and Its People: Embracing a History of the Improvements of the Green and Barren Rivers, and a Description of the Minerals and Coal Measures of the Counties Bordering on These Streams Up where the rocky masses, Their rugged summits rear, Beside the lonely passes And sunless chasms near, Thy rills are softly creeping Among the cedar shades, Or lying idly sleeping In silent grassy glades. Awake, and downward leaping, O'er steep-descending ways, To where the sun-light, peeping, On rock borne lichen plays. Gliding now through arbors green, O'er pebbled pavement, gray, With slower, statelier mien, Thy current takes its way. Thy strength and volume swelling, Now through the forest hoar, Thy murmurs sweetly telling Of bounties in thy store. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Green River Country from Bowling Green to Evansville written by William P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (437 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country from Bowling Green to Evansville written by W. P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terry Alan Del Bene
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738548197
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Green River written by Terry Alan Del Bene and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled in a valley at the confluence of the Green River and Bitter Creek, the town of Green River is situated among some of the most famous and beautiful rock formations in the West. This stunning backdrop was the jumping-off point for John Wesley Powell's famous river explorations. The city's story is intertwined with the arteries of westward expansion. The Colorado River system, the Cherokee and Overland Trails, the Union Pacific Railroad, the Lincoln Highway, the interstate highway system, and even America's first "Intergalactic Space Port" are all part of the story of Green River. After its humble start as an Overland Trail stage station, the town grew in anticipation of the arrival of the transcontinental railroad and eventually became the Sweetwater County seat. The Green River, ranching, recreation, and the chemical industry also play a part in the town's history.
Author : Ann Chambers Noble
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984000777
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Homesteading and Ranching in the Upper Green River Valley written by Ann Chambers Noble and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of homesteading and Euro-American settlement in Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley.
Author : Richard Hines
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439678111
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Kentucky's Green River written by Richard Hines and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named for Revolutionary general Nathanael Greene, Kentucky's Green River begins a 384-mile journey at its source near Kings Mountain in Lincoln County, flowing through the Pennyroyal and Western Coal Field regions until its confluence with the Ohio River in Henderson County. Throughout the 1800s, the Green River was a lifeline for valley residents, both in obtaining supplies or transporting products to cities along the Ohio River and destinations as far as New Orleans. Flatboats moved lime, coal, tobacco, and whiskey out of the valley, while rafts of logs were floated to Evansville sawmills. In the 1830s, a series of locks and dams were built on the Green River, permanently raising water levels that finally allowed larger paddle wheel steamers to begin plying upstream, transporting passengers and freight into the river's upper reaches. Referred to as the "era of steamboating," these magnificent boats were numerous until the last of the fleet, the Evansville, burned in 1931. Today, commercial towboats continue moving numerous products along the lower segment of the river, while the upper portion of the river is known as the fourth-most diverse aquatic ecosystem in the United States, making it a destination for outdoor enthusiasts from across the country.
Author : Richard Hines
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467109703
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Kentucky's Green River written by Richard Hines and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named for Revolutionary general Nathanael Greene, Kentucky's Green River begins a 384-mile journey at its source near Kings Mountain in Lincoln County, flowing through the Pennyroyal and Western Coal Field regions until its confluence with the Ohio River in Henderson County. Throughout the 1800s, the Green River was a lifeline for valley residents, both in obtaining supplies or transporting products to cities along the Ohio River and destinations as far as New Orleans. Flatboats moved lime, coal, tobacco, and whiskey out of the valley, while rafts of logs were floated to Evansville sawmills. In the 1830s, a series of locks and dams were built on the Green River, permanently raising water levels that finally allowed larger paddle wheel steamers to begin plying upstream, transporting passengers and freight into the river's upper reaches. Referred to as the "era of steamboating," these magnificent boats were numerous until the last of the fleet, the Evansville, burned in 1931. Today, commercial towboats continue moving numerous products along the lower segment of the river, while the upper portion of the river is known as the fourth-most diverse aquatic ecosystem in the United States, making it a destination for outdoor enthusiasts from across the country.
Author : W. P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (866 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country from Bowling Green to Evansville written by W. P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608359489
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (594 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country, Frm Bowling Green to Evansville, Its Traffic, Its Resources, Its Towns and Its People written by W. P. Greene and published by . This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heather Hansman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022643267X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Downriver written by Heather Hansman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Over its course it meanders through ranches, cities, national parks, endangered fish habitats, and some of the most significant natural gas fields in the country, as it provides water for 33 million people. Stopped up by dams, slaked off by irrigation, and dried up by cities, the Green is crucial, overused, and at risk, now more than ever. Fights over the river’s water, and what’s going to happen to it in the future, are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. As a former raft guide and an environmental reporter, Heather Hansman knew these fights were happening, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her. Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with farmers, city officials, and other people met along the way, Downriver is the story of that journey, a foray into the present—and future—of water in the West.
Author : Jo Anne Chandler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738558776
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (587 download)
Download or read book Green River and the Gunnison Valley written by Jo Anne Chandler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Utah pioneers passed through the area that is now Green River and decided that the land would not support a farming community. The Farrer family did not agree with this assessment, however, and they opened one of the first stores in Green River around 1883. Always a diverse town, Green River has a long-standing tradition of religious tolerance and the coexistence of different faiths. John Wesley Powell passed through during his exploration of the Colorado and Green Rivers, and the local museum was named after him. The region's economy has seen booms and busts, having survived on uranium mining and the missile base as well as on agriculture. Friday night football and the old opera house have come and gone, and now tourism has become Green River's main industry as travelers from all over the country discover the incredible beauty of the eastern Utah landscape.
Author : W.P. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (138 download)
Download or read book The Green River Country from Bowling Green to Evansville written by W.P. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ellen Meloy
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816522934
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Raven's Exile written by Ellen Meloy and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a century after John Wesley Powelllaunched his boat on the Green River, Ellen Meloy spent eight years of seasonal floats through Utah's Desolation Canyon with her husband, a federal river ranger. She came to know the history and natural history of this place well enough to call it home, and has recorded her observations in a book that is as wide-ranging as the river and as wild as the wilderness through which it runs.
