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Hidden History of Terre Haute

Author : Tim Crumrin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439670900
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of Terre Haute written by Tim Crumrin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many know about Terre Haute's long-gone reputation as a "sin city," but that hardly tells the whole story. Unknown to all but a few, the city was home to a POW camp for Confederate prisoners and divers once plucked valuable freshwater pearls from the Wabash River. Druggist Jacob Baur discovered a way to liquefy carbon dioxide, earning him the title "King of Soda Fountains." Before the advent of Hollywood, motion pictures were made here. And one of the biggest child stars of the 1930s and '40s was a local boy named Billy Lee. He joined another child star from the area, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer of Our Gang fame. Historian Tim Crumrin reveals the overlooked events and people in Terre Haute's past.

Hidden History of Terre Haute

Author : Tim Crumrin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467146137
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of Terre Haute written by Tim Crumrin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many know about Terre Haute's long-gone reputation as a "sin city," other stories include the city being home to a Confederate POW camp, druggist Jacob Baur discovering a way to liquefy carbon dioxide, and the hometown of 1930s and '40s child star Billy Lee.

Terre Haute's Notorious Red Light District

Author : Tim Crumrin
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781540251268
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Terre Haute's Notorious Red Light District written by Tim Crumrin and published by History Press. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Hidden History of Terre Haute and Wicked Terre Haute explores the home of sin in the Sin City. Home to uproarious saloons, swindling gambling dens, and thriving brothels, Terre Haute's infamous West End was so wild the Chicago Tribunecalled it the scene of a hundred all night carousings. Pimps, pickpockets, and conmen roamed the crowded streets where legendary Madam Edith Brown's pleasure palace was the crown jewel of brothels. Yet more than a mere den in inequity, the West End was also a community that could put bickering differences aside and pull together to help their neighbors. And it wasn't only a place for seedy enterprise, but also a place for stores, cafes, and homes. Historian Tim Crumrin presents the first complete history of this legendary area and separates myth from reality to reveal the very human side of the West End.

Terre Haute’s Notorious Red Light District

Author : Tim Crumrin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439674493
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Terre Haute’s Notorious Red Light District written by Tim Crumrin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Hidden History of Terre Haute and Wicked Terre Haute explores the home of sin in the Sin City. Home to uproarious saloons, swindling gambling dens, and thriving brothels, Terre Haute's infamous West End was so wild the Chicago Tribunecalled it "the scene of a hundred all night carousings." Pimps, pickpockets, and conmen roamed the crowded streets where legendary Madam Edith Brown's pleasure palace was the crown jewel of brothels. Yet more than a mere den in inequity, the West End was also a community that could put bickering differences aside and pull together to help their neighbors. And it wasn't only a place for seedy enterprise, but also a place for stores, cafes, and homes. Historian Tim Crumrin presents the first complete history of this legendary area and separates myth from reality to reveal the very human side of the West End.

Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports

Author : Joel Rippel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439678200
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports written by Joel Rippel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin Cities sports fans are well-versed in disappointment, but the last 120 years of Minneapolis and St. Paul sports have also produced forgotten milestones. Most know of the Vikings' Super Bowl woes and the Twins' record-setting postseason losing streak. Few know that the first full-time college basketball coach originated here and that a Babe Ruth home run record supplanted a local player's achievement. Fewer still know about near misses like John Wooden almost becoming the University of Minnesota basketball coach in 1948 and Billie Jean King turning down an offer to join the Twin Cities' World Team Tennis franchise. Longtime Twin Cities journalist Joel Rippel documents these subjects and other forgotten or unheralded stories.

Hidden History of Boone County, Indiana

Author : Heather Phillips Lusk
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467150223
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of Boone County, Indiana written by Heather Phillips Lusk and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the center of Indiana lies Boone County, a seemingly quiet place with a colorful past. The stagecoach along the Michigan Road helped to start the county, then the railroad transformed it as new towns were created along the routes. Some of these towns are now gone, leaving behind a few buildings and a sign marking where they once existed. Local vagabond Thorntown Cyrus entertained area residents with his accordion, a couple touted his and hers tractors, and the Cragun twins met a tragic demise. Mysteries surround true stories such as a rogue monkey seen wandering a community and why a butcher attacked a prominent citizen. Author Heather Phillips Lusk brings these stories and more to life to reveal what makes Boone County unique.

Hidden History of Vincennes & Knox County

Author : Brian Spangle
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467145556
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of Vincennes & Knox County written by Brian Spangle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Fort Sackville appears in every history of Vincennes and Knox County, yet so much more defines this area. Everyone is familiar with George Rogers Clark, but few know about ordinary but accomplished figures like diplomat Hubbard Taylor Smith and Civil War veteran Joseph Roseman. The Stibbins murder of 1911 and other long-forgotten crimes once shocked the county, and visits by politicians and entertainers, including Buffalo Bill Cody, enthralled residents before quickly slipping from memory. Weather made history, too, such as the destructive hailstorm that pounded northern Knox County in 1907. With the help of rare photographs, local historian and Sun-Commercial columnist Brian Spangle brings to life these stories and more.

Terre Haute

Author : Mike McCormick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738524061
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Terre Haute written by Mike McCormick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the days of French explorers and the establishment of Fort Harrison in 1811 to the rise of the "Pittsburgh of the West" and beyond, Terre Haute's history is a study in paradox. Home to prominent schools, railroads, and distilleries as well as social reformers, national figures, and corrupt politicians, the city that grew up along the Wabash suffered devastating setbacks but also soared to spectacular achievements.

History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922

Author : Logan Esarey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922 written by Logan Esarey and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wicked Terre Haute

Author : Tim Crumrin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439666385
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Wicked Terre Haute written by Tim Crumrin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join local historian Tim Crumrin as he reveals the blackguards, rogues and swindlers of Terre Haute's rough and rowdy past. For more than a century, Terre Haute earned its reputation as a sin city. One of the most notorious red-light districts in the Midwest, the West End, housed sixty brothels and nearly one thousand prostitutes at its height in the 1920s. Across this sordid scene strode the stylish and indomitable Edith Brown, the city's most famous madam. When Prohibition made the city bootlegger central, violence erupted as rival gangs vied for turf. Gamblers flooded in from all corners of the country, making Terre Haute's Wire Room second only to Las Vegas. Through it all, corrupt politicians like Mayor Donn Roberts profited handsomely from grift and deception.

The Secret History of RDX

Author : Colin F. Baxter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813175305
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Secret History of RDX written by Colin F. Baxter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic with oil and supplies were virtually defenseless against German U-boats. Bombs and torpedoes fitted with TNT barely made a dent in the tough steel plating that covered the hulls of Axis submarines and ships. Then, seemingly overnight, a top-secret, $100 million plant appeared near Kingsport, Tennessee, manufacturing a sugar-white substance called Research Department Explosive (code name RDX). Behind thirty-eight miles of fencing, thousands of men and women synthesized 23,000 tons of RDX each month. Twice as deadly as TNT and overshadowed only by the atomic bomb, this ordnance proved to be pivotal in the Battle of the Atlantic and directly contributed to the Allied victory in WWII. In The Secret History of RDX, Colin F. Baxter documents the journey of the super-explosive from conceptualization at Woolwich Arsenal in England to mass production at Holston Ordnance Works in east Tennessee. He examines the debates between RDX advocates and their opponents and explores the use of the explosive in the bomber war over Germany, in the naval war in the Atlantic, and as a key element in the trigger device of the atomic bomb. Drawing on archival records and interviews with individuals who worked at the Kingsport "powder plant" from 1942 to 1945, Baxter illuminates both the explosive's military significance and its impact on the lives of ordinary Americans involved in the war industry. Much more than a technical account, this study assesses the social and economic impact of the military-industrial complex on small communities on the home front.

Forgotten Hoosiers

Author : Fred D. Cavinder
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625843372
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Hoosiers written by Fred D. Cavinder and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-29 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vowing to overcome the sin of seriousness, Indiana-born humorist Don Herold lived up to his promise. Gifted with a droll sense of humor and a vivid imagination, he was one of the most widely read, if least remembered, Hoosiers. In Forgotten Hoosiers, journalist Fred D. Cavinder presents a collection of biographical sketches charting the lives of noteworthy Hoosiers who have been overlooked, as well as acclaimed figures whose Hoosier origins have been obscured. From Harland David Sanders, the pioneering Kentucky colonel who developed the world-famous chicken franchise, to Samuel G. Woodfill, whom many have called the greatest hero of World War I, Hoosiers- both known and unknown- have continued to make their marks across the country and the world.

The History of Early Terre Haute from 1816 to 1840

Author : Blackford Condit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The History of Early Terre Haute from 1816 to 1840 written by Blackford Condit and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The International Distribution of News

Author : Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107033640
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The International Distribution of News written by Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of international news agencies and associations around the world from 1848 to 1947. Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb argues that newspaper publishers formed news associations and patronized news agencies to cut the costs of news collection and exclude competitors from gaining access to the news.

Buried in the Bitter Waters

Author : Elliot Jaspin
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786721979
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Buried in the Bitter Waters written by Elliot Jaspin and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leave now, or die!" Those words-or ones just as ominous-have echoed through the past hundred years of American history, heralding a very unnatural disaster-a wave of racial cleansing that wiped out or drove away black populations from counties across the nation. While we have long known about horrific episodes of lynching in the South, this story of racial cleansing has remained almost entirely unknown. These expulsions, always swift and often violent, were extraordinarily widespread in the period between Reconstruction and the Depression era. In the heart of the Midwest and the Deep South, whites rose up in rage, fear, and resentment to lash out at local blacks. They burned and killed indiscriminately, sweeping entire counties clear of blacks to make them racially "pure." Many of these counties remain virtually all-white to this day. In Buried in the Bitter Waters, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elliot Jaspin exposes a deeply shameful chapter in the nation's history-and one that continues to shape the geography of race in America.

Haunted Terre Haute

Author : Ashley Hood
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467143715
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Terre Haute written by Ashley Hood and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terre Haute might seem like a quiet river town, but the ghosts of the city's past ensure that things never grow too quiet! From the ghost of a green-eyed bulldog to a mausoleum phone, the town's cemeteries are a playground for those who have passed on to the other side. The spirits of children haunt the site of the former Glenn Home, where they once lived. The restless spirit of a girl who passed before her time lingers in a local salon, and the apparition of a faceless nun still wanders the hallowed halls of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. The former Condit residence has a long history of premature deaths, while the Preston House held its own secrets within its now vanished walls. Join tour guide and paranormal investigator Ashley Hood on a tour of Terre Haute's spectral history.

Crying the News

Author : Vincent DiGirolamo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199910774
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Crying the News written by Vincent DiGirolamo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Benjamin Franklin to Ragged Dick to Jack Kelly, hero of the Disney musical Newsies, newsboys have long intrigued Americans as symbols of struggle and achievement. But what do we really know about the children who hawked and delivered newspapers in American cities and towns? Who were they? What was their life like? And how important was their work to the development of a free press, the survival of poor families, and the shaping of their own attitudes, values and beliefs? Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys offers an epic retelling of the American experience from the perspective of its most unshushable creation. It is the first book to place newsboys at the center of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. DiGirolamo's sweeping narrative traces the shifting fortunes of these "little merchants" over a century of war and peace, prosperity and depression, exploitation and reform, chronicling their exploits in every region of the country, as well as on the railroads that linked them. While the book focuses mainly on boys in the trade, it also examines the experience of girls and grown-ups, the elderly and disabled, blacks and whites, immigrants and natives. Based on a wealth of primary sources, Crying the News uncovers the existence of scores of newsboy strikes and protests. The book reveals the central role of newsboys in the development of corporate welfare schemes, scientific management practices, and employee liability laws. It argues that the newspaper industry exerted a formative yet overlooked influence on working-class youth that is essential to our understanding of American childhood, labor, journalism, and capitalism.