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Author |
: Otis K. Rice |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2014-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813159447 |
ISBN-13 |
: 081315944X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Frontier Kentucky by : Otis K. Rice
Otis Rice tells the dramatic story of how the first state beyond the mountains came into being. Kentucky dates its settled history from the founding of Harrodsburg in 1774 and of Boonesborough in 1775. But the drama of frontier Kentucky had its beginnings a full century before the arrival of James Harrod and Daniel Boone. The early history of the Bluegrass state is a colorful and significant chapter in the expansion of the American frontier. Rice traces the development of Kentucky through the end of the Revolutionary War. He deals with four major themes: the great imperial rivalry between England and France in the mid-eighteenth century for control of the Ohio Valley; the struggle of white settlers to possess lands claimed by the Indians and the liquidation of Indian rights through treaties and bloody conflicts; the importance of the land, the role of the speculator, and the progress of settlement; the conquest of a wilderness bountiful in its riches but exacting in its demands and the planting of political, social, and cultural institutions. Included are maps that show the changing boundaries of Kentucky as it moved toward statehood.
Author |
: Otis K. Rice |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 149 |
Release |
: 2021-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813185361 |
ISBN-13 |
: 081318536X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Frontier Kentucky by : Otis K. Rice
Otis Rice tells the dramatic story of how the first state beyond the mountains came into being. Kentucky dates its settled history from the founding of Harrodsburg in 1774 and of Boonesborough in 1775. But the drama of frontier Kentucky had its beginnings a full century before the arrival of James Harrod and Daniel Boone. The early history of the Bluegrass state is a colorful and significant chapter in the expansion of the American frontier. Rice traces the development of Kentucky through the end of the Revolutionary War. He deals with four major themes: the great imperial rivalry between England and France in the mid-eighteenth century for control of the Ohio Valley; the struggle of white settlers to possess lands claimed by the Indians and the liquidation of Indian rights through treaties and bloody conflicts; the importance of the land, the role of the speculator, and the progress of settlement; the conquest of a wilderness bountiful in its riches but exacting in its demands and the planting of political, social, and cultural institutions. Included are maps that show the changing boundaries of Kentucky as it moved toward statehood.
Author |
: Mary Breckinridge |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 1981-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813101492 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813101491 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wide Neighborhoods by : Mary Breckinridge
This is the autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the woman who founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in the mountains of eastern Kentucky in 1925. Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives proved that high mortality rates and malnutrition did not need to be the norm in rural areas. By their example and through their graduates, the FNS exacted a lasting influence on family health care throughout the world.
Author |
: Ellen Eslinger |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 2021-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813183909 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813183901 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Running Mad for Kentucky by : Ellen Eslinger
The crossing of America's first great divide—the Appalachian Mountains—has been a source of much fascination but has received little attention from modern historians. In the eighteenth century, the Wilderness Road and Ohio River routes into Kentucky presented daunting natural barriers and the threat of Indian attack. Running Mad for Kentucky brings this adventure to life. Primarily a collection of travel diaries, it includes day-to-day accounts that illustrate the dangers thousands of Americans, adult and child, black and white, endured to establish roots in the wilderness. Ellen Eslinger's vivid and extensive introductory essay draws on numerous diaries, letters, and oral histories of trans-Appalachian travelers to examine the historic consequences of the journey, a pivotal point in the saga of the continent's indigenous people. The book demonstrates how the fabled soil of Kentucky captured the imagination of a young nation.
Author |
: James Otis |
Publisher |
: Litres |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2022-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9785040492947 |
ISBN-13 |
: 5040492944 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis On the Kentucky Frontier: A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West by : James Otis
Author |
: Karl Raitz |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 425 |
Release |
: 2012-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813136646 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813136644 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kentucky's Frontier Highway by : Karl Raitz
Eighteenth-century Kentucky beckoned to hunters, surveyors, and settlers from the mid-Atlantic coast colonies as a source of game, land, and new trade opportunities. Unfortunately, the Appalachian Mountains formed a daunting barrier that left only two primary roads to this fertile Eden. The steep grades and dense forests of the Cumberland Gap rendered the Wilderness Road impassable to wagons, and the northern route extending from southeastern Pennsylvania became the first main thoroughfare to the rugged West, winding along the Ohio River and linking Maysville to Lexington in the heart of the Bluegrass. Kentucky's Frontier Highway reveals the astounding history of the Maysville Road, a route that served as a theater of local settlement, an engine of economic development, a symbol of the national political process, and an essential part of the Underground Railroad. Authors Karl Raitz and Nancy O'Malley chart its transformation from an ancient footpath used by Native Americans and early settlers to a central highway, examining the effect that its development had on the evolution of transportation technology as well as the usage and abandonment of other thoroughfares, and illustrating how this historic road shaped the wider American landscape.
Author |
: Darren R. Reid |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 229 |
Release |
: 2009-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786453894 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786453893 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Daniel Boone and Others on the Kentucky Frontier by : Darren R. Reid
This is a collection of first-hand accounts that illuminate life on America's trans-Appalachian frontier. The voices range from the legendary Daniel Boone (here, in its entirety, is Boone's autobiography) to a wide array of ordinary settlers, and many of the stories are published here for the first time. Also included are historical and analytical essays that give context to each story, and numerous maps and illustrations.
Author |
: Honor Sachs |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2015-10-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300216530 |
ISBN-13 |
: 030021653X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Home Rule by : Honor Sachs
On America’s western frontier, myths of prosperity concealed the brutal conditions endured by women, slaves, orphans, and the poor. As poverty and unrest took root in eighteenth-century Kentucky, western lawmakers championed ideas about whiteness, manhood, and patriarchal authority to help stabilize a politically fractious frontier. Honor Sachs combines rigorous scholarship with an engaging narrative to examine how conditions in Kentucky facilitated the expansion of rights for white men in ways that would become a model for citizenship in the country as a whole. Endorsed by many prominent western historians, this groundbreaking work is a major contribution to frontier scholarship.
Author |
: Karl Raitz |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 515 |
Release |
: 2012-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813140698 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813140692 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kentucky's Frontier Highway by : Karl Raitz
“A remarkable historical and geographical study” of a road linking Lexington and Maysville, Kentucky, and its influence on America (West Virginia History). Eighteenth-century Kentucky beckoned to hunters, surveyors, and settlers from the mid-Atlantic coast colonies as a source of game, land, and new trade opportunities. Unfortunately, the Appalachian Mountains formed a daunting barrier that left only two primary roads to this fertile Eden. The steep grades and dense forests of the Cumberland Gap rendered the Wilderness Road impassable to wagons, and the northern route extending from southeastern Pennsylvania became the first main thoroughfare to the rugged West, winding along the Ohio River and linking Maysville to Lexington in the heart of the Bluegrass. Kentucky’s Frontier Highway reveals the astounding history of the Maysville Road, a route that served as a theater of local settlement, an engine of economic development, a symbol of the national political process, and an essential part of the Underground Railroad. Authors Karl Raitz and Nancy O’Malley chart its transformation from an ancient footpath used by Native Americans and early settlers to a central highway, examining the effect that its development had on the evolution of transportation technology as well as the usage and abandonment of other thoroughfares, and illustrating how this historic road shaped the wider American landscape. “The authors demonstrate quite convincingly that rich local history lies along our roads. They unearthed an abundance of behind-the-scenes information that is invisible to us as we barrel down the highway. It should give all readers pause to consider how much more they could know about the places they travel through.” —Craig E. Colten, author of Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana “A very well researched and well-written book that makes a significant contribution to the study of American roads, U.S. settlement history, and Kentucky history in particular. The authors’ approach is broad and multifaceted, well organized, and keenly focused on the myriad aspects of an important path, the land and time it transits. This is a fine holistic study of an important and complex road and its many geographical and historical components.” —Drake Hokanson, author of Lincoln Highway: Main Street across America “This notable and ably-illustrated volume . . . captures the rigors of frontier Appalachian geography and the utter ingenuity of diverse peoples bent on moving west. The road is perhaps the greatest of American themes?it encapsulates freedom, mobility, possibility, escape, commerce, crime and calumny, adventure, and romance. Thank goodness we have these two able storytellers to give us the narrative of the Maysville Road.” —Paul F. Starrs, Regents & Foundation Professor of Geography (University of Nevada), and recipient, J.B. Jackson Prize, Association of American Geographers
Author |
: Emily Foster |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2000-08-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813109795 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813109794 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ohio Frontier by : Emily Foster
"The readings in this anthology -- the diaries of a trader and a missionary, the letter of a frontier housewife, the travel account of a wide-eyed young English tourist, the memoir of an escaped slave, and many others -- provide a ground-level view of the Old Northwest frontier. See other books in the series Ohio River Valley.