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Modern Crescenta Valley practically defines the notion of quiet suburbia with its lovely homes and tree-lined streets. Yet the communities that lie north of Los Angeles between the Verdugo and San...

The Clearwater River runs deep through northern Idaho's history. The Nez Perce tribe made its home along the river. Lewis and Clark's journey west took them through the Clearwater. In fact, the Nez...

America enjoyed newfound prosperity in the decades following World War II, and Southern California was an epicenter of postwar growth. Among the many Orange County communities that grew and...

With 85 percent of its buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, Galena truly is a place drenched in history. From the ancient burial mounds crowding the high banks of the Mississippi to...

Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the MaelstromAuthor: James M. SchmidtPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublication Date: Sep 04, 2012Number of Pages: 162 pagesBinding: Hardback...

Named for Bernardo de Galvez and established in 1839, Galveston measures just over two hundred square miles. In early Texas history, however, it was actually the largest city in the Lone Star State,...

Galveston's Maceo Family Empire: Bootlegging and the Balinese RoomAuthor: Richard B. McCaslinPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublication Date: Nov 18, 2014Number of Pages: 146 pagesBinding:...

The Gamecocks baseball team's surprising, heart-pounding run to the 2010 College World Series title seemed to many as if it could not be paralleled, in its excitement or its overall meaning to the...

After more than one hundred years of craving a champion, the University of South Carolina finally has one. The 2010 Gamecock baseball team won six consecutive games over eight summer nights to take...

Gangs and Outlaws of Western PennsylvaniaAuthor: Michael HassettPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublication Date: Jul 24, 2012Number of Pages: 130 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town s illegal enterprises. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow...

Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment of...

Gangsters and Organized Crime in Buffalo: History, Hits and HeadquartersAuthor: Michael RizzoPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublication Date: Jun 12, 2012Number of Pages: 258 pagesBinding:...

Soon after Alonzo Gerry Cook arrived in the Santa Ana Valley in 1874, he established a small crossroads village among the barren plains of coastal Southern California. With little more than a church,...

Gaston County, in the rolling hills of North Carolina s southern Piedmont, is a treasure-trove of amazing sights and fascinating history. In this readable, skillfully researched volume, historian...

Standing tall on the colorful clay cliffs of Martha's Vineyard, Gay Head Lighthouse has provided safe passage to seafarers since 1799. The steadfast tower marks a dangerous and heavily traveled...

General Sherman and the Georgia Belles: Tales from Women Left BehindAuthor: Cathy KaemmerlenPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublication Date: Oct 18, 2006Number of Pages: 130 pagesBinding:...

For over a century, Ohio and Pennsylvania families have made an annual trek to a special spot on the shores of Lake Erie. This tiny piece of Northeast, Ohio, has made a huge impression on the hearts...

The youngest correspondent to cover the Civil War and a pioneer in newspaper syndication, George Alfred Townsend came from modest circumstances. Using the pen name of GATH, he rose to fame and...

North Island has always been the beacon from the sea leading toward Georgetown, South Carolina. It was an island of exploration for the Spanish in 1526 and the first landing place of Lafayette,...

Georgia is known as one of the most competitive proving grounds in America for high school football. The league that began as a few city teams in the late nineteenth century blossomed to the four...

Romans have always been justifiably proud of their city. Located in the northwest corner of Georgia, Romeconsistently ranks as one of the most livable small cities in America. Situated in the...

German Village Stories Behind the BricksAuthor: John M. ClarkPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublication Date: Jun 22, 2015Number of Pages: 194 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

The first German immigrants arrived in Louisville nearly two hundred years ago. By 1850, they represented nearly 20 percent of the population, and they influenced every aspect of daily life, from...

German immigrants and their descendants are integral to New Jersey's history. When the state was young, they founded villages that are now well-established communities, such as Long Valley. Many...

When the first shots of the Civil War were fired, nearly one-third of Germantown's sons and daughters answered the call to duty. Generals and soldiers, doctors and nurses all fought to preserve the...

Ghent, perhaps more than any other Norfolk suburb, has a story to tell that transcends its historic port city lineage, reaching national importance in its planning and execution. Despite changing...

Does the restless ghost of a murder victim haunt a Gulfport home? Does a doomed pirate search for his lost treasure at John's Pass? Are sea captains and Civil War soldiers still combing the area,...

For centuries, the Long Beach Peninsula has been known for the treacherous waters off its western shore, prompting seafarers and fishermen to call it the Graveyard of the Pacific." But it's not just...

From spooky state parks to real-life haunted houses, Ghosts and Hauntings of the Finger Lakes tells the stories behind the most supernatural sites around the shores of New York's famous Finger Lakes...