Local history books

When New Mexico became part of the US, the territory contained 295 land grants, the largest of these being the Maxwell...  Read More >>

Sigrid Anderson focuses on the Southern California magazine Land of Sunshine, a publication that featured authors...  Read More >>

Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamation The US government justified its...  Read More >>

Drawing on a wide range of sources - including maps, daguerreotypes, real estate deeds, court records, travelers’...  Read More >>

Unveiling the Legacy of Ohio's Power Plants: A Historical Journey Through Their Rise, Operation, and Eventual Decommissioning....  Read More >>

Chronicles the history of water rights and activities on the Gila River Indian Reservation. Centred on the San Carlos...  Read More >>

The final volume of the Simms Initiatives - a collaboration between USC Press and USC Libraries that spans more...  Read More >>

A richly illustrated study that examines the engineering as well as the commercial, environmental, and human impacts...  Read More >>

Chronicles the history of emancipation through the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of black...  Read More >>

Peachee has photographed Pleasant Hill for more than four decades - from small items such as eyeglasses, embroidered...  Read More >>

Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamation The US government justified its...  Read More >>

Fifty miles south of Kansas City lies a rural community whose history makes it different than any other in the United...  Read More >>

"Within the pages of this historic account are descriptions of the pioneer Georgians of yesteryear who settled and...  Read More >>

""A history of the Greek community in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1914 to 1955""--  Read More >>

A fundamentally new account of the American frontier, showing that it was defined not by hardy pioneers or imperial...  Read More >>

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling series Campfire Stories: Close Calls comes a new original audiobook...  Read More >>

Topical Themes: There is no doubt that swindlers are having their moment. From Anna Delvey and Caroline Calloway...  Read More >>

The remarkable stories of the early 20th-century food startups that captured America's hearts and stomachs, from...  Read More >>

The North Carolina coastline is a tourist destination, a paradise for locals and visitors alike--during the day....  Read More >>

Tales of fairies and bewitching Little People have amazed and horrified New Englanders for over four hundred years....  Read More >>

Radio station WRR, the United States' first fire and police dispatch network, originated in 1920 thanks to the innovative...  Read More >>

The first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716-1785)....  Read More >>

Embark on a journey with Watson -- as he tells a firsthand account of a country at a crossroads, and one man's quest...  Read More >>

Traveling through Time While Montana's roadside historical markers give motorists an introduction to the state's...  Read More >>

Embark on a journey with Watson -- as he tells a firsthand account of a country at a crossroads, and one man's quest...  Read More >>