The North Carolina Gazetteer
Title | The North Carolina Gazetteer PDF eBook |
Author | William S. Powell |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780807833995 |
North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History
The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed
Title | The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed PDF eBook |
Author | William S. Powell |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 606 |
Release | 2010-06-15 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0807898295 |
The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.
The North Carolina Gazetteer
Title | The North Carolina Gazetteer PDF eBook |
Author | William Stevens Powell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 561 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | North Carolina |
ISBN |
The North Carolina Gazetteer
Title | The North Carolina Gazetteer PDF eBook |
Author | William S. Powell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 561 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | N.C. |
ISBN |
The Outer Banks Gazetteer
Title | The Outer Banks Gazetteer PDF eBook |
Author | Roger L. Payne |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2021-02-09 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1469662299 |
The rich history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is reflected in the names of its towns, geographic features, and waterways. A book over twenty years in the making, The Outer Banks Gazetteer is a comprehensive reference guide to the region's place names—over 3,000 entries in all. Along the way, Roger L. Payne has cataloged an incredible history of beaches, inlets, towns and communities, islands, rivers, and even sand dunes. There are also many entries for locations that no longer exist—inlets that have disappeared due to erosion or storms, abandoned towns, and Native American villages—which highlight important and nearly forgotten places in North Carolina's history. Going beyond simply recounting the facts behind the names, Payne offers information-packed and entertainingly written stories of North Carolina, its coastal geography, and its people. Perfect for anyone interested in the North Carolina coast, this invaluable reference guide uncovers the history of one of the most-visited areas in the Southeast.
Granville County, North Carolina Gazetteer
Title | Granville County, North Carolina Gazetteer PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard F. Dean |
Publisher | |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Granville County (N.C.) |
ISBN |
Down Along the Haw
Title | Down Along the Haw PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Melyn Cassebaum |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786484985 |
North Carolina's Haw River has a rich geographic, ecological and cultural history, tracked here from its source to its confluence with the Atlantic Ocean. From grinding mills to algae science, this popular history features interviews with mill owners and workers, archaeologists, environmentalists, farmers, water treatment managers and many others whose lives have been connected to this river. Additionally, it explores life on the river's banks and humans' place in its rich ecology.