The Old Road

The Old Road
Author: Hilaire Belloc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1904
Genre: England
ISBN:

Follow the Old Road

Follow the Old Road
Author: Jo Kerrigan
Publisher: The O'Brien Press Ltd
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018-04-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1788490320

By turning off the main highway and discovering old routes, some of which have been travelled for thousands of years, you will see Ireland in an entirely different way. Follow the Old Road will take you on a tour of a variety of pathways from great river roads to lost railways. Long before records began, travellers arriving on our shores found safe havens, natural harbours, the estuaries of rivers, and settled there, in sight of the ocean that had brought them to this land. Gradually they moved inland to more fertile soil, usually along the course of a river that provided both guidance and essential water supplies. In later centuries, great lords built their castles and monks their abbeys upriver, at the tidal limit. Some of the routes are still used today while others lie ignored and overgrown. Villages, and, later on, towns grew up around these castles and abbeys to serve their needs; towns that still prosper today.

Walking the Old Road

Walking the Old Road
Author: Staci Lola Drouillard
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-12-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1452960240

The story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village—and a vital chapter of the history of the North Shore “We do this because telling where you are from is just as important as your name. It helps tie us together and gives us a strong and solid place to speak from. It is my hope that the stories of Chippewa City will be heard, shared, and remembered, and that the story of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa will continue to grow. By being a part of the living narrative, Bimaadizi Aadizookaan, together we can create a new story about what was, what is, and, ultimately, what will be.” —from the Prologue At the turn of the nineteenth century, one mile east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, you would have found Chippewa City, a village that as many as 200 Anishinaabe families called home. Today you will find only Highway 61, private lakeshore property, and the one remaining village building: St. Francis Xavier Church. In Walking the Old Road, Staci Lola Drouillard guides readers through the story of that lost community, reclaiming for history the Ojibwe voices that have for so long, and so unceremoniously, been silenced. Blending memoir, oral history, and narrative, Walking the Old Road reaches back to a time when Chippewa City, then called Nishkwakwansing (at the edge of the forest), was home to generations of Ojibwe ancestors. Drouillard, whose own family once lived in Chippewa City, draws on memories, family history, historical analysis, and testimony passed from one generation to the next to conduct us through the ages of early European contact, government land allotment, family relocation, and assimilation. Documenting a story too often told by non-Natives, whether historians or travelers, archaeologists or settlers, Walking the Old Road gives an authentic voice to the Native American history of the North Shore. This history, infused with a powerful sense of place, connects the Ojibwe of today with the traditions of their ancestors and their descendants, recreating the narrative of Chippewa City as it was—and is and forever will be—lived.

Ridge Route

Ridge Route
Author: Harrison Irving Scott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2002
Genre: Bakersfield Region (Calif.)
ISBN: 9780615120003

This book is a step back into time and the history of California's Scenic Ridge Route. When it opened in 1915 it was hailed as the "Magnus Opus" of mountain highway engineering. By-passed by the Ridge Alternative in 1933, it was left to the elements and all but forgotten. In this book you will visit sites like Sandberg's famous Summit Hotel where you would have seen Cadillacs, Packards and Studebakers during the road's heyday; the former site of the opulent Hotel Lebec, playground for the world's finest; the Ridge Road House; the National Forest Inn; and Kelly's Half Way House. Motorists faced 697 curves when navigating this famous moutain highway. You will follow "Ridge Route Annie's" adventurous search for gold. Read how highwaymen relieved unsuspecting motorists of their valuables and the 1922 blizzard that stranded scores of motorists. All of this in addition to early history on north - south routes and how Los Angeles had to entice the Butterfield Stage and later the Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles. While this book focuses on the 1915 Scenic Ridge Route, it also addresses the 1930 Ridge Alternative, (U.S. Highway 99) and the current I-5 Ridge Route Highway.

The Old Road

The Old Road
Author: Hilaire Belloc
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2024-02-03
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

"The Old Road" is a historical and travel book written by Hilaire Belloc. First published in 1904, the book explores the historical and cultural aspects of the Old Road, referring to the ancient pilgrimage route from Winchester to Canterbury in England. Hilaire Belloc, a prolific Anglo-French writer, poet, and historian, takes readers on a journey along the Old Road, offering insights into the landscapes, towns, and historical landmarks along the way. The narrative combines historical research with Belloc's own observations, providing a vivid portrayal of the route and its significance in medieval England. For readers interested in medieval history, pilgrimage routes, and the writings of Hilaire Belloc, "The Old Road" offers a unique blend of travelogue and historical exploration, showcasing Belloc's deep appreciation for the past and his engaging storytelling style.

Murder on the Old Road

Murder on the Old Road
Author: Amy Myers
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780101864

A Marsh and Daughter Mystery - When Georgia and Peter Marsh encounter a group of weirdly dressed ‘pilgrims’ on the Old Road to Canterbury, more is at stake than the play the Chillingham Drama Group is shortly to perform. The group are to re-enact a pilgrimage and production that took place over forty years earlier – but that event ended in a murder that has never been solved . . . Determined to discover the killer, Marsh & Daughter set out on a dangerous journey: one that could provide the solution not only to Chillingham’s problems, but to their own.

On the Old Road

On the Old Road
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3732679683

Reproduction of the original: On the Old Road by John Ruskin