| A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina: Trails, Roads, Rails & Air Contributor(s): Ruscin, Terry (Author), Morgan, Robert (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1540200515 ISBN-13: 9781540200518 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $30.59 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Transportation | Railroads - History - Transportation | Automotive - History |
| Dewey: 380.975 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.18 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state s first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina s aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the Land of the Sky in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history." |
Contributor Bio(s): Ruscin, Terry: - Terry Ruscin, an author, columnist, photographer, researcher and retired advertising executive, is a member of the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc.; Historic Flat Rock, Inc.; and DRAC (Design Review Advisory Committee, overseeing the city s historic districts for the Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission), as well as a commissioner with HRC (Henderson County Historic Resources Commission). Ruscin has served on the boards of the Henderson County Heritage Museum and the California Missions Foundation. |