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A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina

A History of Transportation in Western North Carolinaaf Terry Ruscin
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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."

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781540200518
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 274
  • Udgivet:
  • 31. oktober 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 157x19x235 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 554 g.
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 15. januar 2025
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025
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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."

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