03299nam 2200637 450 991045956120332120200520144314.00-8131-8963-20-8131-5749-8(CKB)3710000000334300(EBL)1915489(SSID)ssj0001440992(PQKBManifestationID)11831461(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001440992(PQKBWorkID)11392366(PQKB)11334524(MiAaPQ)EBC1915489(OCoLC)645868564(MdBmJHUP)muse44515(Au-PeEL)EBL1915489(CaPaEBR)ebr11009746(CaONFJC)MIL691216(OCoLC)900344878(EXLCZ)99371000000033430020150205h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTowns & villages of the lower Ohio /Darrel E. BighamLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1998.©19981 online resource (368 p.)Ohio River Valley SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-59934-3 0-8131-2042-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Lower Ohio River Settlements, 1792-1818; 1 Hamlets and Villages; 2 Understanding Patterns of Growth; Part 2 The Age of the Transportation Revolution, 1815-1850; 3 The Sifting Process Begins; 4 Perspectives on Lower Ohio River Communities; 5 Change and Continuity; Part 3 Communities in the Civil War Era, 1850-1880; 6 The Sifting Process Quickens; 7 People and Products; 8 Government, Society, and Culture; Part 4 The Industrial-Metropolitan Age, 1880-19209 Patterns of Communities' Growth and Development10 Making a Living; 11 Living Together: Society and Culture; Conclusion: Continuity and Change on the Lower Ohio; Appendix 1: Population Tables; Appendix 2: Settlements on the Lower Ohio River; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAmerica. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller citiesOhio River Valley series.City and town lifeOhio River ValleyHistoryOhio River ValleyHistory, LocalElectronic books.City and town lifeHistory.976.9Bigham Darrel E.1051770MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459561203321Towns & villages of the lower Ohio2482529UNINA