Item Tag: Regional

Lawrence County Memoirs – The Archives Volume 1 (brand new)

Lawrence County Memoirs – The Archives: Vol 1 is a collection of short stories related to the robust history of Lawrence County in western Pennsylvania. Just released in August 2024, it’s a beast at 571 pages which includes a 10-page color section. The individual stories detail the history of Cascade Park, Johnson Bronze, Ben Franklin JHS, Battery B, Hitchhiker DeVon Smith, Hill View Manor, Wampum High School, JFK Visit, Mahoning Trust Robbery, Boxer Emmett Rocco, and much, much more. This volume contains thousands of photographs, newspaper articles, diagrams, and maps. There is so much to see within this massive book and you won’t be able to put it down! Free shipping via USPS Media Mail within the United States. Contact seller first for international shipping rates.

Route 66 St. Louis Style, Missouri, Images of America, Paperback

Route 66 St. Louis Style, Missouri, Images of America, Paperback For Route 66 to become the most famous highway in history, it had to pass through the “Gateway to the West.” St. Louis is the largest city between Chicago and Los Angeles, and “St. Louee” comes first on the list of those that Nat King Cole and many other artists sang out on “(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66.” The highway took a maze of different routes, including crossing the greatest of rivers on a bridge with a bend right in the middle. The roadside was lined with flashing neon, classic diners and gas stations where attendants provided speedy service. Also, there were classic amusement parks, drive-in theaters, a man selling frozen custard from a building adorned with wooden icicles, and a motel with a racy but beloved reputation. Joe Sonderman is a St. Louis area radio personality and traffic reporter who has been writing books on Route 66 for 15 years. Since that first work, he has been collecting Route 66 postcards and photographs, some never published before, along with new research on the paths Route 66 took through the area to come up with an entirely new look at Route 66 St. Louis Style .