| Forgotten Albuquerque Contributor(s): Bannerman, Ty (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738559679 ISBN-13: 9780738559674 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: In 1706, Spanish colonists founded the Villa de Alburquerque on the wooded banks of the Rio Grande. Three hundred years later, that once quiet farming community has grown to become Albuquerque, the largest city in the state of New Mexico. Over the centuries, this fascinating cityas identity has metamorphosed many times. In 1862, it briefly became the western capital of the Confederate States of America, before Confederate hopes for the territory were destroyed at the Battle of Glorieta Pass. In 1880, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad brought industry and wealth from the east, as well as tuberculosis-infected alungersa who came by the thousands to seek a cure in athe Heart of Health Country.a Then, in 1926, Route 66 transformed the city into a neon-decked oasis for automobile travelers journeying through the newly accessible West. Though many of these identities have faded, their legacy lives on in the beating heart of an ever-changing city. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 978.9 |
| LCCN: 2008928807 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (0.85 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: In 1706, Spanish colonists founded the Villa de Alburquerque on the wooded banks of the Rio Grande. Three hundred years later, that once quiet farming community has grown to become Albuquerque, the largest city in the state of New Mexico. Over the centuries, this fascinating city s identity has metamorphosed many times. In 1862, it briefly became the western capital of the Confederate States of America, before Confederate hopes for the territory were destroyed at the Battle of Glorieta Pass. In 1880, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad brought industry and wealth from the east, as well as tuberculosis-infected lungers who came by the thousands to seek a cure in the Heart of Health Country. Then, in 1926, Route 66 transformed the city into a neon-decked oasis for automobile travelers journeying through the newly accessible West. Though many of these identities have faded, their legacy lives on in the beating heart of an ever-changing city." |
Contributor Bio(s): Bannerman, Ty: - Using over 200 vintage images from public archives and individual collections, author Ty Bannerman explores the city s many guises over time, from its prehistory as a thriving province of the Pueblo peoples, to its post World War II population boom. |