Maryland's Appalachian highlands
Subtitle: massacres, moonshine, and mountaineering
By: Tim Rowland.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596296688
Subjects: Uplands -- Maryland -- History -- Anecdotes; Mountain life -- Maryland -- History -- Anecdotes; Maryland -- History -- Anecdotes; Appalachian Region -- History -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes
Table of contents: title: The mountains' rocky beginning; title: Native Americans exit the hills; title: Settlers face an uphill battle; title: Maryland's Daniel Boone; title: A road pierces the wilderness; title: The mountains get to work; title: War at the summit; title: A tale of two monuments; title: The ghosts of the gap; title: The industrial revolution takes a break; title: The Army channels its inner intelligence; title: What prohibition?; title: The mountains at play.