It Seems Like Only Yesterday: Mining and Mapping in Arizona's First Century Vol 1: The Yuma Years - Couverture souple

Lenon, Robert

 
9780595319534: It Seems Like Only Yesterday: Mining and Mapping in Arizona's First Century Vol 1: The Yuma Years
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ISBN 10 : 059531953X ISBN 13 : 9780595319534
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

Bob Lenon came to Yuma as a first-grader in 1914, only two years after Arizona became the last of the contiguous 48 states to join the union. He remembers vividly the transformation of that primitive land, with dirt roads and tire tracks where Interstate Highways stand today.Bob grew up listening to tales of his neighbors-old prospectors and miners. Inspired by them, he became a mining engineer and an intrinsic part of the process by which copper, gold, and other metals were extracted from Arizona rock. In his 90 years of residence in Arizona, he has witnessed many changes, and, in fact, he mapped a lot of them!In this first of two volumes, he describes how his family came from their ancestral home in Scotland to Pennsylvania, Iowa, Nebraska, and finally Arizona. Then, in detail, he recalls the Yuma he knew as a boy-a town of a few thousand souls with many stories to tell. Now he is ready to tell his own.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Bob Lenon came to Yuma as a first-grader in 1914, only two years after Arizona became the last of the contiguous 48 states to join the union. He remembers vividly the transformation of that primitive land, with dirt roads and tire tracks where Interstate Highways stand today.Bob grew up listening to tales of his neighbors-old prospectors and miners. Inspired by them, he became a mining engineer and an intrinsic part of the process by which copper, gold, and other metals were extracted from Arizona rock. In his 90 years of residence in Arizona, he has witnessed many changes, and, in fact, he mapped a lot of them!In this first of two volumes, he describes how his family came from their ancestral home in Scotland to Pennsylvania, Iowa, Nebraska, and finally Arizona. Then, in detail, he recalls the Yuma he knew as a boy-a town of a few thousand souls with many stories to tell. Now he is ready to tell his own.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Lenon, 95, grew up in Yuma, Arizona, in the teens and twenties. He later worked as a mining engineer and prospected for gold. In 1946, he opened a mine-related business in Patagonia, Arizona, where he still lives. He is a longtime contributing member of the Arizona Historical Society.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
059531953X
ISBN 13 
9780595319534
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
204
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0595664490 ISBN 13 :  9780595664498
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004
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