02948cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000500012824500420017826400510022030000470027133600260031833700260034433800360037049000280040650000310043450802080046552017450067353400620241865300400248083000280252085600430254899900190259176439UtSlPG20260610134753.0mcr n260607r20251900utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a00006448  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aF2061 aPowell, Lyman P.q(Lyman Pierson),d1866-194610aHistoric towns of the southern states 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aAmerican historic towns  aRelease date is 2025-07-04  aCarla Foust, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"Historic towns of the southern states" by Lyman P. Powell is a collection of historical essays written in the early 20th century. It surveys notable Southern towns and cities—their founding, growth, conflicts, and civic culture—through contributions by regional scholars and is richly illustrated. Expect engaging local narratives paired with analysis of economics, war, and reconstruction that together chart the making of the urban South.  The opening of the volume sets a patriotic, educational, and conciliatory tone in the preface, then, in W. P. Trent’s introduction, challenges the idea of a non-urban South by explaining how geography, plantation agriculture, slavery, interstate jealousy, and fragile finance slowed city-building even as railroads, trade conventions, and postwar recovery spurred it. The first major chapter, on Baltimore, shows how waterways initially discouraged towns; how private initiative created Baltimore, Jonestown, and Fell’s Point; and how trade routes, immigration, and wartime pressures fueled rapid growth. It recounts Baltimore’s Revolutionary contributions, its War of 1812 defense and privateering, subsequent booms and busts, and the rise of civic institutions from turnpikes and the B&O Railroad to the Peabody, Hopkins, and Pratt foundations. The next chapter turns to Annapolis, tracing Maryland’s Calvert beginnings, early religious toleration, the Puritan settlement at Providence, and the town’s role as seat of government. It evokes St. Anne’s Church, St. John’s College, and the State House where Washington resigned his commission, then begins a tour of its colonial houses and the “Peggy Stewart” tea-burning episode. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900  aCities and towns -- Southern States 0aAmerican historic towns40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76439  c117164d117164