America Through Time

America Through Time We publish local and national history, aviation, railroad, urbex and abandoned places photography books.

Our history and heritage inform us about who we are today. America Through Timeยฎ captures a strong sense of the past while demonstrating the force of change through the passage of years. The use of modern photographs in color juxtaposed with old images ignites the imagination of young and old alike. For older residents it is a small story of time gone by. For younger residents and childrenโ€”a fasci

nating window into the past. To submit a proposal for the America Through Timeยฎ please get in touch via our Contact page. We also accept submissions from authors on other local history subjects and are not restricted solely to rigid series.

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ Perfect read to ring in the new year with: "THE CHUCK LYFORD STORY: EVERY DAY COUNTS" by David Williams  is publishe...
12/30/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ Perfect read to ring in the new year with: "THE CHUCK LYFORD STORY: EVERY DAY COUNTS" by David Williams is published in March 2026, with limited copies available now!!! Hardback, 224 pages, 51 amazing color photographs.

Pre-order now ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Chuck

๐—–๐—›๐—จ๐—–๐—ž ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—›๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—™๐—”๐—ฆ๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐— ๐—”๐—ก ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——. ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—– ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜, ๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ-๐—•๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ.

He first caught the worldโ€™s attention when he became a three-time World Champion powerboat racer at the age of twenty. He graduated from boats to airplanes at twenty-one, when he bought a powerful P-51 Mustang.

He became U.S. National Air Racing Champion in his famous Bardahl Special. When the tiny nations of Central America needed to build their own air forces to fend off the threat of communism, Chuck headed south to fly combat missions over the jungle. He also helped the CIA make sure that the fledgling air forces had the parts they needed to keep their planes flying.

In between trips to Central America, Chuck flew at air shows across the U.S. and Canada in WWII fighters. His company JetAir helped introduce William Learโ€™s famous Lear Jet to America by flying A-list celebrities around the country.

Eventually Chuck discovered car racing and won races in North and South America in a variety of different classes. Throughout it all, Chuck was a generous philanthropist, giving money to charities and reminding us all that Every Day Counts.

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿš๏ธ๐Ÿ“šPre-order alert: in "ABANDONED WEST MISSISSIPPI: THE SILENCE OF URBAN DECAY" Jason Lykins at Lykins Films embarks on...
12/30/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿš๏ธ๐Ÿ“šPre-order alert: in "ABANDONED WEST MISSISSIPPI: THE SILENCE OF URBAN DECAY" Jason Lykins at Lykins Films embarks on a haunting journey through the forgotten relics of the state's eastern region, a land often overshadowed by its more populous counterparts.

Pre-order link ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/East-MS

Jason Lykins, a photographer with an eye for the unseen, invites you on a visual odyssey through the west side of Mississippi. His latest work, a testament to his relentless pursuit of the forgotten, clings to the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.

Through Lykins' lens, the river reveals its secrets, peeling back layers of time to expose the hidden stories etched into the landscape. This journey is not just a collection of images but a narrative of discovery, where each photograph uncovers the overlooked and the abandoned, transforming them into poignant reminders of the past.

With every page, Lykins captures the essence of places left behind, inviting viewers to see the beauty in what time has tried to erase.

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“š Pre-order alert - new in military history: "SILENT SENTINELS: THE 308TH STRATEGIC MISSILE WING" by Gage Fears is publ...
12/30/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“š Pre-order alert - new in military history: "SILENT SENTINELS: THE 308TH STRATEGIC MISSILE WING" by Gage Fears is published in January.

Pre-order link ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/308-wing

During World War II, Nazi-Occupied Germany created a weapon that the world had never seen. The V-2 would be the grandfather of missile technology. In 1950, Russia created the first Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The United States played catch-up, and in December of 1962, two months after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the first of fifty-four of the largest nuclear tipped ICBM ever deployed by the United States was installed in a silo. Eighteen of these aluminum world-eaters were installed in the state of Arkansas.

The 308th Strategic Missile Wing was responsible for the maintenance and safeguarding of a part of Americaโ€™s most volatile nuclear triad to date. The Wing had its roots in the second World War as a bombardment wing, then was split up into many weather reconnaissance groups post war. With the new arrival of missile technology and Little Rock Air Force Base, there was a โ€œhole in the donutโ€ that needed to be filled. Arkansas congressmen worked furiously to obtain the contract.

"SILENT SENTINELS: THE 308TH STRATEGIC MISSILE WING" dives into the history of the 308th from its beginnings during the China Burma India theater, to being deactivated in 1987, and reactivated once more the twentieth century as an armament development wing for the modern Air Force. This book holds unseen photos and information from the August 9, 1965, silo fire that killed fifty-three civilian contractors, the infamous Damascus silo explosion caused by a PTS crewmember dropping a large socket into the silo which ruptured a tank, to the many awards and honors held by one of the most decorated missile wings to date.

Step into the past, and witness what America thankfully never had to use against its adversaries. Inside are new to the public photos, modern photos of the long-abandoned silos, newspaper clippings, and much more.

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ—ฝWe are excited to announce that the new book by the brilliant Adam David: "NEW YORK: ONE CITY, INFINITE STORIES" is pu...
12/29/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ—ฝWe are excited to announce that the new book by the brilliant Adam David: "NEW YORK: ONE CITY, INFINITE STORIES" is published in March.

Pre-order your copy here ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/NYC-stories

"NEW YORK: ONE CITY, INFINITE STORIES" is a street-level love letter to the greatest city in the world. With a poetโ€™s eye and a documentarianโ€™s precision, photographer Adam David captures the intense scenes and unscripted dramas that constantly unfold on New Yorkโ€™s streets.

Following the bestselling success of "MEMPHIS: JUKE JOINTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND SOULFUL NIGHTS", street photographer Adam David shifts his focus from Southern soul to urban intensity. What emerges is not a catalog of landmarks or a collection of postcard clichรฉs or skyline views. This is the city seen from the streets and sidewalks: unfiltered, unrehearsed, and full of contradictions.

With his latest collection, Adam David doesnโ€™t aim to define New York. He simply observes it. In doing so, he reveals a metropolis made not of buildings, but of people, passing glances, and moments that vanish as quickly as they appear.

All books by Adam David ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Adam-David

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ›ค๏ธ Pre-order alert: "BURLINGTON NORTHERN ADVENTURES: RAILROADING IN THE DAYS OF THE CABOOSE" by William J. Brotherton ...
12/27/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ›ค๏ธ Pre-order alert: "BURLINGTON NORTHERN ADVENTURES: RAILROADING IN THE DAYS OF THE CABOOSE" by William J. Brotherton is out in February!

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Burlington-North

BURLINGTON NORTHERN ADVENTURES" relates the personal experiences of the author William J. Brotherton, who went โ€œrailroadingโ€ as a brakeman, conductor, and trainmaster for the Burlington Northern Railroad system from 1979 to 1982.

Through his many interesting short stories, Brotherton illustrates what it was like to work for a major railroad company before branch lines, vintage diesel locomotives, and cabooses were phased out. His accounts show what has changed within the railroad industry since thenโ€”and what has not.

Brotherton, who grew up around trains in Georgia, takes the reader along on his personal encounters with a railroaderโ€™s life in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Colorado. Now a lawyer, nothing in the courtroom compares to hanging on a boxcar in thirty-five-below weather working a local in North Dakota.

He truly believed he would put in his thirty years with the railroad once he received his promotion to trainmaster with the Colorado & Southern Railway, a part of the Burlington Northern Railroad systemโ€”but he soon found that being a trainmaster was a special kind of hell.

12/24/2025

๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ‰Merry Christmas from America Through Time

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ›ค๏ธ๐Ÿ“šPre-order alert: "CANADIAN NATIONALโ€™S MINNEAPOLIS SUBDIVISION" by Dean Sauvola explores this scenic and historic rou...
12/24/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ›ค๏ธ๐Ÿ“šPre-order alert: "CANADIAN NATIONALโ€™S MINNEAPOLIS SUBDIVISION" by Dean Sauvola explores this scenic and historic route through western Wisconsin into eastern Minnesota. The book is published in March!

Pre-order link ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/CN-MPLS

This famous route is also Canadian Nationalโ€™s (CN) connection to several other railroads in the Twin Cities. This book looks at how the line went from a key part of Soo Lineโ€™s mainline to a truncated connection with the creation of the Wisconsin Central (WC).

The operating philosophy of the WC shaped traffic on the line in the 1990s. After 2001, Canadian National ownership again changed the traffic mix and outlook for this line. The line was not purely a branchlineโ€”CN embarked upon key projects to make the most of its unique position in the Midwest and within their network.

The colorful variety of locomotives that have visited from other railroads, CNโ€™s varied fleet, and special trains are vividly presented. The evolution of facilities and operations is covered in detail through text, maps, and photographs.

The impressive steel-arch high bridge over the St. Croix River is featured, a scenic and engineering highlight, not just for CN, but railroading in the Midwest.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ““ : "A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR JOURNAL 1824โ€“1825: THE MAKING OF A PRIME MINISTER" by Lady Caroline Derby  (The Countess ...
12/24/2025

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ““ : "A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR JOURNAL 1824โ€“1825: THE MAKING OF A PRIME MINISTER" by Lady Caroline Derby (The Countess of Derby) follows Edward Stanleyโ€™s 1824โ€“25 journey through North America, a formative tour that profoundly shaped his political ideals.

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Journal

In July 1824, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley arrived in New York City at the end of a month-long voyage from Liverpool. The young MP and future 14th earl of Derby had left England under a cloud. His political career was off to a rough start, and he was in love with a woman he was forbidden to marry. The lengthy tour of America that he was about to embark onโ€”a โ€˜banishmentโ€™ as he called itโ€”had been imposed upon him.

From July 1824 into March 1825, Stanley travelled extensively throughout the eastern half of North America. He crossed mountains and lakes, journeyed up and down rivers, and trekked through pine barrens, swamps, and marshes. He travelled by stagecoach, steamboat, canoe, horseback, and sometimes on foot, studying every aspect of the towns and countryside he passed through.

He was sometimes surprised, and sometimes shocked, by what he saw: the complex interactions between the Catholic French and their Protestant British neighbours in Canada; the horrifying lives of black slaves in the Southern states; the poverty of Irish immigrants in the North; the degradation of Native Americans everywhere. It left a deep impression on Stanley, shaping his future career as a political reformer and distinguished statesman.




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๐Ÿ“ฃโ›ฒ๏ธโ˜€๏ธPre-order alert: "SAVANNAH, GEORGIA: THE HOSTESS CITY'S STREETS AND SQUARES" by Lexi Myers is out in March โ€” and we...
12/23/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃโ›ฒ๏ธโ˜€๏ธPre-order alert: "SAVANNAH, GEORGIA: THE HOSTESS CITY'S STREETS AND SQUARES" by Lexi Myers is out in March โ€” and we cannot wait!

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Savannah

๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ.

As of 2021, Savannah was the fourth busiest seaport in the country, putting it ahead of major cities like Houston and Miami. The following year, 17 million people were recorded visiting the Hostess City.

Itโ€™s easy to see why. From Forsyth Park to River Street, and everywhere in between, classic Southern charm can be found around every corner. There is never enough time to see everything that this city has to offer, but these pages will highlight the oak-lined streets, historic architecture, and beautifully manicured squares.

There are both well-known locations as well as off-the-beaten-path offerings to consider for your next visit.

๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ„Our December books feature some awesome new releases ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/LatestFeatured books:1. "Maine's Military Mig...
12/23/2025

๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ„Our December books feature some awesome new releases ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Latest

Featured books:
1. "Maine's Military Might"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Military-ME
2. "Locomotives Through Northeastern Pennsylvania"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Locos-Penn
3. "The Morris Canal and the Age of Ingenuity" (paperback edition)
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Morris-Canal
4. "Crown Hill Cemetery: The City on a Hill (Indianapolis, Indiana)"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Crown-Hill
5. "Buried New Hampshire: Graveyards Have Stories to Tell, Volume II"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Buried-NH-2
6. "Glacier Parkโ€™s Blackfeet and the Great Northern Railway"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Blackfeet
7. "Texas Tombstones: New Braunfels"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/TX-tomb
8. "Scenic and Historic Islands of San Francisco Bay"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Scenic-SF
9. "Buried New Jersey: Underground Adventures in the Garden State"
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผhttps://sut.pub/Buried-NJ

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๐ŸŽท๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ“š The Amazon reviews keep coming in and they are unanimous:  "MEMPHIS: JUKE JOINTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND SOULFUL NIGHTS" ...
12/23/2025

๐ŸŽท๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ“š The Amazon reviews keep coming in and they are unanimous: "MEMPHIS: JUKE JOINTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND SOULFUL NIGHTS" by Adam David (M. David Ada ) is simply BRILLIANT!!!

Read more ๐Ÿ”— https://sut.pub/memphis
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ "In this deceptively slim volume, you get about 150 photos organized in chapters with short introductions and descriptions about Memphis and its history. Visually, the photos are beautiful, one after the next. But what I also liked was the sense of story alongside them. You can imagine stories behind the people and places, and it's sometimes happy stories, sometimes less happy, but true.
Tthe book is here, and it is terrific."
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ "A brilliant debut. With the lens of a street photographer, Adam doesnโ€™t just document Memphis, he brings it to life."
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ "The photographic work in this, is simply amazing! He was able to perfectly capture moments Iโ€™ve myself been able to witness around our amazing city of Memphis! "
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ "I really enjoyed this book! The photographer captures the joy, pride, and resilience of Memphians beautifully. And the writing is reverent and informative. Highly recommended!"
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ "This book tells the story of Memphis in a powerful and unique way. It does a great job of showing the struggles of the city and the beauty of its people.
If youโ€™re interested in American history, music, or just want to appreciate some great photography, this is definitely worth your while!!!"..
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๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿชฆ๐Ÿ“š : "BURIED NEW ENGLAND: A PILGRIMAGE CONNECTING PAST AND PRESEMT" by Casey Fredette is the must-read of the season!Re...
12/23/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿชฆ๐Ÿ“š : "BURIED NEW ENGLAND: A PILGRIMAGE CONNECTING PAST AND PRESEMT" by Casey Fredette is the must-read of the season!

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ https://sut.pub/Buried-New-England

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€.

Exploring the customs and cultures of the region's past helps showcase the importance of New England to America over the centuries. Presidents, โ€œwitches,โ€ enslaved peoples, and all of those in between can be found from Connecticut to Maine.

The landscape of these states has shifted from a sprawling wooded space to lush and ample farmland and bustling cities. Inside the graveyards, cemeteries, and burial plots, war wages between memories and time. Now four centuries deep, these memorials are fighting to survive. The punishing weather of the area and urban sprawl combine to push these memorials back into the ground to be lost forever. Through photographs we can capture these cherished lost ones and give them the chance to live on in a new way.

Across New England, marble, bronze, granite, wood, and other stones stand and fight to maintain the memory of those buried below them. Through "BURIED NEW ENGLAND", those lost to time have the ability to live on as remembrances.

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