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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 Time® 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 children—a fasci

nating window into the past. To submit a proposal for the America Through Time® 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.

06/30/2025

💥🇺🇸📚Discover our selection of books for the Fourth of July!

View books 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/4-JULY

Celebrate Independence Day with a bang by reading one of these amazing history books.

Featured books:
1. "America’s Bloody Hill of Destiny"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Bloody-Hill
2. "Haunted Gettysburg: Paranormal Tales from the Field of Battle" (pre-order)
🔗 https://sut.pub/Haunted-Getty
3. "Gettysburg's Most Hellish Battleground: The Devil’s Den, July 2, 1863"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Devils-Den
4. "The Life of a Union Army Sharpshooter: The Diaries and Letters of John T. Farnham"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Sharpshooter
5. "Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood’s Texas Brigade"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Texans-1
6. "Along the Lines of Devotion: The Bloodstained Field of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Devotion
7. "Absalom Hazlett: A Loyal Soldier in John Brown’s Army"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Hazlett
8. "Physician-Soldiers at the Forks"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Physician

More books 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/4-JULY

06/29/2025

📚Don't forget to grab your copy of the amazing "FORGOTTEN NEW JERSEY: THE GARDEN STATE'S UNIQUE, HISTORIC, AND ABANDONED CURIOSITIES" byRich Romano at Rich Romano Photography - it's a must-read!!!

Read more 👉🏻 https://sut.pub/forgotten-NJ

Five-hundred-year-old buildings are easy to find across the Atlantic, yet here in America, “we tear down our Colosseums” and replace them with boring structures made of cheap brick and concrete. Most residents have no idea what our cities and towns looked like 100 years ago.

"FORGOTTEN NEW JERSEY" is a collection of the author’s personal, full-color photographs from different perspectives and various years. These unique images offer the reader a seldom seen glimpse of what is left of New Jersey’s “antiquities.”
Included in the book are: historic mansions, now abandoned or repurposed; empty hospitals that once housed those afflicted with tuberculosis or mental illness; vacant train stations which easily handled 100,000 people a day; desolate military forts and camps that protected New York and New Jersey from enemy attacks (which never happened); defunct factories and blast furnaces which produced ammunition; lumber and iron for the entire country; and much more. The accompanying description of each location will take you back in time and allow you to visualize these structures as they were decades ago. Mostly featured in this edition are locations throughout Northern and Central New Jersey.

06/28/2025

🗽 📚 : "EMPIRE STATE OF DECAY: DISCARDED NEW YORK" by Alex Gulino at Alex Gulino Photography offers a rare look into forgotten spaces that offer visual wonder, beautifully decaying sights, and an insight as to what happens when the public walks away.

Read more 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/NY-Decay

Follow one woman’s adventure through forgotten hospitals, poorhouses, and resorts in the Empire State—documenting its history through poignant photographs. See what’s left of the formerly bustling Catskills, what’s forgotten in Staten Island, and how nature reclaims her space throughout New York. While sometimes dangerous, these spaces have stories to tell. Hidden from the public, visit these blighted spaces suffering from years of neglect and disrepair.

Author Alex Gulino offers an inside look as she slides down icy hallways, runs across fields, and crawls under fences to explore and document these lost spaces. See the history that lives on in quiet desperation with hopes that you, too, see the beauty in decay.

06/26/2025

📚 For the latest books from America Through Time head over to our website: https://sut.pub/latest

:

1. "The Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon: A Living Legacy"
🔗 https://sut.pub/CCC-Oregon

2. "A History of the Milton Cemetery"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Milton

3. "Detroit Revealed: Another Look at the Motor City"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Detroit-2

4. "Abandoned Los Angeles: A County Rediscovered"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Abandoned-LA

5. "The Art of Abandonment: Railroad Abandonments in the Pacific Northwest"
🔗 https://sut.pub/railroad-abandon

6. "Tracking World War II Railroad Operations Across New Mexico"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Tracking-NM

7. "More Moments in Marin History: Familiar Tales and Untold Stories"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Marin-2

8. "Shaconage: The Land of Blue Smoke, the Great Smoky Mountains"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Shaconage

9. "Old Dutch Burial Ground: Beyond the Headless Horseman"
🔗 https://sut.pub/Old-Dutch

06/25/2025

It’s time for another featuring a recent addition to our collections! This last week, we received a beautifully hand-colored photograph (top left) of the delivery truck once driven by Horace “Shorty” Rinker during his time with Fout’s Candy in Springfield. Horace was the father of the late Don Rinker, longtime Meek's owner and a local legend in the sports community.

The photo below shows the interior of Fout’s and may look familiar as it appeared on the cover of Don's daughter Kim Rinker’s 2020 book, "Springfield: An Intimate Portrait." In it, Kim blends family memories with both well-known and hidden chapters of Springfield’s rich history. She recently released a second volume, now available online and in the Heritage Center gift shop!

06/24/2025

Follow Regina Daniel and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Regina Daniel Author Page.

06/23/2025

📺📚Mother and daughter team Bettey Finney Tobey and Elizabeth Jewell talked about their book "CONCORD THROUGH TIME", in which they reminisce about their memories of Concord and the experience of writing a book together.

Read more 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/Concord

06/21/2025

🔔📚🏞️ Pre-order alert: "SHACONAGE: THE LAND OF BLUE SMOKE, THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS" by Joshua T. Moore is a fantastic photographic celebration of the Great Smokies - don't wait: pre-order your copy now.

Read more 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/Shaconage

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 "𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲" 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗲, 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗸𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.

Straddling the North Carolina-Tennessee border, this national park is renowned for its stunning vistas, diverse wildlife, and rich Appalachian culture. As America's most visited national park, the Smokies boast some of the finest views on the East Coast and feature the iconic Appalachian Trail. They are also home to Clingman's Dome, the tallest peak east of the Mississippi River, and numerous enchanting waterfalls.
Beyond natural beauty, the Smokies are steeped in history, with ancient Cherokee trails, early European settlements, and preserved pioneer structures.
This unique blend of nature and heritage makes the Great Smoky Mountains an unparalleled destination for outdoor enthusiasts and history buffs.

06/20/2025

📣📚 Pre-order exclusive: "OLD DUTCH BURIAL GROUND: BEYOND THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN" by Lexi Myers is absolutely unmissable and we are super excited about it!

Pre-order 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/Old-Dutch

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺.

Irving was inspired for the story by this quiet region just north of the city, including the Old Dutch Burial Ground where the Galloping Hessian is said to tether his horse every night. There is even a nod to the site of the original bridge that Ichabod is said to have tried to make his escape across. It is no longer standing, but there is a replica in nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

There are many stories to be told of this town though, beyond Irving’s classic tale. The burial ground was established in 1638, making these residents some of the original settlers. There are Dutch settlers, Revolutionary War heroes, and many others buried within its neatly lined rows. And while some names are said to have inspired characters from the story, they all have their own stories to tell from the real lives they lived.

06/20/2025

🔔📚🏔️ — something for the and fans: "KEYSTONE STATE RAILS: MODERN RAILROADING IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA" by Matthew Craft is the one for your collection!

Read more 👉🏻 https://sut.pub/Keystone

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

Although the road names and equipment have radically changed over the past century, Pennsylvania has long been a railroading crossroads. Thanks to the four major trunk lines (Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and Erie) that ran through the Pennsylvanian mountain ranges and connected the East Coast with the western states (as well as others that linked the northern states and Canada), Pennsylvania has always been a vital piece of the U.S. railroad infrastructure. Though most of the state's trackage is operated by Norfolk Southern and CSX, the Keystone State is also home to over fifty shortline railroads.

"KEYSTONE STATE RAILS: MODERN RAILROADING IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA" captures the region and brings the railroad to life through photography, documenting the unique and challenging operations that the Keystone State is famous for, from the high-speed mainline action in northwest, the challenging mountain grades of the NS Pittsburgh Line near the Horseshoe Curve, to the beautiful rolling hills and rivers of Southwestern Pennsylvania along the CSX Keystone Subdivision.

06/19/2025

📣📚😎🚤 : "LAKE SAMMAMISH THROUGH TIME" by Kate Navarra Thibodeau is the perfect summer read!

Read more 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/Sammamish

Lake Sammamish, a freshwater lake located east of Seattle, Washington is nestled among the cities of Issaquah, Bellevue, Redmond, and Sammamish.

The shores of the lake have been home to many, from the Sammamish Native Americans, to the current population. In the nineteenth century, timber companies realized the potential for development along Lake Sammamish, and logging operations thrived for years.

Boating on Lake Sammamish was a necessity for transport of logs to mills and later was a favorite pastime for those who loved the water.

Water skiing became popular on the lake in the 1950s. Resort life boomed in the 1920s on Lake Sammamish, and by the 1930s, nine resorts crowded the lake, five on the northwest shore alone. Today, though most traces of milling have disappeared, Lake Sammamish still provides recreation opportunities for tens of thousands of people a year.

The resort landscapes have changed, but children and adults alike still enjoy the lake waters by boating, swimming, and fishing.

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