{"product_id":"farmington-9781531660819","title":"Farmington","description":"Home to the world's largest bobsled--nicknamed \u003cbr\u003ethe \"Uncle Sam\"--and the birthplace of scientists, \u003cbr\u003eartists, writers, and even a vice-president of the United \u003cbr\u003eStates, Farmington has a history as fascinating as it is \u003cbr\u003elong. The efforts to create this amazing photographic \u003cbr\u003ehistory began when members of the Farmington \u003cbr\u003eHistorical Society agreed upon a unique way to \u003cbr\u003ecommemorate the 1998 bicentennial of the town's \u003cbr\u003eincorporation. By compiling this unparalleled collection \u003cbr\u003eof over 200 images--many never before published--they \u003cbr\u003ehave achieved their goal of preserving the powerful past \u003cbr\u003eof this New Hampshire community. \u003cbr\u003eBeginning in the late 1700s as an agricultural village, \u003cbr\u003eyoung Farmington encompassed a dozen small businesses \u003cbr\u003eand had fifteen dwellings at its center. In subsequent \u003cbr\u003eyears it became a pioneer town in the development of \u003cbr\u003ethe shoe industry, with upwards of seventeen factories \u003cbr\u003eemploying over 2,000 people during peak years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531660819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Farmington Historical Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40550455476405,"sku":"9781531660819","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_193b9c68-2562-4cbe-8365-e9e296c5e79e.jpg?v=1626790543","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/farmington-9781531660819","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}