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  • An Adventure in Education

    The College of Wooster from Howard Lowry to the Twenty-First Century

    by Footlick ...
    Wooster: From the Middle West to the worldThe College of Wooster was a proud but modest college for much of its life, exemplified by the titles of the first two volumes of its history, Wooster of the Middle West. In 1944, a Wooster alumnus named Howard Lowry became president and created the Independent Study (I.S.) program, distinguishing Wooster from other quality liberal arts colleges nationwide ... Read more

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  • A Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards

    A History of Flame and Folly in the Jungle

    by John F Hogan, Alex A. Burkholder ...
    This compelling history chronicles some of the most intense and tragic fires in Chicago's storied meatpacking district.Chicago's Union Stock Yards made the city "the hog butcher of the world," but the notoriety came at a grievous cost. From their opening on Christmas Day of 1865 to their final closure in July of 1971, The Yards were the site of nearly three hundred extra-alarm fires. That infamous ... Read more

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  • Morgan's Great Raid

    The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio

    by David L Mowery ...
    Series series Civil War Sesquicentennial Series
    One of the nation's most colorful leaders, Confederate general John Hunt Morgan, took his cavalry through enemy-occupied territory in three states in one of the longest offensives of the Civil War. A military operation unlike any other on American soil, Morgan's Raid was characterized by incredible speed, superhuman endurance and innovative tactics.The effort produced the only battles fought north ... Read more

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  • The WPA Guide to Illinois

    The Prairie State

    by Federal Writers' Project ...
    During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors-many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures-were ... Read more

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  • Crown Hill Cemetery

    by W.C. Madden ...
    Series series Images of America
    Indianapolis' Crown Hill Cemetery is noted for its unique beauty and historic significance. Dedicated on June 1, 1864, the cemetery, at more than 555 acres, is the final resting-place to over 185,000 citizens and is one of the most historically significant areas in the city. Many of the country's great leaders, soldiers, entrepreneurs, and artists are buried within the cemetery's confines ... Read more

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  • Copper Country Streetcars

    by William J. Sproule ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    During the early 1900s, copper mining was at its peak in the �Copper Country� of Michigan�s Upper Peninsula. Numerous communities sprang up throughout the region, but travel between towns was difficult as the roads were not paved and became impassable during the winter months when over 200 inches of snow would inundate the area. The poor travel conditions and boom period in the Copper Country were ... Read more

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  • Great Plains Bison

    by Dan O’Brien ...
    Series series Discover the Great Plains
    A Project of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the School of Natural Resources, University of NebraskaGreat Plains Bison traces the history and ecology of this American symbol from the origins of the great herds that once dominated the prairie to its near extinction in the late nineteenth century and the subsequent efforts to restore the bison population.A longtime wildlife biologist and one ... Read more

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  • Swedes in Wisconsin

    by Frederick Hale ...
    Series series People of Wisconsin
    The revised and expanded edition of Frederick Hale’s Swedes in Wisconsin begins with the story of the state’s first legal Swedish immigrants, a group of six young people and a hunting dog who set sail from Gävle, Sweden, in 1841 and established Wisconsin’s first Swedish settlement, New Uppsala, along Pine Lake in Waukesha County.Hale describes the mass emigration from Sweden to the Midwest that ... Read more

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  • Webb City

    by Priscilla Purcell Brown ...
    Series series Images of America
    Agriculture--not mining--brought the first pioneers to Webb City. In 1856, John C. Webb moved his family from Tennessee to southwest Missouri. On the first day of June in 1859, he purchased 240 acres at the General Land Office in Springfield, Missouri. He farmed this land until 1873, when he found lead on top of the ground while plowing his cornfield. Webb City soon became part of the greatest ... Read more

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  • Springfield's Sculptures, Monuments, and Plaques

    by Carl Volkmann, Roberta Volkmann ...
    Series series Images of America
    Springfield is the capital of Illinois and the home of Abraham Lincoln and Vachel Lindsay. The city is filled with history, and that fact is reflected in the many sculptures, monuments, and plaques that have been commissioned to commemorate this history. The city contains more than 14 statues and busts of Abraham Lincoln. Famous sculptors have created 17 statues inside the state capitol alone, and ... Read more

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  • The House of David: Baseball Team

    by Joel Hawkins, Terry Bertolino ...
    Series series Images of America
    The Israelite House of David was founded in 1903, as a religious colony in Benton Harbor, Michigan. An entrepreneurial group of worshippers, the colony contributed much to the community, including a traveling baseball team that toured the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The almost 200 images collected here by authors Joel Hawkins and Terry Bertolino document the history of this bearded, ... Read more

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  • On This Day in South Dakota History

    by Brad Tennant ...
    South Dakota is quietly nestled in the grasslands and Black Hills, but its history is far less hidden. One day at a time, author Brad Tennant presents intriguing, event-driven anecdotes of state history. On July 17, 1925, the state American Legion passed a resolution to initiate American Legion baseball. On April 29, 1930, Congress passed an act honoring the deceased chiefs of the Cheyenne River ... Read more

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