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Whiteman Air Force BaseWhiteman Air Force Base is located two miles south of Knob Noster. The base was activated following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, becoming Sedalia Army Air Field in November 1942 to train glider pilots and paratroopers. In August 1951, the base was assigned...
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Ball State UniversityBall State University in Muncie, Indiana, celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2018. Begun in 1918 as the Eastern Division of the Indiana State Normal School, Ball State remained a branch campus of Indiana State until 1929 when it became Ball State Teachers College, Indianaa...
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Hoosier Aviator Paul Baer: America's First Combat AceIndiana native Paul Baer was an American pilot of many firsts. Born into a modest midwestern family in the late 1800s, Baer grew up short and shy in Fort Wayne. Not short on ambition, he volunteered to join a new breed of combatant: the...
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Mississippi and the Great DepressionWhen the Great Depression erupted, Mississippi had not yet recovered from the boll weevil or the Flood of 1927. Its land suffered from depleted forests and soil. Plus, the state had yet to confront the racial caste systems imprisoning poor whites, African Americans and...
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8 Wonders of CincinnatiAuthor: Wendy BeckmanPublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 11/06/2017Pages: 178Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44dISBN: 9781540227508This title is not returnable
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Portland's Historic Eastern Cemetery: A Field of Ancient GravesEastern Cemetery holds more than 350 years of Portland's rich history. Within the sacred burial ground rest settlers who struggled with the natives over resources, citizens who had to choose their allegiance to the king or independence and abolitionists fighting for the end of...
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Mafia Cop Killers in Akron: The Gang War Before ProhibitionFrom 1917 to 1919, terror struck the streets of Akron. As soldiers marched off to World War I and Spanish influenza ravaged the community, police officers faced a sinister threat. Murderous kingpin Rosario Borgia placed a bounty on officers' heads for interfering with his...
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Wicked AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque's early lawless reputation rivaled that of Dodge City and Tombstone. Its red-light district was known as Hell's Half Acre. Brothel owner Lizzy McGrath once had a local church demolished to build her new bordello. Milt Yarberry, the town's first marshal, was hanged for...
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Hidden History of Fort MyersAlthough best known as the winter home of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, Fort Myers has one of the most engaging and extraordinary histories of any city in Florida. The spawn of a hurricane, Fort Myers began as a U.S. Army post during Florida's...
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WallandApproximately 10 miles long, Walland, Tennessee, is situated along the Chilhowee Ridge where the Little River naturally divides the mountain. Early on, both Baptist and Methodist churches were established, and the area's Baptist church was the first permanent Baptist church in Blount County. Amerine...
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Early KirklandKirkland is a city of over 88,000 today, but when the US government opened the eastern shore of Lake Washington for homesteading in 1870, it was an unforgiving, mostly unpopulated primeval forest of giant old-growth conifers and tangles of undergrowth. Over the next two...
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Belle IsleDetroit's crowning jewel, Belle Isle, has been a leisure destination for natives and visitors alike for well over a century. Originating as Wahnabezee or "Swan Island" by Native Americans and Isle aux Cochons or "Hog Island" by early French settlers, the name was changed...
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The Secret Genesis of Area 51In 1955, the Central Intelligence Agency established a clandestine base of operations in the Nevada desert with a mission to protect the United States from a growing communist threat. Special projects at Area 51 were shrouded in mystery, and the first was one of...
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An Ozark Culinary History: Northwest Arkansas Traditions from Corn Dodgers to Squirrel MeatloafAuthor: Erin RowePublisher: History Press Library EditionsPublished: 09/11/2017Pages: 162Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44dISBN: 9781540226297This title is not returnable
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Freeport-VelascoIn 1821, Stephen F. Austin and the "Old 300" colonists boarded the Lively and entered the Brazos River, landing at Old Velasco. After hurricanes repeatedly tore the little town apart, residents moved four miles upstream to New Velasco in 1891. Then, the 1900 hurricane,...
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Douglas CountyCastle Rock Writers bring readers a collection of vintage images and sketches of Douglas County from approximately 1861 to 1950, covering the settling of towns such as Parker and Sedalia and rural areas like Cherry Valley and Daniel's Park. Early homesteaders, adventurers, and prospectors...
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Rail Depots of Eastern North CarolinaAuthor: Larry K. Neal, Jr.Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublished: 09/04/2017Pages: 130Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38dISBN: 9781540226051This title is not returnable
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Historic Oakwood CemeteryOakwood Cemetery evolved from a final resting place for Confederate soldiers to a modern "cemetery full of life," reflecting over 150 years of the remarkable history of Raleigh, North Carolina. Many of the men and women who lived that history and developed this Southern...
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Colorful Characters of Northern New York: Northern LightsAnyone who hails from New York's North Country, especially St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties, knows that the region is full of fun, fascinating people. But who were the most famous, the most influential or the most intriguing of this motley crew? Perhaps it was...
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Ornamental Ironwork of CharlestonHidden initials, lotuses and lyres. These motifs and many more can be found in the ironwork gates, balconies and fences that grace the city of Charleston.Charleston writer and photographer William P. Baldwin presents the city s ironwork creations with an artist s attention to...
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