North America local history
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A New Bat (Myotis) From MexicoA New Bat (Myotis) From MexicoHolotype.Female, adult, skin and skull, No. 88398 Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas; 12-1/2 mi. N. Tihuatln, 300 ft. elevation, Veracruz, Mexico; obtained on September 24, 1961, by Percy L. Clifton, original No. 985. Diagnosis.A small-footed species...
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Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, MexicoFour New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard, and Robert W. Wilson Volume 5, No. 31, pp. 535-542 October 15, 1953 University of Kansas Lawrence,...
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Cedar Creek: From the Shanty to the Settlement. A Tale of Canadian LifeCedar Creek: From the Shanty to the Settlement. A Tale of Canadian LifeOne of the cabs pursuing each other along the lamplit streets, and finally diverging among the almost infinite ramifications of London thoroughfares, contains a young man, who sits gazing through the window...
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The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own TimeThe Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time In conformity with its title, this volume, save for the earlier chapters, is history rather than biography, is of the day, more than of the man. The aim has been to review...
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The Wilderness TrailThe Wilderness Trail I accuse you of nothing. Fitzpatrick pawed his white beard. I only know that a great quantity of valuable furs, trapped in your district, have not been turned in to me here at the factory. It is to explain this discrepancy...
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History of Farming in OntarioHistory of Farming in OntarioThis Volume consists of a Reprint, for private circulation only, of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Signed Contribution contained in Canada and its Provinces, a History of the Canadian People and their Institutions by One Hundred Associates. Adam Shortt and...
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Famous Firesides of French CanadaFamous Firesides of French CanadaAbout twelve years after the first Spanish caravel had touched the shores of North America, we find the French putting forth efforts to share in some of the results of the discovery. In the year 1504 some Basque, Breton and...
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The MissourianThe MissourianThe Missourian, known in every fight as the Storm Centre. His real name is John D. Driscoll, familiarly shortened to Din Driscoll. At the close of the Civil War he finds himself a lieutenant-colonel in General Joe Shelbys brigade of Confederate daredevils, sent...
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The Makers of Canada v. 19George BrownThe title of this series, "Makers of Canada," seemed to impose on the writer the obligation to devote special attention to the part played by George Brown in fashioning the institutions of this country. From this point of view the most fruitful years...
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The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland HighwaysThe Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways These were neither race-horses nor stagecoaches, but rival types of the newly invented steam locomotive. To win the 500 prize offered, the successful engine, if weighing six tons, must be able to draw a load of...
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The Winning of Popular GovernmentThe Winning of Popular Government - A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 The curious sightseer in modern Toronto, conducted through the well-kept, endless avenues of handsome dwellings which are that city's pride, might be surprised to learn that at the northern end of...
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A Burial Cave in Baja CaliforniaA Burial Cave in Baja California - The Palmer Collection, 1887In 1888 an archaeological collection of material from Baha de Los Angeles in Baja California was deposited in the United States National Museum by Dr. Edward Palmer. Although the material was duly catalogued, together...
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The Day of Sir John MacdonaldThe Day of Sir John Macdonald - A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion Within a short time will be celebrated the centenary of the birth of the great statesman who, half a century ago, laid the foundations and, for almost...
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The Adventurers of England on Hudson BayThe Adventurers of England on Hudson Bay - A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North 3. THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE* By Charles W. Colby. 4. THE BLACKROBES* By J. Edgar Middleton. 5. THE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA By W. Bennett Munro....
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Old Quebec: The Fortress of New FranceOld Quebec: The Fortress of New FranceAbout the walled city of Quebec cling more vivid and enduring memories than belong to any other city of the modern world. Her foundation marked a renaissance of religious zeal in France, and to the people from whom...
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The Peace of Roaring RiverThe Peace of Roaring RiverTo the village of Carcajou came a young man in the spring. The last patches of snow were disappearing from under the protecting fronds of trees bursting into new leaf. From the surface of the lakes the heavy ice had...
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The Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of FrontenacThe Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of Frontenac The Canada to which Frontenac came in 1672 was no longer the infant colony it had been when Richelieu founded the Company of One Hundred Associates. Through the efforts of Louis XIV and Colbert it had assumed...
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The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of ChamplainThe Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain Champlain, Samuel de. Explorer, geographer, and colonizer. Born in 1567 at Brouage, a village on the Bay of Biscay. Belonged by parentage to the lesser gentry of Saintonge. In boyhood became imbued with a love...
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Pathfinders of the Great Plains: A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his SonsPathfinders of the Great Plains: A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons Canada has had many brave sons, but none braver than Pierre Gaultier de La Vrendrye, who gave all that he had, including his life, for the glory and welfare of his...
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Westward with the Prince of WalesWestward with the Prince of Wales [Transcriber's note: This book is an account by a British journalist of the cross-Canada tour, by train, in 1919, of Edward VIII, British Prince of Wales. In 1936, Edward abdicated from the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson,...
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