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A Culinary Tour Through Alabama HistoryOne of the surest ways to connect with the past is to sample what was on its plate. That's the goal with this gustatory journey through Alabama history. Sweetmeats with the governor's lonely, oft-depressed wife in 1832 Greensboro. Shrimp and crabmeat casserole at a...
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A Culinary History of Missouri: Foodways & Iconic Dishes of the Show-Me StateMissouri's history is best told through food, from its Native American and later French colonial roots to the country's first viticultural area. Learn about the state's vibrant barbecue culture, which stems from African American cooks, including Henry Perry, Kansas City's barbecue king. Trace the...
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Lost Arlington CountyArlington began three centuries ago as the farm section of Alexandria County and emerged in the 1900s as a vibrant suburb of the nation's capital. Global notice came after the creation and expansion of Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon and Fort Myer, site of...
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Deadly Dallas: A History of Unfortunate Incidents and Grisly FatalitiesSpring of 1904. An inexperienced automobile driver jumps the curb and drives into the lobby of the St. George Hotel. The mayor orders a roundup of unlicensed dogs due to a citywide outbreak of rabies. An elevator crushes the head of a young man...
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The Mount Washington Transit Tunnel DisasterOn Christmas Eve 1917, an overcrowded, out-of-control streetcar exited the Mount Washington tunnel, crashing into pedestrians. Twenty-three were killed and more than eighty injured in the worst transit incident in Pittsburgh history. The crash scene on Carson Street was chaotic as physicians turned the...
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The Chicago Haymarket Affair: A Guide to a Labor Rights MilestoneOn May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded during a labor demonstration near Haymarket Square. The ensuing gunfire and chaos brought a grisly end to what began as peaceful support for an eight-hour workday and led to the trial and execution of rally organizers. The...
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World War II Shipyards by the BayIn the dark, frenzied years of World War II, the San Francisco Bay Area was the geographic center of a $6.3 billion West Coast shipbuilding industry. Stretching from the Golden Gate to Vallejo to Sunnyvale, 14 Bay Area yards launched many of the ships...
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The Life & Legacy of Enslaved Virginian Emily WinfreeLeft destitute after the Civil War by the death of David Winfree, her former master and the father of her children, Emily Winfree underwent unimaginable hardships to keep her family together. Living with them in the tiny cottage he had given her, she worked...
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Pullman: The Man, the Company, the Historical ParkGeorge Pullman's legacy lies in the town that bears his name. As one of the first thoroughly planned model industrial communities, it was designed to give the comforts of a permanent home to the employees who built America's most elegant form of overnight railroad...
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Preston Hollow: A Brief HistoryIt takes only a brief drive past the stately homes that line Preston Hollow's winding tree-lined streets to understand the neighborhood's appeal. Glimpse the rich farmland that stunned Ira DeLoache on his fortuitous 1922 flight over the countryside. Revisit the early days of the...
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Hidden History of Lake WinnipesaukeeFrom the time of the earliest Native Americans, Lake Winnipesaukee has experienced a rich yet often forgotten history. Known by many as America's Oldest Summer Resort, the area's first summer home was built in Wolfeboro by a royal governor. The Massachusetts border once extended...
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John F. Kennedy Sites in Dallas-Fort WorthNovember 22, 1963, is a date that will forever live in the minds and hearts of those who were witness to or touched by the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza. Surprisingly, the majority of sites associated with events surrounding that...
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The Great Chicago Beer Riot: How Lager Struck a Blow for LibertyIn 1855, when Chicago's recently elected mayor Levi Boone pushed through a law forbidding the sale of alcohol on Sunday, the city pushed back. To the German community, the move seemed a deliberate provocation from Boone's stridently anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party. Beer formed the centerpiece...
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The Scopes Monkey TrialThe 1925 case against high school coach and science teacher John Scopes, arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of a Tennessee state law, was America's original Trial of the Century. The proceedings began as a publicity stunt but grew into a landmark event in...
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Knoxville's 1982 World's FairWhen the world comes to Tennessee, the world is going to have a good time.Once referred to as the scruffy little city by the Tennessee River, Knoxville hosted the world's fair from May 1 through October 31, 1982, and provided one big party for...
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Burger ChefOwners of the General Equipment company opened the restaurant chain Burger Chef, intending to promote their equipment they instead sky-rocketed themselves into owning the second largest burger chain in America.Frank P. Thomas Jr., Donald J. Thomas, and Robert E. Wildman, owners of the General...
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Greater Boston's Blizzard of 1978The fading memories of Greater Boston's Blizzard of 1978 return to life for those who experienced it and those who can only imagine.The great blizzard of 1978 is an event seared in the memory of anyone who lived through it. Most of Greater Boston...
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Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U.S. Air MailIt was the pilots of the U.S. Air Mail service who made it possible for flight to evolve from an impractical and deadly fad to today's worldwide network of airlines. Nicknamed "The Suicide Club," this small but daring cadre of pilots took a fleet...
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Historic Tales of Medina County, OhioEnjoy local stories celebrating family, faith and democratic values. The history of Medina County brims with tales revealing the colorful and admirable character of its communities and people. For a while, locals observed living in two time zones simultaneously while also ignoring a federal...
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The Langworthys of Dubuque: The Key City's First FamilyJames, Lucius, Edward and Solon Langworthy arrived in the lead mining district of the Upper Midwest in the 1820s and made a lasting impression on what would become Dubuque. Their father, Dr. Stephen Langworthy, and their seventeen siblings soon joined in the wilderness adventure....
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