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1. Seeds of a Celebration
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written by Starley Talbott and Linda Graves Fabian; in Cheyenne Frontier Days, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 9-18
Cheyenne Frontier Days™ originated in 1897 after a few individuals conceived a signature event as a way to revive the thrilling incidents and pictures of life in the Old West. Their vision included a celebration that would bring visitors from all over the world to the capital city of Wyoming. From its beginnings...
written by Starley Talbott and Linda Graves Fabian; in Cheyenne Frontier Days, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 9-18
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7. Problems and Protests
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written by Rod Sellers; in Chicago's Southeast Side Revisited, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001), 105-122
One of the phrases that has been used to describe Chicago's Southeast Side is "smokestacks and steeples." The community initially developed because of the steel industry, but it has been affected by the decline of the American steel industry in recent years. Today, the people of South Chicago, South Deering, the E...
written by Rod Sellers; in Chicago's Southeast Side Revisited, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001), 105-122
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2. Statehood for Ohio is Born
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written by G. Richard Peck; in Chillicothe, Ohio, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 17-18
Chillicothe, Ohio, founded in 1796, became the capital of the Northwest Territory in 1800 and the capital of Ohio in 1803. Cheap land in the Virginia Military District drew settlers to the area in the 1790s. These early settlers came to the Chillicothe area with the idea of building a new state, and the State of O...
written by G. Richard Peck; in Chillicothe, Ohio, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 17-18
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3. Movement: Courageous Spirits Hit the Streets
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written by Laura Caldell Anderson; in Civil Rights in Birmingham, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013), 67-100
Since the city’s founding in 1871, African American citizens of Birmingham have organized for equal access to justice and public accommodations. However, when thousands of young people took to the streets of Birmingham in the spring of 1963, their protest finally broke the back of segregation, bringing local lea...
written by Laura Caldell Anderson; in Civil Rights in Birmingham, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013), 67-100
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2. Oklahoma Statehood
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written by Donovin Arleigh Sprague; in Durant, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 45-76
written by Donovin Arleigh Sprague; in Durant, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 45-76
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3. A Myriad of Participants
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written by Patricia Haesly Worthington; in El Paso and the Mexican Revolution, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010), 45-56
The Mexican Revolution took place along the entire length of the border between the United States and Mexico. Most of the intense battles and revolutionary intrigue, however, were concentrated in the border region of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. For 20 years, the U.S. and Mexico border communities d...
written by Patricia Haesly Worthington; in El Paso and the Mexican Revolution, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010), 45-56
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Images of America, Georgia: A State History
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written by Georgia Historical Society, in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010), 208 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
Georgia's past has diverged from the nation's and given the state and its people a distinctive culture and character. Some of the best, and the worst, aspects of American and Southern history can be found in the story of what is arguably the most important state in the South. Yet just as clearly Georgia has not al...
written by Georgia Historical Society, in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010), 208 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
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Images of America, John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
On September 17, 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for president, flew to Greenville for a campaign rally on the campus of East Carolina College. Kennedy’s ECC rally was part of a marathon daylong blitz that continued statewide through Greensboro and Charlotte. The campaign intended to go as far...
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
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5. Civil Disorder in the 1960s and 1970s
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written by Ronald Taylor; in New Mexico State Police, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 65-82
The New Mexico State Police traces its beginnings to the New Mexico Mounted Police, a statewide law-enforcement agency that was disbanded in 1921. No state law enforcement existed until the formation of the New Mexico Motor Patrol in 1933. A year and a half later, the governor of the state of New Mexico and the ch...
written by Ronald Taylor; in New Mexico State Police, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 65-82
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4. Statehood
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written by Terry L. Griffith; in Oklahoma City: Land Run to Statehood, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 115-128
Located along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, at a stop known as Oklahoma Station, Oklahoma City was born on April 22, 1889, at 12 noon. By 6:00 p.m., she had a population of around 10,000 citizens. As with any birth, there were many firsts in the newly opened territory, and many of these landmark events...
written by Terry L. Griffith; in Oklahoma City: Land Run to Statehood, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 115-128
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