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9. Defining Events
written by Steve Willard and Ed LaValle; in San Diego Police: Case Files, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 103-128
A Pacific Coast metropolis famous for beautiful beaches and perfect weather and an American municipality since 1850, San Diego is America’s eighth-largest city. Known as America’s “Finest City,” it contains a wealth of history—evolutionary as well as revolutionary—in its crime files. Among those are th...
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written by Steve Willard and Ed LaValle; in San Diego Police: Case Files, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 103-128
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A Pacific Coast metropolis famous for beautiful beaches and perfect weather and an American municipality since 1850, San Diego is America’s eighth-largest city. Known as America’s “Finest City,” it contains a wealth of history—evolutionary as well as revolutionary—in its crime files. Among those are the founder of the California wine industry, Judge Roy Bean, a black officer before the Emancipation Proclamation, a 19th-century Native...
A Pacific Coast metropolis famous for beautiful beaches and perfect weather and an American municipality since 1850, San Diego is America’s eighth-largest city. Known as America’s “Finest City,” it contains a wealth of history—evolutionary as well as revolutionary—in its crime files. Among those are the founder of the California wine industry, Judge Roy Bean, a black officer before the Emancipation Proclamation, a 19th-century Native American police chief, and women who had the power to arrest before they had the right to vote. Major incidents include massive floods, civil unrest, wildfires, and some of the largest police gun battles in history. San Diego also witnessed mass murder, America’s first major school shooting, the worst aviation disaster in American history, and the deadliest streets, per capita, to police. How the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) handled it all became textbook for many other police agencies.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Steve Willard, Ed LaValle
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Political demonstrations, Police officers, Riots, Kidnapping, Crime, Fires, Shootings, Accidents (Physical health)
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Copyright © 2012 by Steve Willard and Ed LaValle
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4. Statehood and the American Period
written by Joseph McMahon and Carla Hendershot; in San Juan Bautista, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 45-78
Hidden among the rolling hills and picturesque valleys of California's coastal mountain range is the quiet mission town of San Juan Bautista. Forged by the San Andreas Fault, the same stunning environment that attracted Spanish missionaries to establish Mission San Juan Bautista in 1797 would invite multitudes of...
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written by Joseph McMahon and Carla Hendershot; in San Juan Bautista, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 45-78
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Hidden among the rolling hills and picturesque valleys of California's coastal mountain range is the quiet mission town of San Juan Bautista. Forged by the San Andreas Fault, the same stunning environment that attracted Spanish missionaries to establish Mission San Juan Bautista in 1797 would invite multitudes of visitors and settlers during the first years of California's statehood. Bypassed by the railroad in the 1870s, the town saw its populat...
Hidden among the rolling hills and picturesque valleys of California's coastal mountain range is the quiet mission town of San Juan Bautista. Forged by the San Andreas Fault, the same stunning environment that attracted Spanish missionaries to establish Mission San Juan Bautista in 1797 would invite multitudes of visitors and settlers during the first years of California's statehood. Bypassed by the railroad in the 1870s, the town saw its population dwindle and seemed likely to fade unnoticed into history. In the 1930s, the structures around the ancient mission plaza narrowly avoided decay and demolition. The community, with the plaza at its heart, embarked upon a slow but steady restoration and revival of its former splendor. Today both mission and town thrive as important cultural and spiritual centers.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Joseph McMahon, Carla Hendershot
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Admission of states to U.S.
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Copyright © 2007 by Joseph McMahon, Carla Hendershot, and the Plaza History Association
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4. Charleston Rebuilds
written by Anthony Chibbaro; in South Carolina's Lowcountry, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 61-78
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written by Anthony Chibbaro; in South Carolina's Lowcountry, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 61-78
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Anthony Chibbaro
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Merchants, Business, Postwar reconstruction, Houses, Buildings
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Copyright © 1999 by Anthony Chibbaro.
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1. St. Louis Before the War: Growing Tensions
written by Dawn Dupler; in St. Louis in the Civil War, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 9-18
On May 10, 1861, Union troops surrounded Camp Jackson, a military encampment where Confederate leaders were accused of conspiring to seize the St. Louis Arsenal, the largest store of munitions west of the Mississippi. The state militia, which numbered more than 600 men, answered the call of Missouri’s pro-Southe...
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written by Dawn Dupler; in St. Louis in the Civil War, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 9-18
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On May 10, 1861, Union troops surrounded Camp Jackson, a military encampment where Confederate leaders were accused of conspiring to seize the St. Louis Arsenal, the largest store of munitions west of the Mississippi. The state militia, which numbered more than 600 men, answered the call of Missouri’s pro-Southern governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to assemble but found themselves outnumbered 10 to 1 and were forced to surrender. As federal forces...
On May 10, 1861, Union troops surrounded Camp Jackson, a military encampment where Confederate leaders were accused of conspiring to seize the St. Louis Arsenal, the largest store of munitions west of the Mississippi. The state militia, which numbered more than 600 men, answered the call of Missouri’s pro-Southern governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to assemble but found themselves outnumbered 10 to 1 and were forced to surrender. As federal forces marched them through St. Louis, an angry crowd gathered. Gunfire crackled, leaving more than 24 people dead. St. Louis epitomized the growing tensions between the North and South. The city’s strategic position enabled James Eads’s shipyards to build ironclads, Jefferson Barracks to muster troops, and Gratiot Street Prison to hold POWs. The list of notables with ties to St. Louis reads like a who’s who of the Civil War: Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, William T. Sherman, Nathaniel Lyon, James Longstreet, George Pickett, and others.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Dawn Dupler
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Political schisms, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Dawn Dupler and Cher Petrovic
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5. Clearing of the Site
written by Mary J. Centro; in The Lost Village of Delta, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008), 107-128
Home to a community of hardworking farmers and mill workers, the village of Delta stood along the banks of the Mohawk River until it was evacuated by the state to raise the water in the Erie Canal. Before the flooding of the river, Delta was a small country village with the same postmaster for over 30 years and fa...
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written by Mary J. Centro; in The Lost Village of Delta, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008), 107-128
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Home to a community of hardworking farmers and mill workers, the village of Delta stood along the banks of the Mohawk River until it was evacuated by the state to raise the water in the Erie Canal. Before the flooding of the river, Delta was a small country village with the same postmaster for over 30 years and families farming the same land for generations. In order to raise the water, the state approved the construction of five reservoirs acros...
Home to a community of hardworking farmers and mill workers, the village of Delta stood along the banks of the Mohawk River until it was evacuated by the state to raise the water in the Erie Canal. Before the flooding of the river, Delta was a small country village with the same postmaster for over 30 years and families farming the same land for generations. In order to raise the water, the state approved the construction of five reservoirs across New York. The town was evacuated soon after, and the land that generations of residents toiled over now sits at the bottom of Lake Delta.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Mary J. Centro
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Evacuations
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by Mary J. Centro
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March of Time, Make Way for the Queen
in March of Time (New York, NY: HBO, 1953, originally published 1953), 26 mins
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in March of Time (New York, NY: HBO, 1953, originally published 1953), 26 mins
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Date Published / Released
1953
Publisher
HBO
Series
March of Time
Speaker / Narrator
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Person Discussed
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
Topic / Theme
Coronations, War and Violence, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of Home Box Office.
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March of Time, Volume 12, Episode 7, Report on Greece
in March of Time, Volume 12, Episode 7 (New York, NY: HBO, 1946, originally published 1946), 19 mins
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in March of Time, Volume 12, Episode 7 (New York, NY: HBO, 1946, originally published 1946), 19 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1946
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Date Published / Released
1946-02-22, 1946
Publisher
HBO
Series
March of Time
Speaker / Narrator
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, American History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Home Box Office.
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March of Time, Volume 12, Episode 12, The New France
in March of Time, Volume 12, Episode 12 (New York, NY: HBO, 1946, originally published 1946), 19 mins
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in March of Time, Volume 12, Episode 12 (New York, NY: HBO, 1946, originally published 1946), 19 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1946
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Date Published / Released
1946-07-12, 1946
Publisher
HBO
Series
March of Time
Speaker / Narrator
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, War and Violence, American History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Home Box Office.
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March of Time, Volume 13, Episode 3, Soviet's Neighbor - Czechoslovakia
in March of Time, Volume 13, Episode 3 (New York, NY: HBO, 1946, originally published 1946), 18 mins
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in March of Time, Volume 13, Episode 3 (New York, NY: HBO, 1946, originally published 1946), 18 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1946
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Date Published / Released
1946-11-11, 1946
Publisher
HBO
Series
March of Time
Speaker / Narrator
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Person Discussed
Karl Hermann Frank, 1898-1946
Topic / Theme
Communism, Postwar reconstruction, Political and Social Movements, American History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Home Box Office.
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March of Time, Volume 13, Episode 6, Germany - Handle with Care!
in March of Time, Volume 13, Episode 6 (New York, NY: HBO, 1947, originally published 1947), 18 mins
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in March of Time, Volume 13, Episode 6 (New York, NY: HBO, 1947, originally published 1947), 18 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1947
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Date Published / Released
1947-01-24, 1947
Publisher
HBO
Series
March of Time
Speaker / Narrator
Westbrook Van Voorhis, 1903-1968
Topic / Theme
Military occupation, Postwar reconstruction, War and Violence, American History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Home Box Office.
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