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Images of America, Walpole
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 by the Walpole Historical Society
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Images of America, Weston County
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Tucked in the northeast corner of Wyoming against the Black Hills is Weston County. The county has served as a gateway, byway, and way of life and living. In the beginning, it was home to dinosaurs and volcanoes. Nomadic Indians then wandered through, leaving signs of their passing, and the great Sioux Indian Nati...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Tucked in the northeast corner of Wyoming against the Black Hills is Weston County. The county has served as a gateway, byway, and way of life and living. In the beginning, it was home to dinosaurs and volcanoes. Nomadic Indians then wandered through, leaving signs of their passing, and the great Sioux Indian Nations held this land dear. Finally, the area was seen as a place to settle, since the mineral-rich land and rolling grasslands provided a...
Tucked in the northeast corner of Wyoming against the Black Hills is Weston County. The county has served as a gateway, byway, and way of life and living. In the beginning, it was home to dinosaurs and volcanoes. Nomadic Indians then wandered through, leaving signs of their passing, and the great Sioux Indian Nations held this land dear. Finally, the area was seen as a place to settle, since the mineral-rich land and rolling grasslands provided an economic backdrop for people to stay and build a home for their families. Today, Weston County people are as diverse as this magnificent land of rugged timber that flows into sagebrush and short-grass prairies.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Shelly Ritthaler and Mike Jording
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Images of America, Yaphank
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Known for its sawmills and gristmills, Yaphank was established in 1726 on the banks of the Carmans River on Long Island. Called Millville until 1844, it was then named Yaphank, "bank of the river." Its two lakes mark the boundaries of the historic district, with Main Street winding between them. Though the mills a...
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Known for its sawmills and gristmills, Yaphank was established in 1726 on the banks of the Carmans River on Long Island. Called Millville until 1844, it was then named Yaphank, "bank of the river." Its two lakes mark the boundaries of the historic district, with Main Street winding between them. Though the mills are long gone, many of the period homes from the 18th and 19th centuries remain, illustrating the history of the village and those who l...
Known for its sawmills and gristmills, Yaphank was established in 1726 on the banks of the Carmans River on Long Island. Called Millville until 1844, it was then named Yaphank, "bank of the river." Its two lakes mark the boundaries of the historic district, with Main Street winding between them. Though the mills are long gone, many of the period homes from the 18th and 19th centuries remain, illustrating the history of the village and those who lived there. From the early days of the American Revolution, patriots marched on the Tallmadge Trail, and later, its young men went to fight for the Union cause in the Civil War. In 1871, Suffolk County's first almshouse was built to take care of the less fortunate. As World War I rumblings were heard, nearby Camp Upton— where Irving Berlin wrote the musical Yip, Yip, Yaphank—drew thousands of soldiers.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Tricia Foley, Karen Mouzakes, and the Yaphank Historical Society
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Images of Rail, Sumpter Valley Logging Railroads
in Images of Rail (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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In 1889, David Eccles chartered the Oregon Lumber Company, an organization that produced many mills and railways and whose influence was felt from Salt Lake City to Northern California and Idaho. Through family connections, Eccles was also involved with many other logging enterprises, and he influenced the growth...
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in Images of Rail (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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In 1889, David Eccles chartered the Oregon Lumber Company, an organization that produced many mills and railways and whose influence was felt from Salt Lake City to Northern California and Idaho. Through family connections, Eccles was also involved with many other logging enterprises, and he influenced the growth of the Inter-Mountain region as well as the Pacific Northwest. Sumpter Valley Logging Railroads is a pictorial history of the Oregon op...
In 1889, David Eccles chartered the Oregon Lumber Company, an organization that produced many mills and railways and whose influence was felt from Salt Lake City to Northern California and Idaho. Through family connections, Eccles was also involved with many other logging enterprises, and he influenced the growth of the Inter-Mountain region as well as the Pacific Northwest. Sumpter Valley Logging Railroads is a pictorial history of the Oregon operations, focusing on the operations along the Sumpter Valley Railway. It explores the rails, mills, and people, as well as the logging practices of a bygone era.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of Rail
Topic / Theme
Logging, Lumber, Lumber industry, Railroads
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Alfred Mullett and Leonard Merritt
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Industry on Parade, Sylacauga Saga - Seminar for Executives - A Message from Industry to You
in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by National Association of Manufacturers, in Industry on Parade (District of Columbia: National Association of Manufacturers), 7 mins
This documentary features the manufacturing industry.
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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by National Association of Manufacturers, in Industry on Parade (District of Columbia: National Association of Manufacturers), 7 mins
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This documentary features the manufacturing industry.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
National Association of Manufacturers
Publisher
National Association of Manufacturers
Series
Industry on Parade
Topic / Theme
Association and organization conferences, Cotton, Cotton mills, Demographics, Economic conditions, Factories, Industrial design, Manufactured material, Manufacturing industry, Mill towns, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz
(District of Columbia: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937), 382 page(s)
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(District of Columbia: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937), 382 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Date Published / Released
1937
Publisher
U.S. Government Printing Office
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The Journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway Kept on the Expedition, 1803-1806
edited by Milo Milton Quaife, fl. 1914 (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI, 1916), 444 page(s)
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edited by Milo Milton Quaife, fl. 1914 (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI, 1916), 444 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Milo Milton Quaife, fl. 1914
Date Published / Released
1916
Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Exploration, Geophysical features
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Ken Burns's The West, 3, The Speck of the Future
written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
By 1848, the United States claimed virtually all of the West. The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and the war with Mexico had stretched the nation's boundaries all the way to the Pacific. But the West was American in name only. Few people east of the Mississippi were anxious to venture into...
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written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
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By 1848, the United States claimed virtually all of the West. The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and the war with Mexico had stretched the nation's boundaries all the way to the Pacific. But the West was American in name only. Few people east of the Mississippi were anxious to venture into its forbidding interior. It still seemed too distant, too mysterious, too dangerous. Then gold was discovered in California, and every...
By 1848, the United States claimed virtually all of the West. The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and the war with Mexico had stretched the nation's boundaries all the way to the Pacific. But the West was American in name only. Few people east of the Mississippi were anxious to venture into its forbidding interior. It still seemed too distant, too mysterious, too dangerous. Then gold was discovered in California, and everything changed -- for the West, and for the country. Suddenly, gold-seekers rushed in from every corner of the globe: Chinese peasants, pursuing tales of a 'gold mountain' across the ocean, Mexican farmers and clerks from London, tailors from Eastern Europe and South American aristocrats fallen on hard times. The thin stream of American emigrants crossing the continent became a torrent -- thousands upon thousands of optimistic but inexperienced prospectors, willing to leave their homes and families, and set out on the long trail for California, hoping to strike it rich and return in glory. It had taken half a century for the United States to encompass the vast spaces of the West. Now, the lust for gold would animate the nation to begin to fill them up.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, Peter Coyote, 1941-
Author / Creator
Ken Burns, 1953-, Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Ken Burns's The West
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Coyote, 1941-
Person Discussed
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, 1808-1890, William Swain, 1822-
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Chinese people, Gold, Gold mines and mining, Migration, Miners, Mining communities, Mining industry, Mining towns, Pioneers, Sioux people, California Gold Rush, 1849, American History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Chinese, Dakota, Russians, Ukrainians, Rusyn, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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© 1996 The West Film Project, Inc./Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
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A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba
written by Mary Georgina Caroline Hall (London, England: W. H. Allen and Company, 1884), 171 page(s)
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written by Mary Georgina Caroline Hall (London, England: W. H. Allen and Company, 1884), 171 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography, Letter
Author / Creator
Mary Georgina Caroline Hall
Date Published / Released
1884
Publisher
W. H. Allen and Company
Topic / Theme
Agriculture
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The Laws and Customs of the Miners in the Forrest of Dean, in the County of Gloucester [Microform]
(London, England: William Cooper (Publisher), 1687), 48 page(s)
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(London, England: William Cooper (Publisher), 1687), 48 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Pamphlet
Date Published / Released
1687
Publisher
William Cooper (Publisher)
Topic / Theme
Trading and Commerce in the 17th Century, Miners, Mining industry, Mining communities, Law, Global History of Trade, British, Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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