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A second Mormon migration couldn't deliver a boom to Florence
Train travel from Iowa City, where the LDS handcart brigades had been outfitted previously, was preferable because of poor ...
ARKANSAS A-Z: State Medal of Honor Memorial includes 2 born in Europe
Several Medal of Honor recipients performed their deeds of heroism before they ever settled in Arkansas. This includes two ...
History Extra8d
Lincoln, Adams and George W Bush: 6 disputed presidential elections in American history
The US presidential elections of recent years have been some of most contested – and divisive – in history. Here, historian ...
Will we know the next president on election night? It’s more likely than you think
Election officials in key battleground states say it could take several days to count all of the votes – but an apparent ...
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Why Do Some American States Have Panhandles?
Ever since 1820’s Missouri Compromise ... free residents in the West outnumbered those in the East in 1860. But here’s the catch: in Virginia, representation was apportioned according to ...
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National Park Service Adds 14 New Listings To The National Underground Railroad Network To Freedom Program
The National Park Service has added 14 new listings in 11 states to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom ...
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Will we know the next president on election night? It’s more likely than you think
Arizona election officials also expect it will take several days to tabulate their results, with Maricopa County officials pointing ... Lincoln was elected in 1860, newspapers carried news of ...
Irish Central28d
Did you know that Stephen Colbert has 94% Irish roots?
His descendants would swiftly scatter to Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska ... amidst a cluster of family members in the Illinois counties of Greene and Macoupin. The Garin name was a ...