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Cass County
Cass County is flanked on its eastern border by the Red River of the North. Created by retreating glaciers, Cass County is known for its exceptionally flat topography and fertile…
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Cemeteries of San Diego
San Diego has a rich and unique cultural history that can be effectively told through the commemoration of its dead. Local cemeteries throughout the city reflect San Diego’s multiethnic cultural…
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Charles County Revisited
Charles County was chartered in 1658 and marked its 350th anniversary in 2008. In its lifespan, it has transformed itself from an agriculturally based English colony to an explosive commercial…
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Choctaw are the largest tribe belonging to the branch of the Muskogean family that includes the Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole. According to oral history, the tribe originated from Nanih…
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Clifton
The dawn of the 1950s signaled a boom time for many American cities, flush with new families in the years after World War II. In Clifton, founded in 1917, far-flung…
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Crofton
Established in 1964 as a planned community, Crofton’s almost 2,000 acres have been colonized and cultivated since the mid-17th century. Its roots can be traced to America’s first planned community–Williamsburg,…
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Deal Island
Four communities along Deal Island Road in Somerset County form the area known as Deal Island.Legend says the island was originally called Devils Island and was settled by pirates. Deal…
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Denton
Founded in 1857 as the fourth county seat of Denton County, the city of Denton is situated at the top of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex triangle. After the first trains…
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Duarte
Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte…
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Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota, “The Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas,” is located on the shores of Lake Superior. Once a center for shipping, lumber, mining, steel, railroads, grain, and one of…
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