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Boston & Maine Trains and Services
The Boston & Maine Railroad serviced most of New England as a primary mode of transportation during the 19th and 20th centuries.The birth of this railroad spurred the growth and…
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Bridges of Portland
Portland is an inland port city that rose to importance in the mid-19th century as a major shipping point for the Pacific Northwest’s wheat, lumber, and other commodities. The Columbia…
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Building Route 128
Take a ride through historic Massachusetts down Route 128!Route 66 may be the most famous highway in the United States, but the country is home to countless roads ushering millions…
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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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Centralia
Images of America: Centralia chronicles many of the images and stories from this fascinating and colorful Pennsylvania community.Centralia is the saga of a Pennsylvania community consumed by an underground mine…
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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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Children of the Light
Everett S. Allen, through diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts of the period, follows the Quakers from Plymouth Colony to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where these children of the light lived and…
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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…