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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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Arcadia Publishing, Arcadia Publishing Inc., BC, ET150, HIS028000, HIS036130, PHO019000, SOC021000
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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DeLand
A fascinating history of Central Florida’s DeLand, the “Athens of Florida.” Nestled in Central Florida between the northerly flowing St. Johns River and the alluring beaches of the Atlantic Ocean,…
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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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Dodger Stadium
Since 1962, the inspiring architecture and sweeping vistas of Dodger Stadium have inspired millions of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball fans. What team president Walter OMalley envisioned nearly half a century…
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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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Early Aviation in Long Beach
By 1920, when Amelia Earhart attended Earl S. Daugherty’s air circus and then took her first airplane ride with Long Beach Poly High School graduate Frank Hawks, Long Beach was…
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Ferries of San Francisco Bay
Decades before San Francisco Bay was crisscrossed by bridges, an extensive network of ferries plied these green waters, moving passengers, vehicles, and freight between San Francisco, Alameda, Marin, Solano, Sonoma,…