Rebel yells, Old West shootouts, a flooded mine: Attractions that came before Dollywood
Dollywood has been a Pigeon Forge fixture for 40 years - but the land the park occupies has been a tourist attraction for far ...
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The Railroad Workers Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Lauren A. Degener, Marketing Content Manager, B&O Railroad Museum During the Civil War, trains became an integral part of transporting soldiers and materials for both sides. Railways expanded and ...
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The Panic of 1873
20th. Library of Congress Since the end of the Civil War, railroad construction in the United States had been booming. Between 1866 and 1873, 35,000 miles of new track were laid across the country.
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The Underground Railroad’s path through Lowell and St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
The city’s early history was inextricably linked to slavery through its many cotton mills where young women from rural New ...
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History talk explores new view on cause of Civil War
There was a different twist on history during the March 6 First Thursday History Presentation at the Jamestown Public Library. Jamestown resident Jim Lutzweiler critiqued the book “The Demon of ...