Reducere. DescriptionOnce known as the "Paris of the West, " Motown became synonymous with urban abandonment and arson as job and population decline took hol...
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Reducere. DescriptionEarly settlers first called this area Boldface Hill, for a Native American chieftain, but the name was soon changed to Price s Hill, nam...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe beloved thoroughfare at the heart of Denver, Sixteenth Street has always been the Mile-High City s Main Street. Sixteenth Street got...
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Reducere. The black community in the Ann Arbor area includes Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Second Baptist Church, Brown Chapel, the Ann Arbor Co...
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Reducere. DescriptionApproximately 110, 000 soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies fought along the banks of Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single-day...
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Reducere. With a history that stretches over a century, the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is one of the oldest in college football. The two teams claim a combi...
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Reducere. In the spring of 1888, George Washington Vanderbilt returned to New York after spending weeks exploring the countryside near Asheville, North Carol...
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Reducere. DescriptionEstablished as the Pine Ridge Agency in southwestern South Dakota between Nebraska and the Black Hills in 1878, Pine Ridge became a rese...
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Reducere. Manhattan s past whispers for attention amongst the bustle of the city s ever-changing landscape. At Fraunces Tavern, George Washington s emotional...
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Reducere. DescriptionOn June 29, 1776, Fr. Francisco Palou dedicated the first site of Mission San Francisco de Asis on the shores of Dolores Lagoon. At the ...
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Reducere. DescriptionIf there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this rel...
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Reducere. DescriptionKnown for more first flights and record flights than any other place, Edwards Air Force Base is legendary. Centered around an ancient dr...
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Reducere. At the height of America s post Civil War expansion, Colorado Territory was a land of great hope and opportunity. Forged at the confluence of comme...
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Reducere. Michigan has a rich railroad history, which began in November 1836, when the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad initiated service between Toledo, Ohio, an...
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Reducere. Located at the confluence of Will s Creek and the Potomac River, Cumberland, Maryland, is known as the Queen City of the Alleghenies. Because of th...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe story of Barrington, Rhode Island, began in the 1640s with a small outpost on the shores of Narragansett Bay. Despite its total dest...
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Reducere. Orcas Island, the largest of the 172 islands in San Juan County, lies in the Salish Sea north of Puget Sound. Known as the "Gem of the San Juans" f...
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Reducere. Founded in 1802 and named for the biblical land of cedars, Lebanon has been a center for commerce, education, and culture for over 200 years. The r...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe story of Garden of the Gods Trading Post is not only a profile of founder Charles Strausenback but also a chronicle of Garden of the...
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Reducere. Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers is the story of the USS Wolverine and the USS Sable, two Great Lakes excursion ships converted for use as aircraf...
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Reducere. Powerful: this single word aptly describes a naval vessel known as a battleship. The USS Alabama (BB-60) was the last of four South Dakota class ba...
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Reducere. Michigan Notable BooksOn November 1, 1957, traffic officially opened on the Mackinac Bridge. That was the culmination of 70 years of talking and dr...
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Reducere. Los Angeles and the movies grew up together, and a natural extension of the picture business was the premium presentation of the product the bigges...
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Reducere. Since their creation thousands of years ago, the Niagara Falls have captured the hearts and imaginations of all those who witness their endless pow...
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Reducere. In recent years, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are pe...
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Reducere. Nashua's growth began with strong-minded industrialists who had visions of great mills powered by the Nashua River. The Nashua Manufacturing Compan...
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Reducere. The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair was the largest international exhibition ever built in the United States. More than one hundred fifty pavilions...
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Reducere. Detroit s Infamous Purple Gang is a photographic history of one of the most notorious organized crime groups of the 20th century. The photographs c...
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Reducere. Sunnyside Yard was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of its massive New York Extension, the centerpiece of which was Pennsylvania Station ...
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Reducere. Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld....
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Reducere. DescriptionRoute 66 is the "Main Street of America, " heralded in song and popular culture. It took a maze of different routes through St. Louis be...
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Reducere. DescriptionPioneer US Forest Service rangers and their ranger stations are classic symbols of the American West. Rangers managed the public forests...
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Reducere. DescriptionConstruction of the Unit 1 reactor began on Three Mile Island in May 1968, with the production of commercial electricity beginning in 19...
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Reducere. DescriptionFew cities boast a heritage as rich and a local color as dynamic as that of New Orleans. Known the world round for its unique architectu...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe town of Wellington was located by the Stevens Pass summit in the Cascade Mountains. During the last days of February in 1910, the sn...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe Salt Lake City Cemetery was established in September 1847 when George Wallace, who arrived with the first company of Mormon pioneers...
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Reducere. From the days when Buddy Bolden would blow his cornet to attract an audience from one New Orleans park to another, to the brass bands in clubs and ...
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Reducere. DescriptionBy the time the final links in the Oregon Coast Highway were made in 1936, the highway stretched 394 miles from Astoria to the border of...
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Reducere. DescriptionOn Midsummer Eve, 1865, more than 30 Finnish and Sami immigrants disembarked from a Great Lakes ship to a place called Hancock, Michigan...
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Reducere. Hemmed in by steep hills, Glen Park is defined by its quintessentially San Franciscan topography. Only 120 years ago this area, as well as neighbor...
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Reducere. Brooklyn, or "Bruculinu, " as many Italians affectionately pronounced it, is where Italian values, culture, and dreams thrived. In an era when over...
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Reducere. The Waupaca Chain o' Lakes are a series of 22 interconnected spring-fed lakes in central Wisconsin. The lakes' crystal clear waters, steep tree-cov...
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Reducere. What started over a century ago with an orphaned bear tied to a tree in Overton Park has grown into one of the nation's top zoos. The Memphis Zoo, ...
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Reducere. Students of the Civil War know Franklin, Tennessee, for the major battle that happened here, but there is a lot more to the story. In fact, Main St...
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Reducere. The incredible affluence and extravagance of Euclid Avenue's Millionaires' Row have fascinated Clevelanders for more than a century. Within these s...
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Reducere. It was in the early 1900s atop a summit in Vermont that Benton MacKaye envisioned a hiking path along the crest of the Appalachians, beginning in t...
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Reducere. The history of Hollywood is often seen only through the lens of the major studios, forgetting that many of Tinseltown s early creations came from m...
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Reducere. The fascinating tale of Hollywood powerhouse Paramount Pictures--beginning with its birth in the 1910s through the turbulent decade of the 1930s--w...
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Reducere. The formula for C.F. Martin & Co. s success has always been an unparalleled commitment to precise handcraftsmanship blended with optimum tonewoods,...
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Reducere. The history of Charlotte is inseparable from the history of its neighborhoods. From the city s founding until the late 1890s, the four wards create...
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Reducere. The story of black Chicago is so rich that few know it all. It began long before the city itself. The first white man here was a black man, Potowat...
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Reducere. The Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering achievement by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, ope...
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Reducere. The railroads and coal industry permanently changed both the economy and culture of Floyd County, Kentucky.Floyd County, named for Kentucky pioneer...
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Reducere. Born of one man's dream and built on 1, 001 acres northwest of metropolitan Chicago, Arlington Park had its inaugural run in 1927 and celebrated it...
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Reducere. Images of Rail: Pere Marquette 1225 presents the history of steam locomotive 1225, one of 39 Berkshire Class 2-8-4 s built between 1937 and 1944 fo...
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Reducere. The majestic beauty of Grand Teton National Park has moved people throughout time. Native Americans believed in the spiritual power of the towering...
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Reducere. California s Wine Country, its rolling hills studded with ancient oaks and laced with vines. Tourists flock to the charming, historic towns in the ...
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Reducere. Little Mexico was Dallas s earliest Mexican barrio. Mexicanos had lived in Dallas since the mid-19th century. The social displacement created by th...
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Reducere. For over 100 years, Paramount Pictures has been captivating movie and television audiences worldwide with its alluring imagery and compelling stori...
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Reducere. Since its beginnings in the 1850s, Eugene has attracted independent thinkers. Its early leaders sited the town in a picturesque location along the ...
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Reducere. More commonly known as Pacific Coast Highway, State Route 1 ribbons along or near the Pacific Ocean from Northern California at Leggett in Mendocin...
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Reducere. The origins of Galesburg can be traced to a group of courageous pioneers who came to this gently rolling prairie in 1837 and founded Knox College a...
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Reducere. Since 1845, along the River Raisin in the southeastern Michigan town of Monroe, the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) have di...
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Reducere. As a suburb of the nation's capital in the late 1800s, Rockville was proclaimed a "peerless" place to live; its subsequent transformation into a ci...
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Reducere. Like treasured family heirlooms, the historic churches and temples of Tampa are lovingly cared for by their devoted congregations. With more than 2...
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Reducere. In 1957, WHO-TV asked staff performer Duane Ellett to come up with an idea to help teach children how to better care for their pets. Ellett created...
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Reducere. From its very first land run days in 1889, Oklahoma City has been a mecca for daring men and women intent on transforming the flat, grassy prairie ...
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Reducere. Over the past 150 years, the boundaries and demographics of South Nashville have changed dramatically. Starting out as an industrial and blue-colla...
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Reducere. In the center of the Grand Coulee in Washington State is the largest extinct waterfall in the world, Dry Falls. A gathering place for travelers ove...
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