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The Thirteen Colonies by Massachusetts
pdf | | | Author:Massachusetts

( Category: State & Local November 14,2023 )
Uncovering a Terrorist: Agent Ryan Dwyer and the Case of the Portland Bomb Plot by Bryan Denson
epub |eng | | Author:Bryan Denson

Undercover FBI operatives posing as al-Qaeda terrorists gave Mohamed Mohamud $2,700 to rent an apartment in Corvallis, Oregon. (FBI) After outlining his plan, Mohamud led his two companions up Southwest ...
( Category: 2000s November 13,2023 )
S is for Show Me by Judy Young
epub |eng | 2001-10-15 | Author:Judy Young

Q The strongest earthquakes recorded in North America were the New Madrid (pronounced MAD-rid) Earthquakes, which started suddenly on December 16, 1811. In 13 weeks, over 1,800 shocks were counted; ...
( Category: State & Local October 1,2023 )
Discovery in Great Sand Dunes National Park by Aaron Johnson
epub |eng | | Author:Aaron Johnson [Johnson, Aaron]

Chapter 17 The End of a Long Day “I can’t tell if I’m more tired or more hungry.” Wes pressed his fork into the flakey crust of his pot pie, ...
( Category: State & Local September 2,2023 )
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad by Dudley Gold Susan;
epub |eng | | Author:Dudley Gold, Susan;

Slave catchers capture a runaway slave under fugitive slave laws in effect at the time. The provision remained as part of the Constitution until the passage of Thirteenth Amendment barred ...
( Category: Civil War Era August 22,2023 )
Desegregation in Little Rock: Executive Order 10730 by Bryan Bethany;
epub |eng | | Author:Bryan, Bethany;

Today, an executive order is essentially a directive from the president that bypasses Congress. These are often issued during times of crisis when Congress wouldn’t usually have time to act. ...
( Category: 1900s August 22,2023 )
A Timeline History of the Thirteen Colonies by Mary K. Pratt
pdf |en | | Author: Mary K. Pratt

( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary August 21,2023 )
Who Were the Accused Witches of Salem? : And Other Questions about the Witchcraft Trials by Laura Hamilton Waxman
pdf |en | | Author: Laura Hamilton Waxman

( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary August 21,2023 )
Lee and Grant at Appomattox by Kantor MacKinlay;
epub |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:Kantor, MacKinlay;

• CHAPTER SEVEN • THE GENERAL SAYS COME IN One of Ord’s soldiers wrote that the army should have gone wild with joy, then and there; and, he said, somehow ...
( Category: Civil War Era August 18,2023 )
Freedom Train North by Pferdehirt Julia;
epub |eng | | Author:Pferdehirt, Julia;

Burlington Dr. Edward Galusha Dyer was a “double abolitionist.” That is, he not only hid runaways in his home, but he was also a leader in the work against slavery. ...
( Category: Civil War Era August 14,2023 )
On Plymouth Rock by Samuel A. Drake
pdf |en | | Author: Samuel A. Drake

( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary August 12,2023 )
N Is for Natural State by Michael Shoulders
epub |eng | 2003-08-15 | Author:Michael Shoulders

O The Old Mill is officially known as Pugh’s Mill Park. Renovated in 1933, the Old Mill’s design resembles a neglected mill from the early 1800s. The gristmill, which grinds ...
( Category: State & Local August 7,2023 )
G is for Granite by Marie Harris & Karen Busch Holman
epub |eng | 2002-08-15 | Author:Marie Harris & Karen Busch Holman

N In 1756 Daniel Fowle printed New Hampshire’s first newspaper. Even now, besides the many other newspapers we have in our state, we can still read the New Hampshire Gazette, ...
( Category: State & Local August 7,2023 )
New York City History for Kids by Panchyk Richard;
epub |eng | 2012-08-15 | Author:Panchyk, Richard;

Castle Garden in 1850. Jenny Lind. Tickets for the first performance were auctioned and a fee was charged to all who attended the sale, yet 3,000 people were curious enough ...
( Category: State & Local August 4,2023 )
Revolutionary Heroes by Pat Williams
epub |eng | 2023-04-11 | Author:Pat Williams

“Let Us Do Our Duty” As the two ships drifted apart, Jones tried to position his ship to fire at the Serapis. But the Bonhomme Richard’s rudder was disabled. The ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary August 4,2023 )

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