United States
epub |eng | 2014-08-25 | Author:Lori Haskins Houran [Houran, Lori Haskins]

( Category: 1900s October 22,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Katy S. Duffield

Central Pacific officials knew they had to do something. With so few workers, they would get little accomplished, and that meant little money would be made. Charles Crocker, one of ...
( Category: State & Local October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Irene Harris

Once at the homestead, oxen were used to clear and plow acres of land. The pioneers had few resources in their new land, so they didn’t waste anything. They used ...
( Category: 1800s October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gretchen Woelfle

Their petition was turned down; they still owed their taxes. The Cuffe brothers tried another tactic. They sent another petition to the county court claiming their rights as Wampanoag Indians, ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-15 | Author:Don Lago

In the 1880s, prospectors combed the Grand Canyon for mineral wealth, but few prospectors made any profit. In the 1880s, prospectors began combing the canyon for minerals. In 1889, railroad ...
( Category: State & Local October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2004-10-15 | Author:Mary Ann McCabe Riehle & Laura J. Bryant

O Olympian Mary Lou Retton, born in Fairmont, West Virginia, brought home the gold, silver, and bronze from the 1984 Olympic Games. She was the first American woman to win ...
( Category: State & Local October 8,2022 )
epub |eng | 2002-10-15 | Author:Mary Ann McCabe Riehle & Wes Burgiss

P Pleasant Hill preserves the customs and lifestyle of a community of people known as the Shakers. They got their name from the trembling done during prayers. The Shakers arrived ...
( Category: State & Local October 7,2022 )
epub |eng | 2000-10-15 | Author:Marcia Schonberg & Bruce Langton

P Ohio is known as “The Mother of Presidents” because it has sent more men to the White House than any other state. The first president from Ohio was our ...
( Category: State & Local October 7,2022 )
epub |eng | 2016-05-03 | Author:Barb Rosenstock

That’s one record I’ve wanted to crack ever since I came up in the major leagues. —Joe DiMaggio Congratulations. I’m glad a real hitter broke it. —George Sisler, first baseman, ...
( Category: 1900s October 6,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-08-06 | Author:Kathleen Krull

CHAPTER SEVEN And More WITH PHILADELPHIA on its way to becoming America’s leading city, Franklin was its genius-in-residence. Anyone who had a bright idea or project came to see him ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary October 6,2022 )
epub |eng | 2008-10-15 | Author:Julia Pferdehirt

Dr. Edward Dyer Edward Dyer took charge. Obviously, Goodnow couldn’t take Caroline to Canada on horseback. They needed help. One abolitionist offered his horse and buggy. Dyer brought a pillowcase ...
( Category: 1800s October 5,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-10-15 | Author:Jules Heller

But luck was still not on his side. Remember how Seward was recovering from a broken jaw? His doctor had made a metal and leather brace for his chin to ...
( Category: State & Local October 5,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Oscar Cantillo

Mission San Francisco Solano had different areas for the church, the priests, and the neophytes, as well as orchards, farms, and a cemetery on its grounds, as depicted in the ...
( Category: State & Local October 4,2022 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-29 | Author:Anika Fajardo [Fajardo, Anika]

Cooking over an open fire was dangerous. Burns were common. As colonists grew wealthier, they built larger kitchens with fireplaces. But stray sparks from the fire could be dangerous. For ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary October 4,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jeannette Buckley

The first stone was put in place in 1797. Isidro Aguilar, a master stonemason, arrived from New Spain in 1799 to make sure the new church would be strong and ...
( Category: State & Local October 4,2022 )