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  • James Monroe

    Oberlin's Christian Statesman and Reformer, 1821-1898

    par Rokicky ...
    Catherine M. Rokicky explores this abolitionist politician’s years at Oberlin during the antebellum period, as well as his travels that would put him in contact with important men such as Frederick Douglass; his election to the Ohio House or Representatives from 1856 to 1859 and the Ohio Senate from 1859 to 1862; his work with Jacob D. Cox and James A. Garfield on behalf of black rights (they ... En savoir plus

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    Wisconsin’s Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977

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    Ignited by a single match on April 30, 1977, the Five Mile Tower Fire raged out of control for 17 hours. It would be one of the largest wildland fires in Wisconsin history, ultimately destroying more than 13,000 acres of land and 63 buildings. As a column of black pine smoke reached high in the sky, citizens from Minong, Chicog, Webster, Gordon, Wascott, Hayward, Spooner, Solon Springs, and other ... En savoir plus

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  • The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory

    par Sherri Brake ...
    Collections series Haunted America
    Paranormal expert Sherri Blake takes readers on a terrifying tour of Ohio's infamous prison, where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed.Built on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by disease, the Ohio State Reformatory first opened in 1896 to reform young offenders but eventually grew to house the most dangerous criminals. By the time the Mansfield institution closed, the prison was hosting a ... En savoir plus

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  • The Battle for Wisconsin

    Scott Walker and the Attack on the Progressive Tradition

    This past January, the newly elected governor Scott Walker declared war on Wisconsin's progressive roots. Under the guise of budget repair, he and his Republican colleagues in the state legislature introduced a whole host of initiatives meant to roll back hard-won gains for workers and recast the role of government in the state to fit his own conservative ideology.In The Battle for Wisconsin, the ... En savoir plus

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  • The Great Lakes at Ten Miles an Hour

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  • A New Deal for Bronzeville

    Housing, Employment, and Civil Rights in Black Chicago, 1935-1955

    Illinois State Historical Society Certificate of Excellence 2016During the Great Migration of the 1920s and 1930s, southern African Americans flocked to the South Side Chicago community of Bronzeville, the cultural, political, social, and economic hub of African American life in the city, if not the Midwest. The area soon became the epicenter of community activism as working-class African ... En savoir plus

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  • Haunted Summerwind

    A Ghostly History of a Wisconsin Mansion

    par Devon Bell ...
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    The true story of the Lamont Mansion, which was meant to host a president—but instead become a home to the paranormal . . . includes photos!Buried deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods, the ruined splendor of the mansion known as Summerwind bares the bones of its legendary past. Robert Patterson Lamont purchased the property in 1916 as a country retreat where he could entertain such guests as President ... En savoir plus

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  • Arrow Rock

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