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Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of United States local history, The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains

Thirty Years on the Frontier, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of United States local history, The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains

Michael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six years wielding the gavel, Madigan outlasted governors, passed or blocked legislation at will, and outmaneuvered virtually every attempt to limit his reach. Veteran reporter Ray Long draws on four decades of observing state government to provide the definitive political analysis of Michael Madigan. Secretive, intimidating, shrewd, power-hungry--Madigan mesmerized his admirers and often left his opponents too beaten down to oppose him. Long vividly recreates the battles that defined the Madigan era, from stunning James Thompson with a lightning-strike tax increase, to pressing for a pension overhaul that ultimately failed in the courts, to steering the House toward the Rod Blagojevich impeachment. Long also shines a light on the machinery that kept the Speaker in power. Head of a patronage army, Madigan ruthlessly used his influence and fundraising prowess to reward loyalists and aid his daughter's electoral fortunes. At the same time, he reshaped bills to guarantee he and his Democratic troops shared in the partisan spoils of his legislative victories. Yet Madigan's position as the state's seemingly invulnerable power broker could not survive scandals among his close associates and the widespread belief that his time as Speaker had finally reached its end. Unsparing and authoritative, The House That Madigan Built is the page-turning account of one the most powerful politicians in Illinois history.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"In the era of the First World War and its aftermath, the quest to identify, restrict, and punish internal enemy "others," combined with eugenic thinking, severely curtailed civil liberties for many people in Oregon and the nation. In Oregon's Others, Kimberly Jensen analyzes the processes that shaped the growing surveillance state of the era and the compelling personal stories that tell its history. The exclusionary and invasive practices ranged from multiple wartime registrations for women and the registration of "enemy aliens" to the incarceration of women with sexually transmitted diseases, the use of deportations, and forced sterilization at the Oregon State Hospital and other institutions. But some Oregonians resisted the restrictions and challenges to their civil liberties. Their fierce determination to maintain their rights and freedoms fueled movements for human rights, social justice, and dissent that still reverberate today. Oregon's Others examines the collision of civil liberties and persecution through the lens of gender, gender identity and presentation, ability, race, ethnicity, and class"--

"Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships with Native Hawaiians. Surfing became a central part of what emerged instead: a beach culture of dressing, dancing, and acting like an Indigenous people whites idealized. Patrick Moser uses surfing to open a door on the cultural appropriation practiced by Depression-era Californians against a backdrop of settler colonialism and white nationalism. Recreating the imagined leisure and romance of life in Waikåikåi attracted people buffeted by economic crisis and dislocation. California-manufactured objects like surfboards became a physical manifestation of a dream that, for all its charms, emerged from a white impulse to both remove and replace Indigenous peoples. Moser traces the rise of beach culture through the lives of trendsetters Tom Blake, John "Doc" Ball, Preston "Pete" Peterson, Mary Ann Hawkins, and Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison while also delving into California's control over images of Native Hawaiians via movies, tourism, and the surfboard industry. Compelling and innovative, Waikåikåi Dreams opens up the origins of a defining California subculture"--

"Five years after the Civil War, North Carolina Republican state senator John W. Stephens was found murdered inside the Caswell County Courthouse. Stephens fought for the rights of freedpeople, and his killing by the Ku Klux Klan ultimately led to insurrection, Governor William W. Holden's impeachment, and the early unwinding of Reconstruction in North Carolina. In recounting Stephens's murder, the subsequent investigation and court proceedings, and the long-delayed confessions that revealed what actually happened at the courthouse in 1870, Drew A. Swanson tells a story of race, politics, and social power shaped by violence and profit. The struggle for dominance in Reconstruction-era rural North Carolina, Swanson argues, was an economic and ecological transformation. Arson, beating, and murder became tools to control people and landscapes, and the ramifications of this violence continued long afterward. The failure to prosecute anyone for decades after John Stephens's assassination left behind a vacuum, as each side shaped its own memory of Stephens and his murder. The malleability of and contested storytelling around Stephens's legacy presents a window into the struggle to control the future of the South"--

While engaged in organizing his previous book, the author was only aware of the existence of one other seventeenth century tithable list for Northampton County, Virginia, and that was for the year 1666. Since that time the author has discovered two known lists (1667 and 1674) that had remained unpublished from the early Order Books and has found lists for 1662-1669, 1671 and 1674-1677, buried, largely unknown, in other early Order Books. The large volume of unpublished tithables material was enough for the author to consider making a useful transcription for researchers. Covering the early years of Northampton County, after Accomack County was formed, these tithables will be particularly of interest to those doing research on early inhabitants of the Virginia Colony. The tithables show the heads-of-families, and, in most cases, an every name listing of those black and white tithables in the household. Widows are shown (if head of household) thus establishing the recent death of a husband. Male children and slave tithables at twelve (or sixteen) help estimate date of birth or (probable) latest date of parent's marriage. Occupation or comments (such as, son of...) are often the only source of such valuable knowledge. Appearance or disappearance on the list may be a clue to migration patterns. These lists were sometimes badly torn, or blotted, or faded, or difficult to read, or poorly written, but, nevertheless, revealing. They are offered here as near as possible to the original orthography, and are an absolute must to those interested in early Virginia genealogy and history.

"Following John Bacich, who documented the last days of downtown Minneapolis's Skid Row neighborhood in the 1950s, The King of Skid Row recreates the violent, alcohol-soaked history of an area of the city now completely redesigned and developed, transformed dramatically from its gritty past"--

Orlando's historic districts are separate throughout the city, yet its landmarks and its memories unite them. Images of Orlando from 1875 to 2022 paint a picture of a landscape dotted with cattle and orange trees exploding into a bustling city. While some authors claim that Orlando's history is lost, these images show how the city's Historic Preservation Board has safeguarded many cultural and architectural treasures.

Take a stroll through Elmwood Cemetery with this graveside or (virtual) bedside self-guided tour. Meet a Colorado town's most intriguing and not-to-be-forgotten figures! Filled with history, mystery, and intrigue, this book is sure to delight both experienced and novice tombstone tourists. Meet the area's adventurous pioneers, such as a gold-discovering fifty-niner and the man who helped shape a town's beginnings, after the feat of building the first bridge over the Missouri River. Get an inside glimpse of the famous and the infamous-like "Red" Barker, son of Ma Barker (matriarch of the notorious outlaw clan) and his murder. Read the sad and the mad, like the Schnell twins' story, a story that almost disappeared along with the lake of their tragic drowning and a draft horse that wandered (without a driver) through town pulling the mercantile wagon and making friends along the way. Finally, immerse yourself in the memories shared of ordinary people that remind us that rich or poor, famed or forgotten-everyone's life is worth remembering and has a story to tell. Contains detailed maps for finding the featured sites while walking the actual cemetery, including GPS compass locations and QR code technology for opening interactive Google Maps(TM). Or, curl up bedside or in an armchair for a virtual tour. Also includes extra cemetery miscellany, including: Elmwood Cemetery History; a Tombstone Tourist Guide to Hidden Symbolism; and a Glossary of Memorial Architecture. A perfect guide for those who want to learn more about Colorado history. And, equally perfect for tombstone detectives who love to investigate the art and beauty of the cemetery and discover stories shared from beyond the grave. It is also a valuable reference for those who desire a blueprint for creating their own cemetery tour. This tour page guide includes 20+ stories and 150+ BW + COLOR photos.

"Payne-ful" Business: Charleston's Journey to Truth follows Margaret Seidler's mission to learn and process her family's genealogical past. Using extensive research and personal experience, Seidler discusses the realities of Charleston's racial history while highlighting the historians, journalists, and community members who work to reconcile those truths. The book features authentic, historic slave advertisements brought to life by vivid paintings by artist John W. Jones that uncover the humanity hidden beneath the detached advertisement descriptions. Seidler hopes that acknowledging a more complete truth about our past will motivate us to bridge today's racial divide.

UPROOTED... from Africa to America to Bring Forth Fruit, by Zaire Feronz, was written upon request to help middle-to-high school students have a more in-depth knowledge of Black History. The content of this textbook covers 250 years, spans two continents, and highlights nearly 400 African American inventors-with more than 1,000 inventions; educators, journalists, political figures, and community leaders who changed our world. In this volume you'll discover the brilliance and depth of creativity of former slaves, or descendants of slaves of the 18th and 19th century as they embraced freedom. Free from bondage, shackles, chains, and whips, there was nothing they couldn't do. From the work of their hands, came scientific discoveries and "witty" inventions, that helped America become the great nation it is today. As America advanced, the world would reap, and enjoy, the benefits of their achievements for more than a hundred yrs. You will see how African American men and women made history and excelled in every walk of life. If you love history, you're in for a treat. May this book inspire you to use the genius of talent that lies within you to enrich the lives of others someday.

New York City experts James and Michelle Nevius explore the lives of two dozen iconic New Yorkers, including Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, Central Park architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, business titan JP Morgan, and music legend Bob Dylan. Beginning with the oldest building in NYC, a 1652 farmhouse in Brooklyn, and journeying all the way to the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, the book follows in the footsteps of notable New Yorkers across all five boroughs. How did the city help Abraham Lincoln win the presidency? Where in Manhattan did Edgar Allan Poe compose "The Raven"? How was an area like Soho experienced by Mary Todd Lincoln, or Jane Jacobs, or Woody Allen? One part history and one part personal narrative, Footprints in New York traces the city's story from the Dutch village below Wall Street to the Mean Streets of Martin Scorsese, creating a different way of looking at the past. Visit www.footprintsinny.com for more.

This booklet provides a quick overview of the history of Lily Dale's Healing Temple. Lily Dale, NY is the largest center for the religion of Spiritualism. Lily Dale was established more than 130 years ago by a group known as the Free-Thinkers Society of Chautauqua County. Originally meeting in Laona, New York, about 7 miles north of Lily Dale, these Free-Thinkers were considered radicals because they supported women's suffrage and Mesmerism (the forerunner of hypnosis and trance healing). Chapters include: WHAT AND WHERE IS LILY DALE, A MIRACULOUS BEGINNING?, JACK KELLY LOUIS VOSBURG AND MAE WEST, PRAYER RIBBON TREE, HEALING LIST, ABSENT HEALING AND LAYING-ON-OF-HANDS, SACRED SYMBOLS, SOFT LIGHTING AND STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, LEARNING AND TEACHING IN THE HEALING TEMPLE, STUDENTS DO TRANSFIGURATION IN CLASSES, THE HIGH ENERGY OF THE TEMPLE GENERATES ORBS AND SPIRIT LIGHT STREAKS, and LEADERSHIP AT THE HEALING TEMPLE.

Many Ballard Families settled in Indiana. This book covers their genealogy and descendants.

Experience "Brooklyn's Bridge to Tomorrow" an immersive journey that weaves together the colorful stories of Brooklyn's past, present, and hidden backstories. Are you a history buff who wants to solve the puzzles behind the creation of this famous borough? Are you trying to find a way to feel the rhythm of Brooklyn? This is your pass to understanding Brooklyn's essence; it's more than just a book.What makes "Brooklyn's Bridge to Tomorrow" the best choice? Let's examine four compelling reasons: ★Graduation in Storytelling: This book, written by storytellers with flare, goes beyond the ordinary. This is no dry historical record; rather, it's a vivid story that puts you right in the thick of Brooklyn's drama.★Discover Hidden Storylines: Brooklyn is a living library of unknown stories, not just a city. Our book delves into the histories that have been lost to time, providing a comprehensive overview of Brooklyn's past, and tracing its origins from Native American cultures to today's energetic neighborhoods.★Achievable Takeaways: This isn't just any history book. It is an instruction manual for deep investigation. You won't only read about Brooklyn's history when you visit its monuments, neighborhoods, and cultural hubs-you'll experience it via in-depth insights into significant historical periods.★Upcoming Developments: Brooklyn is a bridge to the future, not a place where things stand still. Our book offers a glimpse into Brooklyn's future rather than just its history. An analysis of urban expansion, cultural diversity, and contemporary concerns is presented, along with a roadmap for future developments.What to anticipate from "Brooklyn's Bridge to Tomorrow" ★Chapter One: Reimagining Historical Roots: Explore in-depth the history of the Revolutionary War era, the Dutch and English colonial periods, the presence of Native Americans, and the 19th-century expansion that laid the groundwork for modern-day Brooklyn.★Chapter Two: Communities and Neighborhoods: Discover the many neighborhoods, ranging from the hipster haven of Williamsburg to the expansive views of Brooklyn Heights. Discover the unique personality of each community, from beachside retreats to cultural hubs.★Chapter Three: Landmarks and Architecture: Experience the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the whimsical magnificence of Coney Island, and the distinctive brownstone architecture that defines Brooklyn's skyline.★Chapter Four: The Cultural Tapestry: Honor the artistic accomplishments made by Brooklyn, savor its distinct cuisine, and take in the diverse range of ethnic backgrounds that shape its character.★Chapter Five: Difficulties and Fortitude: Face the challenges posed by gentrification, urban expansion, and contemporary socioeconomic issues. Recognize how Brooklyn overcame adversity to become strong.Not only a book, "Brooklyn's Bridge to Tomorrow" extends an invitation to participate in Brooklyn's ongoing narrative. You are welcome to peruse, consider, and find inspiration on each page. Don't pass up the chance to own this doorway to Brooklyn's soul. Get your copy of the book now and go on a cultural and historical journey. Your journey is just around the corner.