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An Attempt to Land a Bishop in America
This essay discusses how religion influenced people in regards to fighting the British during the American Revolution. There are several primary sources to examine in this site.
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Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Latin America Map
This political map of Latin America and South America is in color and features major cities.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical Map of South America, 1898
A map from 1898 of South America showing the general physical features including mountain systems, prominent peaks and volcanoes, river and lake systems, plateaus, and coastal features. The map includes an insert of the Isthmus of...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Fairbanks House
Continuously owned by a single family since its construction in the late 1630s, this is probably the oldest timber-frame house in North America. It is now operated by Fairbanks Family in America, Inc., as a house museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: First Christian Church
Designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen in 1942, the First Christian Church was one of the first modern-style churches in America.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Lemuel Haynes House
Last home of Lemuel Haynes, first African-American preacher ordained in America.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Fireproof Building
Designed by Robert Mills to be the most fireproof building in America.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Va: Main Street Station and Trainshed
Station is an example of Beaux-Arts influence, and the trainshed is one of the last gable-roofed trainsheds in America.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Schaeffer House
Possibly the only remaining German Weinbauernhaus in America, combining a residence with the production of alcohol.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Old House
Built in 1649; asserted to be "one of the finest surviving examples of English domestic architecture in America".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Greenway Court
Remnants of 5,000,000-acre (20,000 km2) estate of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, only British peer in America, where George Washington worked as a surveyor.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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University of Texas: Dominican Republic: Economic Activity
This map from 1971 shows the economic activity in Dominican Republic at that time. You can find the crops that were grown and the manufacturing activity. From the Perry-Castaneda collection.
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Stephen Girard: The Life and Times of America's First Tycoon
This page is from the Encyclopedia of American Wealth: Profiles of Wealthy Americans. When Stephen Girard died, he was the richest man in America. Here's some facts about his wealth and a biographical sketch.
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Muslims in Prayer, Long Island, New York
This National Humanities Center essay about the growth and diversity of Islam in America suggests ways for teachers to introduce a basic understanding of the religion.
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'Margaret Bourke White on Roof in Cleveland'
A discussion of Bourke-White's images that focused on her photographs of industry in America. Includes links, images and audio interviews of Bourke-White experts.
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Percent of Children in Poverty, 2000
NPR takes a look at hunger in America and explores the reasons behind it. In question and answer form, discussions include housing costs, poverty, food insecurity, and the many other growing problems the poor face.
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Vinland, From Accounts Contained in Old Northern Maps, Eleventh Century
A map of Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod showing the area of early Norse exploration in America. "In 986 A.D. a Norseman named Herjulfson, who was voyaging from Iceland to Greenland, was driven by a gale far out of his reckoning to the W....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Relief of North America, 1890
A relief map from 1890 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general mountain systems, highlands, and plains of the region. Major river systems are shown. "North America is the third...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Population Distribution of North America, 1921
A base map from 1921 of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean showing the general population distribution in Alaska, Greenland, Dominion of Canada, United States, Mexico, and Central America at the time. People are most...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Norse America, 861 1285
A facsimile of a map from the works of Carl Christian Rafn (1837) showing Iceland, Greenland, and the eastern portion of North America. The map shows the probable areas of pre-Columbian migration and exploration of the Norse from Iceland...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Eastern North America, 1812
A map of eastern North America in 1812 subtitled 'The War of Independence and the War of 1812-1814.’ The map is color-coded to show the territories of the original thirteen colonies, the territory to the west that was ceded to the...
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