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ELLIS ISLAND 190575

Land of Opportunity

ELLIS ISLAND 1905 This article 'Land of Opportunity' will, hopefully, shed more light onto the reason why the Native American lost their land and their way of life. Although the reason does never justify the...

8 comments    america government united states
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Old Black Water - Great Rivers In America

Water is symbolic of life in many cultures and creation stories and the five greatest rivers in America are a source of such life...

4 comments    travel beauty history
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Top 10 Hot Jobs in Missouri to 2016

(wigginsray on sxc.hu) Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts Skin Care Specialists Pharmacy Technicians Computer Software Applications Engineers Medical Scientists Home Health Aides...

0 comments    business careers jobs
Chuck Berry62

Evolution of Rock N Roll

In the early days of the settlement of the "New World" the slave trade was a major factor in the world economy and in the evolution of music. The sing song type of early blues chant sung by the slaves in the...

4 comments    music history america
Tanks rumbling past us the day we were visiting Rock Island Arsenal83

Illinois - Arsenal - Army - Rock Island

Rock Island Arsenal In the year 1990, when visiting my aunt and uncle in Bettendorf, Iowa, my mother, niece and I were taken to Rock Island, Illinois for a day of educational sightseeing. Rock Island...

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Robert Johnson: the Legend, the Devil, the Crossroads, and 27

 Story of the bluesman, the Devil, and the deal at the crossroads, as retold in Stephen Davis's Hammer of the Gods. In the delta of the Mississippi River, where Robert Johnson was born, they said that if...

9 comments    music blog songs
The Niagara River and Niagara Falls82

Top 5 American Rivers To Visit

There are hundreds of rivers and their tributaries across the United States. From the longest river in the USA Missouri River (2,500 miles) to the fastest Piscataqua River to the widest Mississippi River –...

10 comments    travel america river
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Gone Fishing: Fishing on the Upper Mississippi River

There’s nothing more relaxing than communing with nature in a fishing boat on the backwaters of the Mississippi River. Growing up, we could rarely afford a vacation out of the state, so most of our...

2 comments    fishing fish river
A Catawba Village and Reservation, 176276

Native American Nations in the North Central States (Part XII)

The Native American groups in this region migrated from the Pacfic Northwest of Canada and US and the First NAtions of middle Canada...

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Dick and Izora McCool   1945 copyright © Sandra Mireles81

Dick and Izora... Part Two

Dick and Izora McCool 1945 copyright © Sandra Mireles The marriage of Dick and Izora McCool took place in Tennessee where Izora was born. Dick McCool was a long way from where he was born in Louisville,...

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