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High Society
August 15, 1874 - First arranged marriage between European royalty harmed by the Economic Collapse of 1873 to wealthy families in the USA who maintained their money during the crash occurs. They would become known as the Dollar Princesses.
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Spotlight on Lesser Known History
Columbia Hills Historical State Park
Columbia Hills Historical State Park is a site whose history as a Native American town now contains the pictographs and petroglyphs left behind, but not the town. It was inundated by water when the Dalles Dam was built; stupid politicians. What it does have is the history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition spending time in the village on their way west, plus ranching culture, and now recreation opportunites in and around Horsetheif Lake and the Columbia River.
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Historic Site of the Month
Minuteman Missile
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site sits just north of the eastern entrance to the Badlands National Park. But this time, fifty plus years ago, the harsh prairie near the Black Hills was dotted with underground bunkers, command centers, and missile silos for cold war deterrence to a nuclear attack, and response. Come visit the film and exhibits at the Visitor Center and take the optional tour to one of the bunkers where you can get a guided tour. Its unerving to say the least.
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Timeline 1620s
The arrival of the Puritan colony at Plymouth, the purchase of Manhattan by the Dutch, a second colony for New England in the Massachusetts Bay, and the start of major conflicts between the colonists and native Americans.
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Second Patent Given to African American
Henry Blair was a free colored man from Glen Ross, Maryland, thought to be free from birth, although his status has not been verified for certain. He was an independent farmer. In 1834, he invented a practical machine that could plant corn seeds faster than a man. Fashioned after a wheel barrow, the Seed-Planter was thought to plant those seeds at a speed that was equivalent to that of eight men.
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Betzwood Movie Studios
It might not be well known today, but in its day, the Betzwood Movie Studios, run by Sigmund Lubin, was one of the largest, if not the largest, movie studio in the United States. It was the Hollywood of its day, producing silent films after silent films and all located in a valley near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Take a walk around the remaining site, including one building, but also look at one film, Meet Me at the Fountain, in what might have been the first pilot for a Bachelor series, no matter whether Bachelor, Bachelorette, or Bachelor in Paradise. It didn't go well.
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Inventions
October 9, 1855 - The Shuttle Sewing Machine and its machine motor are patented by Isaac M. Singer, improving the development of the sewing machine.
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Battlefield Preservation
Even in these difficult times, work continues on preserving the battlefields of the Civil War, American Revolution, and the War of 1812. The amazing work of the Battlefields Trust is currently attempting to preserve land at Gaines Mill and Cold Harbor, what some think is the most important land to be preserved at those locations. Check them out.
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