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Michigan Territory
As more Europeans settlers began to arrive in the land of Michigan, there began a push by the United States to split it from the remainder of the Northwest Territory. On January 11, 1805, that law was passed. The Territory included both Michigan and Wisconsin, plus a small part of Minnesota.
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Midlothian Mines and Town
Okay, first off, let's get the spelling right. In past days, it would have always been spelled Mid-Lothian; today both Midlothian and Mid-Lothian are tolerated. The county, Chesterfield, was founded in 1611, only four years after Jamestown, but not in Mid-lothian. It was founded at the Henricus settlement, where Pocahontas lived for a year and one half. Mid-Lothian was founded in 1836 as the Village of Midlothian by the founders of the coal mine, the Wooldridge family. The Mid-Lothian Coal Mining Company was the first true commercial coal mine in North America and shipped their ore for use in the colonies and England.
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Mexican War 1848
For three years from 1846-1848, the United States battled with Mexico over the lands of the southwest. Prompted by the agreed annexation of the Republic of Texas in 1845 by the United States, Mexico went to battle, now with the United States of America over the disputed land won by the Texas people in the 1836 Texas Revolution. By 1848, the final battles were fought, leading to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the conflict.
Timeline of the Month
The 1930's
The decade begins in depression, which dug so deep into the soul and conscience of the nation that only a World War could really make a dent in its depth. Franklin Roosevelt dominated the decade and more with a presidency that saw us through that war and brought us many of the Great Society programs we have today.
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Historic Site of the Month
Badlands National Park
Just to start with our meager observations of the park: stunning, moonscape, unique, like nothing else I've seen in the United States. If you were passing this prairie to limestone spire with deep canyons in the past, i.e. Native or European migration, it would have been foreboding. This was the place outlaws went to hide, or never return.
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Battle of Chancellorsville
Take a walk around the locations of the driving tour at the Battle of Chancellorsville battlefield with narration from Confederate General McLaws, who describes the action from his perspective on the field. Notice how the untimely death of General Stonewall Jackson is not mentioned, although his monument is shown near the end of the video. This, in some ways, shows you how involved a commander would be in the battle, that he would not know of that important fact for days, May 10, if not told by couriers from the chain of command. It is also possible that General Lee did not wish his subordinates to leak this information out to the Union.
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Throughout human history, there have been individuals who were the first among them to rise to great heights, thus breaking down the walls of segregation we humans put between ourselves. These pathfinders change not only the future of their group but also the world as a whole. Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice in United States history when she was approved unanimously, 99-0, on September 21, 1981, was one of these pathfinders.
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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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