Making History in Central North America
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Profile of Custer
- The title page of Custer's memoir characterized it as "Being a Complete History of Indian Life, Warfare, and Adventure in America. Making Specially Prominent the Late Indian War, with Full…
The Riot at Forty-Ninth Street, 1894
- Chicago was relatively peaceful during the early weeks of the American Railway Union's boycott of Pullman sleeping cars. Major violence erupted only after a federal court ordered the arrest of Eugene…
Farm woman gathering eggs
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company- Although tending poultry was considered "women's work" on midwestern farms, it was a profitable enterprise that brought in much needed cash for farm families.
Custer's Last Rally
- In the preface to the book, the author, T. M. Newson, claims, "Most scenes described, and nearly all the incidents narrated, in the pages of this book, were part of my own personal experience of a…
American Indian Center, 5th Annual American Indian Pow-Wow
- Organized in 1953, Chicago's American Indian Center promoted a sense of community among Indians from diverse tribal groups. The annual pow-wow is an opportunity to showcase Indian dancing, music, and…
Pioneers Entering Kentucky
- This drawing appeared in an account of Daniel Boone's early settlement in Kentucky that emphasized the hostility of American Indians to the newcomers.
William Jennings Bryan
- Born in Illinois, William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) made his political career in Nebraska. Known as the Great Commoner, he ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for U.S. President three times. As the…
College of Complexes curriculum, March 1965
- Slim Brundage had been a bouncer at the Dill Pickle Club in the 1920s and the manager of a short-lived open forum known as the Knowledge Box in the 1930s. In the 1950s he opened his own club known as…
