Making History in Central North America
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The Mississippi and Michigan Canal
Bross, William- A pamphlet calling on the federal government to fund and build a canal extension in Illinois.
Grand Palace, Decatur, Illinois
Higbie, Tobias- The Heartland Community Church in Decatur, Illinois, operates the Grand Palace as a banquet hall. The architecture and advertising of the facility evoke both frontier themes and the notion of…
Earth flags and Golden Arches
Koslow, Jennifer- Police cordon surround an antiwar march, March 2004, Chicago. The Earth flags carried by protesters and the corporate advertising in the background are contrasting symbols of globalization.
The Massacre of United States Troops by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians Near Fort Philip Kearney, Dakotah Territory, December 22nd, 1866
- In 1866 U. S. soldiers sought to defend three recently built forts protecting the Bozeman Trail leading to the gold fields of Montana. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Fetterman led eighty men against the…
Earth flags and Golden Arches
Koslow, Jennifer- Police cordon surround an antiwar march, March 2004, Chicago. The Earth flags carried by protesters and the corporate advertising in the background are contrasting symbols of globalization.
Plain Crees driving buffaloes into a pound
- This illustration accompanies Henry Hind's description of how Cree Indians captured buffalo for slaughter. In the distance a circular "pound" or corral is visible.
Capture of Louis Riel by the Scouts Armstrong and Howie, May 15, 1885
- Louis Riel was a Métis leader who headed a provisional government in opposition to the Canadian government in 1885. The "Riel Rebellion" was defeated militarily and Riel was convicted of treason and…
Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake
- Seeking to escape harassment, Mormons left their embattled settlement in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846, reaching their destination in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake a year later.
