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Charles County Revisited
$21.99Charles County was chartered in 1658 and marked its 350th anniversary in 2008. In its lifespan, it has transformed itself from an agriculturally based English colony to an explosive commercial…
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
$21.99Choctaw are the largest tribe belonging to the branch of the Muskogean family that includes the Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole. According to oral history, the tribe originated from Nanih…
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Clifton
$19.99The dawn of the 1950s signaled a boom time for many American cities, flush with new families in the years after World War II. In Clifton, founded in 1917, far-flung…
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Crofton
$21.99Established in 1964 as a planned community, Crofton’s almost 2,000 acres have been colonized and cultivated since the mid-17th century. Its roots can be traced to America’s first planned community–Williamsburg,…
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Deal Island
$21.99Four communities along Deal Island Road in Somerset County form the area known as Deal Island.Legend says the island was originally called Devils Island and was settled by pirates. Deal…
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DeLand
$21.99A fascinating history of Central Florida’s DeLand, the “Athens of Florida.” Nestled in Central Florida between the northerly flowing St. Johns River and the alluring beaches of the Atlantic Ocean,…
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Denton
$21.99Founded in 1857 as the fourth county seat of Denton County, the city of Denton is situated at the top of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex triangle. After the first trains…
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Duluth
$21.99Duluth, Minnesota, “The Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas,” is located on the shores of Lake Superior. Once a center for shipping, lumber, mining, steel, railroads, grain, and one of…
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Early Aviation in Long Beach
$21.99By 1920, when Amelia Earhart attended Earl S. Daugherty’s air circus and then took her first airplane ride with Long Beach Poly High School graduate Frank Hawks, Long Beach was…
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Ferries of San Francisco Bay
$21.99Decades before San Francisco Bay was crisscrossed by bridges, an extensive network of ferries plied these green waters, moving passengers, vehicles, and freight between San Francisco, Alameda, Marin, Solano, Sonoma,…
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Filipinos in Carson and the South Bay
$21.99One of Carson’s most distinct features is its diversity. The city is roughly one-quarter each Hispanic, African American, white, and Asian/ Pacific Islander. This last group’s vast majority are Filipinos…
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Glass in Northwest Ohio
$21.99The discovery of natural gas around Findlay in 1886 started an industrial rush in northwest Ohio. Within five years, over 100 glass companies had moved into the region for free…
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