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This title addresses the deeper questions of how remembrance of the U.S.-Mexican War has influenced the complex relationship between these former enemies now turned friends.
History has until now hidden how close the ambitions of these two men came to carving out a Mormon Kingdom of God in the Republic of Texas.".
Aert Jacobsen Van Wagenen (d.1666) immigrated from Holland to New York before 1657, and married Annetje Gerritsen. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, California and elsewhere. Includes some descendants in Manitoba and elsewhere in Canada. Includes brief summary of eighty years of Van Wagoner family reunions; records of most of these are held at the Van Wagoner Family Library, Los Angeles.
This edition lists nearly 600 shortline and regional railroads in the United States and Canada. Includes the history, radio frequency, locomotive roster and other information for each line as well as diesel profiles and a listing of past shortlines.
"The essays in this volume are case studies of the importance of oral history in understanding community and work in the American West"--Provided by publisher.
"In America's historical imagination, toil and triumph against nature and overwhelming odds characterizes such achievements as the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad. Triumph transformed canal and railroad entrepreneurs into visionaries whose work brought the nation bountiful riches and did the Lord's bidding. Celebrated for their spirit and perseverance in 'building' the nation's infrastructure, they found respect for looking to tomorrow and creating a future. For generations, most indexes of American history supported and reinforced this narrative of progress. Yet, if this is the historical memory, it is conveniently stunted. What of those whose bodies strained and broke under th...
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