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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Indian Villages of the Illinois Country ...
Author: Springfield (Sangamon County, Illinois) City Directory
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Category : Sangamon County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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The Roads They Made
Author: Adade Mitchell WheelerPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The Negro Motorist Green Book
Author: Victor H. GreenPublisher: Colchis Books
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.
Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps
Author: Kay RippelmeyerPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809385635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Many recognize Giant City State Park as one of the premier recreation spots in southern Illinois, with its unspoiled forests, glorious rock formations, and famous sandstone lodge. But few know the park’s history or are aware of the remarkable men who struggled to build it. Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps: A History in Words and Pictures provides the first in-depth portrait of the park’s creation, drawing on rarely seen photos, local and national archival research, and interviews to present an intriguing chapter in Illinois history. Kay Rippelmeyer traces the geological history of the park, exploring the circumstances that led to the breathtaking scenery for which Giant City is so well known, and providing insightful background on and cultural history of the area surrounding the park. Rippelmeyer then outlines the effects of the Great Depression and the New Deal on southern Illinois, including relief efforts by the Civilian Conservation Corps, which began setting up camps at Giant City in 1933. The men of the CCC, most of them natives of southern and central Illinois, are brought to life through vividly detailed, descriptive prose and hundreds of black-and-white photographs that lavishly illustrate life in the two camps at the park. This fascinating book not only documents the men’s hard work—from the clearing of the first roads and building of stone bridges, park shelters, cabins, and hiking and bridle trails, to quarry work and the raising of the lodge’s famous columns—it also reveals the more personal side of life in the two camps at the park, covering topics ranging from education, sports, and recreation, to camp newspapers, and even misbehavior and discipline. Supplementing the photographs and narrative are engaging conversations with alumni and family members of the CCC, which give readers a rich oral history of life at Giant City in the 1930s. The book is further enhanced by maps, rosters of enrollees and officers, and a list of CCC camps in southern Illinois. The culmination of three decades of research, Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps provides the most intimate history ever of the park and its people, honoring one of Illinois’s most unforgettable places and the men who built it.
Coal-mining Safety in the Progressive Period
Author: William GraebnerPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813113395
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Illio
Author: Federal Aviation Agency
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
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Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870
Author: James Pierce RootReports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Claims of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Court of ClaimsPublisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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