Empire Builder James J Hill and America's Longest Cascade Tunnel
The feature details James J Hill and the Great Northern railroad, chronicling the eight mile Cascade tunnel beneath the Cascades, built by about sixteen hundred men with electric power. It traces ancient tunneling, from Romans to medieval and modern projects, and praises American speed and engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Pcs
The
Window of the
Rough
Cascades
Lake
Celano
Dargara
France
Malpas
Great Simplon
Alps
St. Gothard
Leetachberg
St. Denis
Alpine Range
Anamin
Buik
Berne
Washington
Gibbs Family of Authors Sets British Literary Pace
Five members of the Gibbs family, descendants of Henry Gibbs, Pamphleteer, are listed as successful authors with new works. Cosmo Hamilton, formerly Cosmo Gibbs, leads the clan with novels like Adam's Clay and The Three Passions. Brother Sir Philip Gibbs, famed war correspondent and prolific writer, has thirty eight books, plus essays. Major Arthur Hamilton Gibbs, Helen Hamilton Gibbs, and Anthony Gibbs also publish in fiction and criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Bronner
NEA
Ondon
Gibbses
Henry Gibbs
Gibbs
Cosmo Hamilton
Hamilton
America
England
Atlantic
Neat
Philip Gibbs
Phil
Cassell and Co
Fleet Street
Daily Mail
the Chronicle
the Turpune
Chronicle
Arthur Hamilton Gibbs
United States
Oxford
71St Lancers
Royal Field Artillery
Jeanette Philipps
Boston
Portia
Gibbs Brothers
Hélen Hemilton Gibbs
Jane Tryst
Anthony
Peter
Anthony Gibbs
Atte. Bamiiten Gibbs
Sir Philip Gibbs
Cosmo Hamniltotn
Major A. Hamilton Gibbs
Adventures in French West Africa Echoes of Travel Tales
A letter from J. S. Hemphill, in Sequila, Cote d’elvoire, describes daily thrills in French West Africa. He recalls snakes, monkeys, elephants, and other wildlife, plus rail tunnel progress, and notes deer and antelope abundance as well as local hunting anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French West Africa
Earl Beckley
Athens
J. S. Hemphill
Sequila
Cote D’elvoire
Hemphill
The
Industrial Union
United States
Post Boy Ohio mystery inspires long, odd inquiry
An eccentric correspondent chronicles a hunt for the origins of Post Boy Ohio, tracing through rail schedules, a 1935 letter, and local lore. He documents streets, a Dover to Market route, and a tension between inquiry and public memory, ending with reflections on civic duty and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hom
Geen
William Johnson
Ceshocton County
Johnson
Strickland Gills
Flan
Ceturer
Olte
Ohio University
Ballinoce
John
Tauqua
Pieter
Funston
Strichlant Gillilan
Post Roy
Ohio
Ollo
Why
Dover
Wil
West Virginia
Moundsville - Penitentiary
Gers
Meigs County
Zaneasville
Little
Mountain
Chandleravilla
Moundeville
Mane
Morgan
Albert Weires
Fayette County
Post Boy
Ripley
Jieuso Guure
Jieuso Guure. Perfority Complex
Congress Street
Kinley
Governor McKinley Cabinet Portrait List
Governor McKinley assembles his cabinet for a group photograph. The image includes William McKinley governor Thaddeus Minshall chief Justice William T Spear John Shauck Jacob Burkett B R M Rownd Joseph Bishop Leo Hirsch William T Lewis E W Poe James Boyles Joseph Smith J K Richards Robert M Hazeltine William Kirkby Carson C Probst F B McNeal J W Koaub Dantel Hartnell and William Hahn, with roles spanning state affairs from health to insurance and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
C. Probst
State Board of Health
F., B. McNeal
J. W. Koaub
Dantel Hartnell
William Hahn
Athenians Remember Bell Toll for Lincoln Day
The Athens community recalls Charlie Sheldon 80 who tolled the schoolhouse bell by hand from daylight to dark on April 16 1965 the day after President Lincoln's assassination. Sheldon a city school janitor says he tapped the bell without a hammer to honor patriotism and endured cold and rain while neighbors and church bells were silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Sheldon
Nessedger
Isong
Athens
Charles Sheldon
Congress
Carpenter Streets
Abraham Lincoln
Presbyterian Church
Ohio University
Catone
Nelson van
Vorheese
Sheldon
Mr. Sheldon
Methodist
Andi
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Electric
Stevens Passa
Histyria
James J
Tre
Evureka
Vancouver
B. C
Harry Alexander
Aj Company
Amlera
Lila
London
Wittee
THA Banas
Wiliam McKinley
Baker Art Gallery
Columbus
Mcktinley
Josiah B. Allen
Mam Garswell
Tussaiapury
Carawas Valley
McKinley
Captain Allen
A. T. Carson
Lincoln
Sager Creek
Sinies
Lancaster Street
Union Street
Athens County
Norq Hil
Cephas Carpenter
North Ain
Carpenter Street
Congreat Street
Lindel
Jin Mansfeld
Curio Ahop
Parmipeiet
Terpeiere
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!