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!
Odd Facts From Old Journals On Plants And Statues
A meandering collection notes the resurrection plant surviving in dry areas from Arabia to Peru, its leaves dropping in drought and curling inward, and swelling with moisture. It also cites Saint Gaudens’ Lincoln statue in Chicago 1857 as a premier portrait, New York’s first public hotel at Pearl Street and Coenties Alley, Oregon’s temperate climate riches, and a northern Luzon custom of a blue thread on an ankle signaling state.
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Arabia
Iran
Egypt
America
New Mexico
Peru
Lincoln
Chicago
Augustus Saint Gaudens
United States
New York
Pearl Street and
Coentiea Alley
Oregon
Luzon