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Dayhoff: Carroll County’s tradition of medical leadership
One of the most celebrated medical families in Carroll County is the Woodward family. The Woodward family represents not just ...
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One big earthquake, two Alaska ghost town mysteries
Carl Tape's midsummer trek through ghost towns and newspaper clippings brings new insights to an earthquake nearly erased by time.
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Commentary: Charlie Chaplin’s 100-year-old film ‘The Gold Rush’ has timeless lessons on how to keep going
At 95 minutes, “The Gold Rush” was the longest comedy film to date. It riffs on, of all tragic things, the Donner Party, ...
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Visiting two Alaska ghost towns on the anniversary of one very big earthquake
Calling it an exercise in imagination, seismologist Carl Tape stopped at the site of Dome City and the former townsite of ...
A look at the history of Pier 58: From the Gold Rush to revitilization
Pier 58, which was originally called Schwabacher’s Wharf, and then Pier 7, has a past covered in grit, gold-dust, and ...
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What Was The Klondike Gold Rush Like?
Facts about mining for gold in Yukon Territory - it was a tough life with no guarantees of striking it rich! Read Joe Biden ...
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Nevada Traveler: California's gold rush began in Coloma
About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side ...
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This Day in Alaska History-July 8th 1898
Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith was shot and killed in a shootout on the Juneau Wharf in Skagway. Soapy was a conman who ...
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How Carolina Gold Sparked America’s Earliest Gold Rush
The Carolina Gold Rush marks a fascinating chapter in American history that predates the more famous gold rushes of Colorado, California, and Montana. While these mid-19th century events captured the ...