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Favorite The Great Midwest Flood of 1913

Posted on Tuesday, 24 March 2020 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913, is generally considered to mark the beginning of a five-day period during which the Ohio River and its major tributaries overflowed their banks, causing cataclysmic flooding across its entire watershed. When the local waters began … Continue reading →

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Pauli Murray says no to Jane Crow

Posted on Monday, 23 March 2020 by Mark ThomasMarch 23, 2020

While we know Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American woman who refused to surrender her bus seat as dictated by Jim Crow, most have never heard of Pauli Murray. More than twenty years before Claudette Colvin, inspired by stories … Continue reading →

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Favorite Carnage on Deer Lick Creek – 1824

Posted on Monday, 23 March 2020 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

Several waves of temperance movements throughout the 19th century are often seen today as quaint extremism by a vocal minority. However, hard liquor was a significant contributor to a number of social ills including wanton killings. On March 22, 1824, … Continue reading →

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Joseph Rainey sworn-in to Congress

Posted on Thursday, 12 December 2019 by Mark ThomasDecember 12, 2019

It was on this date in 1870 that Joseph Rainey was sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rainey was not the first African-American to serve in Congress, that honor belonging to Hiram Revels, but Rainey was the first African-American to … Continue reading →

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