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The mine extended to hundreds of miles of tunnels as deep as 1,200 feet (370 m). It ran southwest to Bellingham Bay, on both sides of Squalicum Creek, an area of about one square mile (2.6 km 2). At its peak in the 1920s, the mine employed some 250 miners digging over 200,000 tons of coal annually. It was closed in 1955. [11] [12] [13]
The Civil War was an important period in the development of American music. During the Civil War, when soldiers from across the country commingled, the multifarious strands of American music began to cross-fertilize each other, a process that was aided by the burgeoning railroad industry and other technological developments that made travel and ...
Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956) was the last known surviving [1] member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War; he was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed. At least three men who outlived Woolson claimed to be Confederate veterans, but one has been ...
"Beginning the Welfare State: Civil War Veterans’ Pensions." Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 22.1 (2019): 68-81. online; Sanders, Heywood T. "Paying for the 'Bloody Shirt': The politics of Civil War pensions" in Barry S. Rundquist, ed., Political Benefits: Empirical studies of American public programs (Lexington Books, 1980) pp. 137 ...
The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is also known as The Last Days of the Civil War. Gettysburg (broadcast on History ...
The Civil War was one of the productions produced at the newly renovated Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.), running from March 27, 2009 through May 24. Directed by Jeff Calhoun , the 16-member cast featured Jarrod Emick, Eleasha Gamble, Michael Lanning and Timothy Shew, with the recorded voice of Hal Holbrook as Lincoln.
The Centralia Tragedy, also known as the Centralia Conspiracy [2] and the Armistice Day Riot, [3] [4] was a violent and bloody incident that occurred in Centralia, Washington, on November 11, 1919, during a parade celebrating the first anniversary of Armistice Day.
Pages in category "History of Bellingham, Washington" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...