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Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area.
US Navy Ships named after US States State Currently Commissioned Formerly Commissioned Remarks Alabama: SSBN-731: BB-60, SP-1052, BB-8 Alaska: SSBN-732: CB-1 and ID-3035 were named for the Territory of Alaska, not the state Arizona: BB-39: SSN-803 authorized Arkansas: CGN-41, BB-33, BM-7: SSN-800 under construction California: SSN-781
Throughout most of human prehistory and history, the primary means of livestock transportation was by droving.The reason was usually either for seasonal grazing movement (to move them to a summer grazing range or to move them to an overwintering range or shelter) or to bring them to market of one form or another, whether bartering livestock (between farmers) or selling them (whether as stores ...
In 20 years, Chicago grew from 4,000 people to over 90,000. Chicago surpassed St. Louis and Cincinnati as the major city in the West and gained political notice as the home of Stephen Douglas, the 1860 presidential nominee of the Northern Democrats. The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated the home-state candidate Abraham ...
The Atlantic triangular trade formed a major component of the colonial American economy, involving Europe, Africa and the Americas.The primary component of the transatlantic triangular trade consisted of slave ships from Europe sailing to Africa loaded with manufactured goods; once the ships arrived at African shores, the European slavers would exchange the goods aboard their ships for ...
And for ship captains, it’s a challenge that needs to be approached with a healthy dose of fear. The world’s strongest storms The Drake Passage can see waves of up to 49 feet.
Merchant ship carrying mail from the United States to combat troops in war zone, ties up at a port in Korea. During Korean War. On March 13, 1951, the Secretary of Commerce established the National Shipping Authority (NSA) to provide ships from the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) National Defense Fleet (NDRF). These ships would meet the needs ...
The Chicago community of South Shore looks different today than when Arlean Pleasant, an 83-year-old resident, was raising her children. The once family-oriented community is now increasingly ...