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Wedding · Central Point, Virginia, United States
Richard and Mildred Loving
1958 - 1967
They were arrested in their own bedroom for being married to each other.
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Career · Lead, South Dakota, United States
The Homestake Mine
1876 - 2002
They dug a mile and a half down for gold.
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Home · Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, United States
Elbowoods, North Dakota
1889 - 1954
There is a photograph from 1948 of a man holding his glasses aside so he can wipe his eyes while the Secretary of the Interior signs a piece of paper.
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Career · Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Dockery Farms
1895 - 1982
The sign on the seed house says Dockery Farms, Est.
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First Responders · Cherry, Illinois, United States
The Cherry Mine Disaster
1909
Twelve men rode the cage down seven times.
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Person · Dover, Delaware, United States
Annie Jump Cannon
1863 - 1941
She classified more stars than anyone who has ever lived, and the system she built is still the one astronomers use.
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Home · Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States
Dyess Colony
1934 - 1951
Five hundred families were given twenty acres, a mule and a debt.
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Career · Kay County, Oklahoma, United States
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch
1893 - 1932
The 101 Ranch more or less invented the rodeo by accident, and the best hand on the place had to be billed as an Indian in order to compete.
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Home · Phippsburg, Maine, United States
Malaga Island
1860 - 1912
In 1912 the State of Maine evicted an entire community from an island, committed eight of its people to an institution for the feeble-minded, and dug up its graveyard.
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Pet · Randolph, Vermont, United States
Figure, called Justin Morgan
1789 - 1821
Every Morgan horse alive descends from one stallion, and nobody can prove who his father was.
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Career · Fayette County, West Virginia, United States
The Hawks Nest Tunnel
1930 - 1935
They were told they were digging a tunnel.
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Person · Niobrara, Nebraska, United States
Standing Bear
1829 - 1908
In 1879 a federal court in Omaha was asked to decide whether a Native American was a person.
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