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Beeswax Wreck on Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Oregon Public Broadcasting network is airing a feature about the Nehalem Beeswax Wreck on Oregon Field Guide. Click for link to video of the broadcast Beeswax stamp from Dead Reckoning of the Pac… more →
NW Limited...History in Vogue
THE BLOXIDGE TALLYGRAPH - Pat Collins' Lion Tamer
BrownhillsBob wrote 1 hour ago: For all those interested in local history, I’d like to heartily recommend this beautifully wri … more →
MORE DETAIL ABOUT CEMETERY IMAGES FROM 1900
Richard Kuenneke wrote 3 days ago: As mentioned in the previous post, the three images date from March 1900 and now reside within the … more →
New local history post coming soon...
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BrownhillsBob wrote 3 days ago: Thanks to those who’ve contacted me with local history stuff – It’s all welcome an … more →
More Maps & City Directories Now Online!
Audra wrote 4 days ago: Hot off the (digital) press: Forsyth County maps and Winston-Salem city directories! Twelve public … more →
Happy 4th of July!
marlborolocalhistory wrote 4 days ago: Old Home Week in Marlboro, 1911. Location is 9W. … more →
The Paperwork!!!
givingbackinthecatskills wrote 4 days ago: It is all so ironic that the thing I feared the most has all come and gone so easily. I spent month … more →
Clarksville Tobacco Heritage Tour!
clarksvillecivilwar wrote 6 days ago: The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council is holding its annual Writer’s Confere … more →
CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT IDENTIFIED WITH FAMILY IN 109 YEAR OLD IMAGES
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Richard Kuenneke wrote 1 week ago: The images caught my eye two years ago while I was doing research into the establishment of the Moun … more →
The Prewitts and their Cupboard
dknoch wrote 1 week ago: I mentioned in my last post that we’ve been in contact with a local historian who provided us … more →
Blast from the Past...
marlborolocalhistory wrote 1 week ago: The Old Marlboro Library that was located on King St. (where Bellissimo Real Estate is now located) … more →
Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa (the tumulus).
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dalesman wrote 1 week ago: You can’t live in north Wales (and blog about it) without mentioning Snowdon, so after about 1 … more →
Small Industries Numerous in Town 100 Years Ago, by Howard Morton Brown, Carleton Place Canadian, 24 October, 1957
Carleton Place Public Library wrote 1 week ago: Six hundred adults and children lived in Carleton Place an even one hundred years ago, as estimated … more →
Local history stuff: this much we know
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BrownhillsBob wrote 1 week ago: Here we go, then. Following my previous questions about matters of recent history, I had some great … more →
Highbury & Islington station in times past
bridgetfox wrote 1 week ago: A fascinating picture of Highbury & Islington station nearly 100 years ago here on Flickr. I wo … more →
The Dog Days of Summer - Already
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dknoch wrote 1 week ago: The end of June is still a week away, but the last several days have been absolutely blah thanks to … more →
To all the people interested in the local history stuff...
BrownhillsBob wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ll be sorting a post about this over the weekend, please hang in there while I get it sorted … more →
Take your students for a Whrrl
lesserbrain wrote 2 weeks ago: Whrrl is a new social networking site that allows you to create chronologically and geographically … more →
Reno at Renaissance
Jodi Jerome wrote 2 weeks ago: I am up to my ankles in old plaster – well to be truthful, my husband is at the moment. We … more →
Local History
Joel wrote 2 weeks ago: As mentioned, I tried my luck and went to City Hall to photograph some old maps. There an office wo … more →
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