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Jan Mackell Collins
Wicked Cripple Creek District

"Pernicious activity tends to follow prosperity, and the heyday of the Cripple Creek mining district was no exception. Cripple Creek's first murder spilled out from a saloon in 1892. The 1894 heist a…

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Rob Crisell
California Avocados

How the Golden State's favorite fruit conquered the world.When avocados first arrived from Mexico in the early 1800s, few Americans knew what to make of them. Intrepid settlers in California were among th…

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Deborah Cuyle
Deadwood Murder & Mayhem

Malice, Menace and MendacityThe cast of characters coloring the Black Hills' raucous past has inspired memorable Hollywood productions. Al Swearengen, "Wild Bill" Hickok and Calamity Jane have b…

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Deborah Cuyle
Ghosts and Legends of Northeast South Dakota

Ghouls of the Glacial Lakes and Prairie RegionBuried in the annals of the region are torrid tales, disasters and the unexplained. At historic Fort Sisseton, the old hanging tree and a phantom buffalo sold…

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Deborah Cuyle
Haunted Eastern Washington

Tales of death, disaster and heartbreak lurk beneath the beautiful vistas of Eastern Washington from Wenatchee all the way to Pullman.On Mission Ridge, where the fatal 1944 Liberator crash occurred, the f…

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Barbara Sheklin Davis
Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park

Founded in 1914, Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park is one of the leading zoos in North America. From humble beginnings as a small collection of animals, it transformed into a state-of-the-art home to mo…

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Adam Dennis
Gary and His Little Friend Jerry

In the swamp, Gary the gator befriends Jerry, a cellphone who has fallen off a swamp boat.Jerry offers Gary access to many wonders of the world, but Gary misses slowing down and enjoying his bayou life wi…

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Tamara Joy Diaz
Historic Tales of Victoria, Texas

Two Centuries of Victoria's HistoryWhile Stephen F. Austin often receives sole credit as the founding father of the Lone Star State, there was another successful empresario, Don Martin De Leon, who establ…

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Alexandra Navarre Davis,
Clyde the Giant Crawfish

Deep in the bayou where critters reside lived a lovable little crawfish they all knew as Clyde. The big crawfish said he would always be too small to play, but Clyde had an idea of how his giant cousin up…

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Marion Ransell Dobbins
The Lost Black Communities of Merrifield, the Pines and Williamstown

After the Civil War, Black landownership in Fairfax County increased by leaps and bounds.By the 1870s, retired Union officers were purchasing land that they sold to African Americans like Joshua Ball, Jos…

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Justin Dombrowski
Erie's Great Mausoleum Mystery

Erie's Shocking Turn of the Century Extortion ScandalOn February 8, 1911, the Scott Mausoleum, a symbol of wealth for the Scott and Strong families in Erie, Pennsylvania, was desecrated by unknown vandals…

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Johnette Downing,
Petit Pierre and His Wild Adventure

Petit Pierre has made a home for himself on the coast where Louisiana meets Mississippi, and now it is time for him to learn how to plunge-dive. Brown pelicans typically pick up this behavior by watching …

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Jennifer Elwyn
Historic Haunts of St. Louis

Spirits of the Gateway CitySince 1764, St. Louis has been the gateway to the unknown. Walk along the limestone cobbles of Laclede's Landing and witness the birth of a city with large aspirations and crook…

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Daniel Faas
The Granger Railroads of Wisconsin

A contest between grassroots activism and corporate greedIn one of the great political and economic movements of the nineteenth century, a fraternal organization of Midwest farmers permanently changed the…

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Chris Flook
Ghosts of Old Muncie

From Muncie's past come weird tales of supernatural encounters, creepy ghostlights, haunted houses, and eerie hoaxes.In the years before the Civil War, wraiths routinely harassed travelers on turnpikes so…

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Blake Fontenay
Saving Stuart, Florida

It was a common story in the 1980s: downtowns were dying.Stuart was right there with the ill-fated. Businesses had largely abandoned Stuart's historic buildings, leaving the streets deserted. The St. Luci…

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Damon L Fordham
Black Folk Tales and Chronicles of South Carolina

Throughout history, African Americans passed along folk tales to ease burdens and make sense of experiences. Tracing back to West Africa, this storytelling tradition provided laughter, instruction and res…

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Suzanne Warwick Freeman
Hidden History of Burnet County

A beloved watchmaker, a reluctant politician and a legendary Texas Ranger.The legacy of Burnet County rises from a solid prehistoric batholith of pink granite that built the state capitol, established an …

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Michael R Glore, Michael J Kitsock
The Great Memorial Day Fire of 1945 and Other Schuylkill County Disasters

Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster.Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster. Protected by volunteers since 1811, residents have faced block-burning conflagrations like the Great Memorial Day…

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Richard Gazarik
Gun Smuggling, Castro's Cuba and the Pittsburgh Mafia

"Western Pennsylvania's New Kensington was in the grips of Mafia control throughout the 1950s, with a bevy of bookie joints, gambling casinos and brothels. An outgrowth of the Pittsburgh mob, New Ken…

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