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Burns And Ives Upstate New York Marcus
1,200 wordsThe Whitman's played an integral role in the settling of the West and made a lasting impression in history. The story surrounding the Whitman couple is of tragedy. They set out to do good but because of cultural differences, they did not fulfill their mission. In the course of the Whitman's lives in the Oregon Country, they encouraged and helped the westward expansion of America. They are one of the major factors of the settlement of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Today, there are images across ...
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Kings Park Psychiatric Center
1,094 wordsThe Kings Park Psychiatric Center has had a large effect on the social changes of Long Island. A small town grew larger and prosperous from the direct effect of this State hospital from the time of 1885 to the present. The history of the town, the patients and court cases held, and the concluding plans for the land after its closing have all had a significant mark on the social changes of the town. The first hospital was built in a quiet farming town later named Kings Park. In 1885, officials of...
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Upstate New York Millions Of Dollars
1,326 words... s responsible for the thefts, he declared war on Diamond's gang. The gang war claimed several casualties from both sides. Because he lived through numerous attempts on his life, Diamond became known as the "clay pigeon of the underworld. " For a while it looked like he was impossible to kill. But on December 19, 1931, Diamond was killed when two Schultz gunmen tracked him to upstate New York, burst into his hotel room, and repeatedly shot him. Schultz later told reporters that the dead gangs...
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Washington D C Upstate New York
1,519 wordsSojourner Truth was born in 1797, in Hurley N. Y. Sojourner was born into slavery, and was given the name Isabella Baumfree. Sojourner's parents, were also slaves, in Ulster county N. Y. Because slave trading was very prominent in those days, Sojourner was traded and sold many times throughout her life. Sojourner ran away from slavery before the Emancipation act was published, and decided to change her name to Sojourner Truth. This name bares great meaning, because she intended on telling the tr...
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Upstate New York Faith In God
3,553 wordsIt seems that to some people that they give more so society than others, but than there is one woman, who gave her life to society to help others though giving and sharing and helped people through a time of need. Yet there seems to be few there is. Dorothy Day, patron of the Catholic Worker movement, was born in Brooklyn, on New York, November 8, 1897. After surviving the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the Day family moved into a tenement flat in Chicago's South Side. It was a big step down ...
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Upstate New York Faith In God
2,987 wordsDorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was born in Brooklyn, New York, November 8, 1897. After surviving the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the Day family moved into a flat in Chicago's South Side. It was a big step down in the world made necessary because John Day was out of work. Day understands of the shame people feel when they fail in their efforts dated from this time. (Miller, p. 4) When John Day was appointed sports editor of a Chicago newspaper, the Day family moved in...
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