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Exploring vital and probate records in Southern California genealogy: Apr. 8-14
Ever wondered whether it would be worthwhile to attend a genealogical conference or what you mind find in probate records? Check out these topics and more being presented this week by Southern California genealogical societies! Mon., Apr. 8...
Read moreFreedomland U.S.A. Closes for Housing Development (Photos)
Last article in a seven-part series.*******During the last several years at Freedomland U.S.A., the companies that supported the park’s management started to suffer from financial problems. Transactions removed real estate firm Webb & Knapp...
Read more‘Guardian of the Desert’ in bloom in California’s Mojave Desert (Photos)
The Joshua Tree, known to some as the “Guardian of the Desert,” is in its blooming season thru the end of this April. Trees in the lower altitudes are already losing their blooms while those in higher...
Read moreFreedomland U.S.A. was popular – but not with the landowners (Photos)
Part six of a seven-part series.*******Contrary to public and private opinion at the time, including that of the New York media along with amusement park buffs who never visited the park, Freedomland U.S.A. was not an...
Read moreThe figure atop the Capitol dome
Designers and laborers built the magnificent Capitol dome over the span of eleven years, using nine million pounds of iron. Overall supervision of the project fell to the nation's secretary of War, who, from 1853 to 1857, was...
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