Ontario Ghost Towns and Abandoned Places (Popularity:  )
Extensive collection of photographs, maps and directions, and short histories.
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Ghost Towns Prospecting and Mining (Popularity:  )
A guide to ghost towns of 19th-century Montana by Jay Hadley. Provides images of historic buildings as well as details ...
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Historic Silver City Idaho - Photography Wo (Popularity: )
Historic Silver City, Idaho. Photography Workshops.
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Western Mining History (Popularity: )
Mining history site focusing on the Western United States. Includes galleries and historical information on old mining towns and ghost ...
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Spanish Conquest of Native America (Popularity: )
Relates the exploration of North America by Spanish explorers Cabreza de Vaca and Hernandez de Soto and their encounters with ...
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Encyclopedia Americana: Know-Nothing Movement (Popularity: )
Article on the 19th-century nativist party and movement.
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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Know-Nothing Party (Popularity: )
Article on this nineteenth-century anti-immigration and anti-Catholic political party.
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I Know Nothing! (Popularity: )
Article on the Know-Nothings, some of their prominent members, and their fear that the Vatican planned to take Cincinnati by ...
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The American Party ("Know-Nothings") Pledge (Popularity: )
Also some information on the party's activities and influence in Kentucky.
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Wikipedia: Know-Nothing Movement (Popularity: )
Encyclopedia-style article on this nativist movement. Includes the platform of the American Party.
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The Legacy of the Know-Nothings (Popularity: )
For teens. Although this political party didn't last for even ten years, its story can show something about America today.
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The Breakdown of the Party System (Popularity: )
The rise of the Know-Nothings marked the demise of the two-party system of the mid-nineteenth century, and was followed by ...
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A Chapter from the Local History of Knownothingism (Popularity: )
Article by George H. Haynes takes a look at the career of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Council of the American Party. ...
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Know-Nothing Party, 1850s (Popularity: )
Image of handwritten four-point party platform.
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Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy (Popularity: )
William Gannaway Brownlow's book tries to stir native voters to the cause of the American Party in the election year ...
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A Defence of the American Policy (Popularity: )
1856 book by Thomas R. Whitney seeks to warn native-born Americans of the danger of Roman Catholic influence. Chronicles the ...
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Wide-Awake! Romanism: Its Aims and Tendencies (Popularity: )
1854 booklet by Know-Nothing L.W. Granger urges Americans to preserve the Protestant character of the public schools and to safeguard ...
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Startling Facts for Native Americans Called "Know-Nothings" (Popularity: )
1855 book warns of a foreign Catholic conspiracy to eradicate American liberty. Searchable page images.
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Awl-Mighty Mobs (Popularity: )
Know-Nothing thugs used violent and intimidating tactics in 1850s Baltimore on election days. [Baltimore City Paper]
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The Cloven Foot (Popularity: )
Although the Know-Nothings may seem at first glance to be entirely novel, this article seeks out the political lineage of ...
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