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Boundary Lines
Created the year after the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, this map finally defined America’s northeastern border. The Treaty of Paris, which ended the...
French Canadians in Illinois County
Western lands were not empty when Congress began settling land northwest of the Ohio River after the Revolutionary War. French Canadian residents who had unexpectedly...
Mining for gold up north
This photograph of miners and their equipment, taken around the turn of the 20th century, was shot in the Metlakatla gold fields located south of Ketchikan, Alaska,...
Settling the interior
The United States and Great Britain granted land to those who had been loyal to their cause during the Revolutionary War, forcing those who had not to leave. Loyalist...
Works of Charity
Sister Mary Martin James, of the Order of Saint Francis, declared her intention to become a U.S. citizen on April 9, 1948, while residing in St. Francis Convent in...
Search results 1 - 5 of 5 for the tag Canada