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Pioneer Cloth Making – Spinning Yarn – Making Clothing on the American Frontier

Books / apparel, cloth, home production, spinning, weaving / August 5, 2014

American pioneer home cloth and clothes manufacture on the frontier, in colonial times, and at other historical periods and places. Books, articles and videos about spinning yarn, making linen, woolen and cotton cloth, designing and sewing clothing etc. The Tale of the Spinning-Wheel Buel, Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Litchfield, CT: 1903 After a history of spinning […]

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Life on the River in Frontier Days

Books / Mississippi River, Ohio River, river life, riverboats, water transport / August 2, 2014

Here is a selection of books and articles on this website about life on the river and the importance of water transportation during the early days in the Great Lakes States. The last selection is an imaginary modern employee performance review for Mike Fink, the legendary keel-boat man. Navigation on Great Lakes & Rivers page

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Edwin J. Hulbert – Michigan State Geologist and Mining Executive

Books / biography, Michigan, mining / August 1, 2014

Michigan state geologist and a founder of the Calumet & Hecla mining company. Below are the more substantive materials that I found in regards to Edwin J. Hulbert. Sources of Information about Edwin J. Hulbert Edwards, George, “The Late Edwin J. Hulbert“, Mining and Engineering World, Volume 33, Nov. 26, 1910 p 988. (Page 2

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Selected Books about Pioneer Life in Early Illinois

Books / First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, frontier, Illinois, pioneers / July 29, 2014

Each book entry on site pages has a brief description and a link to the free online book. Illinois Biographies & Memoirs page Bacheller, Irving, A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy Burlend, Rebecca, A True Picture of Emigration, or, Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America (etc.) Hubbard,

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The War of 1812

Articles, Books / First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, history, military, war of 1812 / July 27, 2014

This History of the Great Lakes States website contains many titles related to the War of 1812. The list below contains works found on the various War and Military pages that are almost exclusively about that war. There are also works on other pages of the site, such as the Biographies and Memoirs, Fiction, and

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