Archivists in London identified an authentic early printing of the Declaration of Independence, one of only a handful known from that July 1776 run.
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How Eagle Mountain Became a Desert Company Town for More Than 4,000 Miners, Then Fell Silent After the Iron Mine Closed and the Residents Left
Built in the Mojave Desert for postwar iron mining, Eagle Mountain later emptied out and became one of California’s starkest ghost towns.
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Why the Wreck of the Hōfuku Maru Matters to American Wartime History After Its Hidden Prisoner Cargo and 800 Dead Were Finally Located
The World War II ship’s discovery off the Philippines confirms a long-missing grave and clarifies the fate of prisoners caught in a wartime bombing.
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Why a Tiny Native American Pot Found at Mission San Francisco De Potano Matters, Since It Is the Only One of Its Kind in 7,000 Artifacts Recovered There
Archaeology students uncovered a rare, intact vessel at a former Spanish mission in northwest Gainesville, and researchers still do not know why it was buried.